TPT January 2012

T echnology U pdate

High quality used machinery worldwide UNIVERSAL Tube & Rollform opened its doors with the aim of being the number one supplier of used tube, pipe and rollform machinery in the world. Its presence in this industry has always been strong, working with companies both locally in the USA and worldwide. Located in Perrysburg, Ohio its warehouse contains one of the largest inventories of used tube mills and rollformers available for inspection that you will find anywhere in the world. It has over 125,000 square feet of used machinery in its warehouse and customers can schedule a visit and take a look around at all it has to offer in tube mills, rollformers, cut-offs, HF welders, straighteners and much more. Located under one roof with Universal Tube, Universal Controls builds new drive systems, die accelerators, and other accessories to retrofit new or existing AS an answer to the increasing demand from customers for shorter lead times on bending tools OMNI-X has purchased and installed a brand new heat treatment device and CNC turning centre supplied by Nakamura. Both devices help to speed up production but also to improve quality of OMNI-X bending tools. The nitriding device has been installed at OMNI-X facility in the Czech Republic in 2011 while the turning centre has already been installed for a few months, integrated to semi-automatic cell dedicated to production of mandrel links. The Nakamura turning centre with its incredible speed, repeatability and reliability looks to be the right choice to work in often 24 hours continuous operation. This machine also offers systems that help to achieve a good surface of machined parts.The heat treatment device

a machine rebuilding and painting service or machines can be sold as-is. The company will pay cash for its customers’ surplus machinery, one machine or an entire plant. A trade-in of obsolete machinery can be considered in exchange for other machines or services provided. The company will also do consignment deals where customers retain ownership of the machinery until the date of sale. Universal will clean, paint and advertise your machines and send you a cheque when it is sold. It specialises in complete machine reconditioning. Whether it is a single machine or a complete line, Universal would be happy to send you a quotation for this service and they are uniquely qualified to assess the current condition of your machinery and offer expert advice for upgrades. Its experienced staff can clean, paint, rebuild, install and train your staff making certain your machine is running efficiently. Together with Universal Controls Group it has the ability to put new controls, drives and motors on all machines. The experience and services the company provides helps it to stand out from your average used machinery dealer. Universal Tube & Rollform – USA Email: sales@utubeonline.com Website: www.utubeonline.com Website: www.universalcontrolsgroup.com

machinery in almost any industrial environment. With its combined knowledge Universal can offer a complete turn-key system from initial design to start- up. The unique relationship with Universal Tube enables it to offer a wide array of cost- efficient services included at one low cost. The company specialises in used tube mills and rollforming lines with the ability to provide: Used and rebuilt machinery with new components for any application • Retrofit new or existing machinery • Home of the U-Trak length control system (as used in the new HavenTrak Flying Shear) • Installation services available • Start-up and training services available • Import and export services • Cash paid for surplus machinery • Trade-in or consign your surplus machines • Members of the machinery dealers national association, TPA, FMA, SME and BBB Universal can offer many different types of tube mills or rollformers to fit your specific needs. Customers can fax or email a drawing of the part they need to make and the team will go to work putting together a complete specific quotation. Also offered is • New control systems • Custom engineering • New drive systems is real hi-tech equipment that offers several different types of treatments to apply on surfaces of tools like bend dies, clamp dies, and pressure dies in higher quality and shorter cycle than most conventional nitriding devices. The quality of nitride layer is mostly evaluated according to its hardness, depth and compactness. Perfect quality surface layer is not only harder it also improves friction property, generally important to achieve a longer lifecycle of tools. Already first internal tests show improvements in all these three factors while the process itself has been shortened to approximately 8-12 hours. This should have a positive impact on lead times of some smaller tools as it used to take approximately two days no matter what the tool size. However, this device is planned to be in almost permanent use due to the internal dimensions of the furnace

and the help of subcontractors will be still necessary. OMNI-X CZ – Czech Republic Website: www.omni-x.cz Improvements in production process

The CNC turning centre

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