TPi January 2013

products & developments

Carbon fibre pipe wrap system Enecon Corporation has introduced DuraWrap™, a polymer/carbon fibre reinforced composite for repairing and rebuilding aging, often severely deteriorated, piping, tanks and other fluid flow equipment. eliminating the need for expensive replacement. DuraWrap can be applied to the interior and/or exterior of piping and equipment to both seal and strengthen these components. When applied to the interior walls of underground or otherwise inaccessible piping, DuraWrap can effectively repair and restore piping integrity without expensive exca- vation and replacement. Fine tolerance steel tubing In the niche market of fine tolerance steel tubing Wiederholt’s knowledge and experience gives the company confidence to meet the highest of customer demands with a tailored engineering solution that is based upon a bespoke fine tolerance steel tube. In the relatively new technology of shafts and tube-based components for ‘zero emission’ vehicles Wiederholt is deeply involved, together with the OEMs or the TIER1s in the development of economical, sophisticated solutions. The company’s manufacturing programme includes cold drawn fine tolerance precision steel tubes to DIN EN 10305-2 (DIN 2393) (eg steering systems, camshafts, prop shafts/drive shafts, gearbox shafts, stock absorbers, stabiliser bars and active suspension components); cold drawn fine tolerance precision steel tubes for the fluid and pneumatic power markets (H8); cold drawn fine tolerance special sections; and ERW steel tubes to DIN EN 10305-3 (DIN 2394). Vincenz Wiederholt GmbH – Germany info@wiederholt.com www.wiederholt.com Tubes for automotive industry The DuraWrap composite, a unique marriage of Enecon’s high-performance polymers and cutting-edge carbon fibre technology, was specifically created to repair, rebuild, reinforce and even restore the integrity of such fluid flow systems, greatly extending their service life and Enecon Corporation – USA info@enecon.com www.enecon.com

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are standard in the automotive tubing industry. Some of the tubes supplied require additional machining, which is also performed in the company’s plant. Tubes provided by Nova/TCB are used in applications from exhaust to suspension components. Inventory is maintained at the company’s US plant for KanBan pulls. Engineers are involved in every aspect of its process from APQP to delivery of production parts.

Nova/TCB, a TS/ISO 16949:2002 company, has been supplying cold drawn and welded, precision cut tubes to the US automotive industry for several years. The company’s tubes are drawn to the customer’s print specifications at its plant in China. The company provides Level 3 PPAP documentation with the PPAP samples for customers’ approval. Each PPAP and production lot is inspected in a quality lab in China and the US to ensure the product meets the print specifications. Nova/TCB uses several different grades of low carbon steel that

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