TPT March 2008

tools for the production of evaporator and condenser coils in the air conditioning and heat transfer industry. As a result of years of development, the company can provide machines that are flexible, accurate, and robust enough to withstand the most rigorous production requirements. Safety, speed and durability are backed up by a team of professionals dedicated to producing machines built to last with upgradeable components.

Buigstaal BV The Netherlands 6A10

Burr Oak Tool & Gauge USA 7.1D01

Buigstaal Tube Bending Alkmaar is the manufacturer of small tube production batches (up to a 100 parts), delivered to customers all over the world. The products are ready made for assembly at the customer’s production line according to user specification. The company has recently installed two new bending machines – a CNC 50 MR and a CNC 80 MR TB. Both machines have the capability to bend up to 1D radius and multiple radii in one product at a high speed. Buigstaal performs drilling, milling, forming and welding operations on the tubular products, in addition to bending radii from 3mm to 168mm tube diameter. Buigstaal can arrange surface treatment of the products and packing and transport to workshops all over the world. The company produces a wide range of products from stainless steel pigtails for petrochemical plants and bent tubes used in nuclear installations, to motor piping for buses and tubular components used for machine building.

Burr Oak Tool and Gauge Co Inc has 60 years of experience in machine production for the heat transfer industry, with a range including presses, dies, tube benders, coil form, tube expanders, cutoff machines, and a new line of brazing machines. With dedication to design excellence, Burr Oak supplies high-quality machine

Website : www.burroak.com

Website : www.buigstaal.nl

Bültmann GmbH Germany

8aD01

Bültmann manufactures tube production delivery lines that are characterised by an automatic working mode. The company has recently delivered two tube production lines to steel tube manufacturers, with start-up of the lines due soon. Using these production lines, one operator is responsible for tube separation, pointing, drawing, chipless cutting and straightening. Another operator controls the sawing, chamfering and testing (including eddy current testing and ultrasound testing).

The production line is completed by an automatic bundling and strapping line.

Website : www.bueltmann.com

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