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global production is approximately 3,000,000t, which equates to about 1,450t/day. Materials used include hot rolled pickled steel (standard and special), cold rolled steel (standard and special), aluminised steel, hot galvanised steel, and aluminium. The product range includes diameters from 8mm to 120mm and wall thicknesses from 0.5mm to 3mm. All products can be supplied with special finishing and packaging, while pipes can be supplied in cut-to-length pieces. Product surfaces can be customised on the basis of the final application. Tailor-made tubes can be supplied based on expertise in cutting, bending, funnelling, welding, painting, and galvanic treatment. Profilmec Group is equipped with technologically advanced plants and machinery. Product applications include automotive, cycle and motorcycle, furniture, toys and household articles, radiators and buildings. All five of the Group’s tube manufacturing facilities have a combined total of 35 mills. In addition to the wide equipment range for pipe production, the Group’s equipment also includes steel cold-rolling mills. Nearly all Profilmec facilities are certified in compliance with UNI EN ISO 9001:2000 and with ISO/TS 16949, a specific standard for the automotive industry.

Website : www.profilmec.it

Protem France

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Established in 1980, Protem is a manufacturer of prep welding equipment. The company has a wide range of standard machines for preparing pipe ends from 1 / 8 " (2mm) up to 76" (2m). Protem manufactures high-speed and heavy-duty PFMs to quickly end prep pipe from 6-60" (HSB series). These PFMs are able to clamp the pipe from the inside. In addition, due to the heavy wall thickness and reduced inside diameters often experienced, Protem offers the new OHSB generation of PFMs that grab the tube from the outside.

The OHSB design allows bevelling with internal wheel trackers even with a small inside diameter. This new generation of machine can also bevel extremely heavy walls up to 70mm in a few minutes. This concept is all hydraulically controlled.

› CTA cutting and bevelling machine

Protem also has a range of stationary machines. The

Protem CTA machine can cut and bevel two ends simultaneously in a few seconds, with up to 1" wall. This machine is all mechanically driven to avoid the electrical worries that can occur in some countries.

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