TPT January 2012

T echnology U pdate

Coating systems and pipe handling

SELMERS, a privately owned company from The Netherlands, specialises in the manufacture of plants and equipment for internal and external pipe coating, pipe cleaning and pipe handling. Established back in 1966, the company has grown into a renowned supplier of comprehensive pipe coating systems, especially of tailor made equipment for onshore and offshore pipe coating and pipe handling facilities. Selmers represents a highly educated and experienced team of engineers, perfectly skilled to provide innovative and reliable custom-made equipment solutions. Selmers can design and engineer in- house, having short communication lines and optimum interfacing for individual equipment parts. This enables Selmers to produce reliable and efficient pipe coating plants at a competitive price level and optimum support to their customers. The Selmers product range comprises an extensive external multi-layer and internal lining pipe coating plant programme, with AO abrasive blasting equipment, ovens, chromate and acid wash units, liquid and powder epoxy equipment and in-house made extruders. Selmers also features an offshore programme aimed at pipe handling/firing line equipment for pipe lay barges, field- joint blasting and coating systems (hot mastic, FBE, 3-layer PE) and multi-jointing EFD Induction introduced a new range of its Weldac solid-state welders at the Fabtech event in Chicago. The range features Weldacs in the 50-225kW power range at frequencies of 150-500kHz. “The big news is that all the benefits of existing high-power Weldacs are now available from a smaller, lower-powered system,” said Peter Runeborg of EFD Induction. “These benefits include the unrivalled uptime made possible by Weldac’s patented switching technology and its use of rugged IGBT transistors.” The new Weldac 50-225kW range is in production, with systems already ordered in Europe and the USA. “These

Selmers produces efficient pipe coating plants

facilities for pipe spool bases (rollers, line- up systems, pipe pushers). In addition to these programmes, Selmers offers concrete weight and cement mortar coating equipment, rebar powder coating lines, in-situ equipment, containerised configurations, quality control equipment and specials on customer specs. Last but not least in the programmes are self-propelled coating removal and re-lining machines for in-situ pipeline rehabilitation purposes. Selmers’ product range is compliant with all necessary international smaller Weldacs are especially attractive to fabricators for whom welding is an important element in a larger manufacturing process,” said Mr Runeborg. “Such customers need reliable, easy-to-operate and cost-effective welding solutions that can also meet stringent quality and safety standards.” The range is covered by EFD Induction’s five-year warranty on inverter modules, which covers all Weldac inverter modules, driver cards included. EFD Induction – Norway

standards, supported by a highly qualified engineering department (utilising CAD/ INVENTOR) and a state-of-the-art quality management system. Equipment is offered with full project support from first design, engineering, construction, manufacturing up to installation,

commissioning and after sales. Selmers BV – The Netherlands Fax: +31 2512 20777 Email: sales@selmers.nl Website: www.selmers.nl

New solid-state welder range

Email: sales@no.efdgroup.net Website: www.efd-induction.com

A model from the new Weldac 50-225kW range

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