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accordance with DIN standards, while table and screwed flanges are as per British and Australian standards.

Alfinox SpA Italy

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Website : www.anoopforgings.com

Alfinox SpA is a producer of stainless steel tubes with HF and TIG welded tubes in lengths of 6m. These products can be supplied complete with brushed, polished and mirror finishing. Other dimensions with lengths between 4-12m can be produced according to specific requests. The company manufactures these tubes on a computerised system, with quality certification according to ISO 9001 and TUV.

Apollo Srl Italy

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› PMV is available in 30T and 50T versions

and long-lasting dies which are equipped with rapid tool changeover. Another recently launched machine is PMV, available in two tonnages: 30t and 50t. This vertical single-punch model is suitable for punching pipes and bars, and can punch traversal holes or slots on one side only. Apollo also produces PMV and Modular in the bench versions, the latter with one or two heads, suitable for small and medium productions. The piece loading/unloading operation is carried out manually.

Apollo Srl has been producing punching machines for tube, tubular sections and profiles for over 30 years. The company’s Twin machines are produced in different lengths, and can be supplied with tubing loading/unloading storage. A modern double-gripper manipulator loads the pipe to be punched and then unloads it into a specific basket. The Twin is capable of punching four slots at the same time and working two pipes simultaneously, thus doubling productivity. It is equipped with two opposed heads and can be supplied with a third vertical

Website : www.alfinox.com

Alpha Metall Germany

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Alpha Metall develops and manufactures tube production equipment such as mechanical and hydraulic tube inside deburring systems for ID 14mm to 610mm. Other equipment produced by the company includes strip edge shaving machines for aluminised and galvanised strips, and bead chippers to reduce the long deburred outside bead of tube to small chips, ideal for better stocking beside the tube mill. The company also offers rotoscarf with oscillating blades (adaptable frequency and amplitude), to remove the outside tube bead (eg tubes for the furniture industry). Using the rotoscarf, there is no stop during the shift to exchange the OD scarfing inserts. Alpha Metall also manufactures tungsten carbide cutting rings (standard, un-/coated, special design for special steel), ferrite cores for high performance HF welding,

Website : www.apollosrl.com

fi Apollo Srl’s Twin Semplificata

Arla GmbH Germany

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Arla Maschinentechnik GmbH, Germany, builds CNC controlled end-working machines for single-sided or double-sided end-working. The flexible endworking of tube and pipe is crucial for the production process. The company’s machines are based on a solid frame with one or two precise machining units, and include unique concentric work-holding technology. The Arla end-working machine can replace fi Arla end-working machine for tube, pipe and shafts

head. The machine can be equipped with tools that provide high tubing sliding speed without scratching, and can work semi- oval or rectangular tubes without blisters. Working accuracy is ±0.2mm from the first to the last hole. The Twin Semplificata punching line is supplied with fewer accessories than other machines, but has the same build characteristics and can be equipped with the same tools as the classic Twin line. Apollo Srl’s Modular punching machine is available in different versions, from one to three punching heads, and is equipped with a quick punch changeover. The machine is designed for punching material of an average size and with limited thickness, and its power does not exceed 8t. The machine consists of a closed-ring structure aimed at guaranteeing punches,

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and epoxy tubes for impeders. Website : www.alpha-metall.com

Anoop Forgings Pvt Ltd India 5J11

Anoop manufactures and distributes products including flanges and fittings – carbon and stainless steel – and stub ends. The range of flanges is produced in

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