TPT November 2014

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Investment in ECM equipment to deliver customer benefits SUPERIOR Tube Company, a

reductions, the machine will ensure enhanced cut quality, including end squareness consistency, and increase the company’s capacity for future growth in its cutting operations. To complement the new machine, Superior Tube also purchased an added centrifuge filter system together with an improved electrochemical solution with an increased usable life. Bob Henry, Superior Tube’s president and CFO, commented, “This is an important investment for Superior Tube. ECM (electrochemical machining) is an essential technology for us and in order to deliver its full benefits to our customers – including enhanced product quality, reduced lead times and competitive pricing – we need to be operating with the most advanced equipment. By enhancing our ability to provide value- added services, this is an investment that will help our customers to focus their efforts on what they do best.” Superior Tube’s products are used in a range of industries, from aerospace to power stations, and oil and gas extraction to medicine. The company’s manufacturing capabilities include seamless and welded tubes, straight lengths or coils, in stainless steel, nickel, titanium and zirconium. R&D co-op TMK, a manufacturer of pipe for the oil and gas industry, has signed an R&D cooperation programme for 2014-2016 with Lukoil, providing for the launch of import-substituting and new types of high-performance tubular products to meet the needs of the oil and gas sector. TMK operates 28 production sites in the USA, Russia, Canada, Romania, Oman, UAE and Kazakhstan and two R&D centres in Russia and the USA. Superior Tube Co – USA Email: info@superiortube.com Website: www.superiortube.com

USA. The new machine offers versatility in terms of cut setting and has the ability to store a number of recipes for specific cut-to-length products, making the set-up process faster. In addition to improved throughput rates and cost

manufacturer of small diameter precision tubing for safety critical applications, has invested in a new Everite Ultracut electrochemical tube cut-off machine for its plant in Collegeville, Pennsylvania,

TMK – Russia Email: tmk@tmk-group.com Website: www.tmk-group.com

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