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the process. Blades, jaws and slitter knives are produced efficiently on robotic CNC equipment with limited human intervention. The company said it eliminates the need to import low quality, uncertified products with long lead-times from low-cost unreliable suppliers. With the ability to work from concept to finished product, a dedicated technical team and a commitment to quality and customer satisfaction, New-Form Tools is a natural partner for automated integration solutions. New-Form Tools has also developed patented quick change systems that dramatically reduce downtime in tube shearing. The New-Form quick change tool systems can now be adapted to fit most existing tube-shear cutting machines and, it said, will transform production lines into higher profit work centres. Tool package changes that would total up to 60 minutes have been reduced to as little as 60 seconds. In changing blades and jaws, customers can realise return on investment in as little as one week, said the company. Taking away the guess work when fine-tuning spring back from the bending process, New-Form Tools has developed patent pending tweaking stations for CNC tube bending centres. These are able to accurately straighten or bend steel tubing to consistent tolerances with a cost-effective automated work centre. This allows customers to compete internationally with exacting consistent tolerances on every piece-part, produced in a labour free production environment. Website: www.newformtools.com 324 HAVING been in the business of manufacturing complete tube lines for over 30 years, MTM is well known all over the world for its experience in designing high-quality tube mills as well as high performance flying cold saws. Following the actual market trend MTM takes the opportunity of this year’s FABTECH exhibition to present its programme of equipment, especially designed to produce precision tubing and high tensile alloys. The requirement to provide increased safety in the automotive as well as in other industries by limiting weight using thinner sections has led to the use of extremely high-yield materials (100,000psi and above) challenging tube manufacturers to the limits Officine MTM SpA Italy

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A long time experience and a particular care towards the customers’ needs are the essential features of the company, which is able to offer the latest technology mills and the highest quality product. Olimpia 80 supplies complete tube mills suitable for Tig, Laser and HF welding and for different materials such as stainless steel, carbon steel, titanium and other non- ferrous materials. Olimpia 80 also offers a wide range of equipment for strip handling, tube cutting, in-line bright annealing and for in-line and off-line tube finishing. Thanks to its long-term knowledge of the tube market requirements and to its engineering capabilities, Olimpia 80 has designed and produced the new Linear Cage Forming. This tube forming system makes use of the most modern technologies, which allow it to vary the diameter of the produced tube without roll change. It is a unique compact system covering the complete tube forming, from breakdown to fin-pass stations, achieving a final and almost complete joining of the tube edges. The greatest flexibility, the fastest automatic change of tube size and the extreme reduction of roll costs are the major advantages assured by this new system. The Linear Cage Forming system is applied to the production of round tubes and square/ rectangular tubes. Website: www.olimpia80.com

of current forming and welding technology. The robust design, use of high-quality material and components as well as the precision of workmanship result in a highly stable mill platform capable of handling high-yield materials and extreme diameter to wall ratios (ie WT/OD below 1/7 or above WT/OD 1/80) with proven results. More news will be revealed at the show about MTM’s family of high-performance flying cut-off machines with cold saw. In addition to its M&K of dimple-free, double-knife cut-off widely used by producers of cut to length short tubes, MTM introduces a new programme of flying cold saw units sporting a completely redesigned cutting head that can operate with both HSS and TCT blades without any mechanical change. The new gearbox has been designed for rotational speeds from 131 up to 1,310 FPM, allowing the use of all kinds of saw blades available on the market, thanks to its robustness and reduced backlash. Website: www.mtmtubemills.com Olimpia 80 Tube Mills Italy 542 OLIMPIA 80 is a leading Italian company in the design and production of complete mills for the manufacture of welded tubes.

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