TPi May 2015

products & developments

Coolant for the pipe threading process For some pipe manufacturers, annual threading tool costs can be ten times more than the annual costs of the coolant. Quaker Chemical Corporation has addressed this issue with Quakercool ® 750 TP.

designing fluid solutions to work with ‘front-to-back’ compatibility in mind.

A major OCTG pipe producer wished to lower its operating costs while at the same time improving its threading quality and cutting insert wear. Quaker worked closely with the customer to gain efficiencies on the tooling costs, which are often the most expensive part of the threading operation. After incorporating the Quakercool 750 TP metalworking coolant fluid into the threading process, the results were up to 30 per cent increased tool insert life used for the pipe threading operations; decreased downtime due to longer tool use; and a reduction in cost per joint. Quaker offers metalworking process fluids and coatings for each stage of the tube and pipe manufacturing process,

Quakercool 750 TP has the additional feature of integrating well with upstream chemistries and downstream protective pipe coatings. Whether the coating is UV, water based or solvent based, incompatibility between the coolant and coating can adversely impact adhesion and corrosion protection in tube and pipe manufacturing. Quakercool 750 TP was developed to avoid the ‘orange peel’ incompatibility appearance experienced with some coolants on pipe surfaces.

Optimal for the threading process, this metalworking coolant fluid is a mineral oil-free micro-emulsion. Benefits include lubrication, short-term corrosion protection, clean rinsing, and a wide water quality tolerance. The coolant effectively resists micro- biological growth and does not contain chlorinated compounds, formaldehyde release agents, boron, monoethanola- mine or secondary amines.

Quaker chemical corp – USA info@quakerchem.com www.quakerchem.com

Coating comparison: no coolant vs Quakercool 750 TP coolant

No coolant vs competitive coolant

NDT solutions for flaws detection Contrôle Mesure Systèmes (CMS) is a specialist in non-destructive testing. With a complete range of NDT products using eddy current and ultrasonic methods, the company can supply solutions for most industrial applications. rotating head; tube inspection with product in rotation; full body and/ or weld of welded tube inspection; full body and/or ends of non-welded tube inspection; and heat treatment, hardness, coating verification and measurement.

CMS systems are also available for automotive parts inspection (including the close inspection of pistons, tie rods, brake discs, wheels, gears and cylindrical parts), as well as for specific parts inspection, plates and sheets, and composite parts (such as junction tube inspection, defect detection on double wall tubes, conductivity measurement on plate, and thread and tapping inspection). All of the systems (on-line and/or off-line) meet strict

CMS’s product line is designed to meet inspection, testing and quality control on both ferrous and non-ferrous products, including steel, copper, alloys, carbon steel, stainless steel and aluminium. Applications in tube, bar, pipe and wire inspection include surface flaw detection by RotoETscan eddy current rotating head; internal and dimensional flawdetection by RotoUTscan ultrasonic

Titanium tube inspection

quality standards such as API, ASTM and DIN.

contrôle Mesure systèmes – France contactcms@cmseddyscan.com www.cmseddyscan.com

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Tube ProducTs InTernaTIonal May 2015

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