Tube & Pipe Fabrication
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New ASTM Standard for Steel Structural Tubes
The A1112-18 standard will particularly impact construction applications that use new alloys in buildings, bridges and other structures.
Synalloy Acquires American Stainless Tubing
Their wholly-owned subsidiary, ASTI Acquisition, LLC, closed this deal and will be re-named American Stainless Tubing, LLC.
Small Actions Make a Big Impact on Cutting Success
Those details that were so important in the beginning slowly lost their importance in a slippery slope toward diminished product quality, lower efficiency and lack of maintenance. Getting back to basics is always the best way to keep a laser tube machine in top condition mechanically and optically, and to avoid a huge problem before it seems insurmountable.
Roll-Kraft Installs New Parts Washer
This new unit should increase their efficiency in preparing incoming rolls for regrind.
JPW Launches Online University for Metalworking
JPW IQ uses e-learning to connect their buying groups, distributors, and sales reps with their brands.
New Director of Service at BLM Group
Bill Nygaard now manages their customer service operations.
TRUMPF Strengthens West Coast Presence
They plan to open a new technology center in Costa Mesa, CA, in early 2019.
Huth-Ben Pearson Appoints Key Managers
Mark Purman is now their operations and product director, and Chris Wronski has been named engineering team manager.
Bystronic Breaks Ground for Experience Center
This new “smart factory” for sheet metal processing will be completed by the summer of 2019.
Automation Tools, Partnership for Tube & Pipe Fabrication
The innovative and compact UPC 450 Ship Profiler from HGG increases cutting and pre-fabrication productivity by eliminating the need to cut ship stiffeners and spools by hand.
All-Electric Tube Bending of Multiple Radii in a Single Setup
For tube production in HVAC, furniture, automotive, aerospace and other applications, Elect 9-axis all-electric tube benders from BLM Group are suited for tube diameters from 1.5 in to 6.0 in and have multiple tool stack capability that can produce fixed and variable radii in a single setup.
Breaking the Barrier in Multi-Process Fabrication Machines
The Plasma Nova system from Soitaab can combine plasma cutting with a straight or bevel head, oxy-fuel cutting, various kinds of marking, variable size drilling and tapping, and even three-dimensional shapes like pipe cutting, all in a single easy-to-use system.
