Wednesday, 15 April 2020 07:37
Outokumpu appoints Heikki Malinen as President and CEO
Outokumpu’s Board of Directors has appointed Heikki Malinen, M.Sc. (Econ.), MBA (Harvard), as President and CEO of Outokumpu and the Chairman of the Leadership Team. He will join the company on May 1 and assume his role as the CEO…
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Wednesday, 01 April 2020 09:53
Bespoke cold welding solution streamlines tube production
A customised cold welding system developed by British company PWM in partnership with US manufacturer Virtus Precision Tube (formerly Luvata) has streamlined and improved the process of copper tube production. The system has improved uptime, reduced costs and created a…
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Wednesday, 01 April 2020 09:26
Robots as efficient tube bending machines
transfluid has a new generation of machines Bending robot from transfluid with easier programming © transfluid Maschinenbau GmbH Robots have already been used for some time as efficient and flexible bending machines to process tubes. These systems are constantly developed…
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Wednesday, 01 April 2020 08:45
Tube Tech Receives ISO Accreditation Treble
Tube Tech International Ltd. has received three ISO accreditations following an ISO audit at its European headquarters in Rayleigh, Essex, U.K. The accreditations have been awarded for the provision of specialised industrial cleaning services and apply to the company’s research…
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Wednesday, 01 April 2020 08:41
Betonstar reaches higher with lighter weight through Strenx® steel
Concrete pumps used in the construction of tall buildings need a boom structure that is strong and reliable while also striving for light weight. Turkish concrete pump manufacturer Betonstar has met these requirements by using only Strenx® performance steel throughout…
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Wednesday, 01 April 2020 08:38
Compression springs made of tool steel for high temperature applications
Innovative and progressive research and development is part of our DNA. Spring specialists in Sweden have recently made prototypes and tests of springs in a new, cost effective material that can withstand high temperatures. Test results are very positive. One…
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Wednesday, 01 April 2020 08:35
Caldwell Mill-Duty Coil Grab for Steel Service Center
A 37.5-ton capacity mill-duty coil grab has been installed beneath the hook of a 40-ton capacity overhead crane at a Monarch Steel Company Inc. facility in Decatur, Alabama. The coil grab was manufactured by The Caldwell Group, a Rockford, Illinois-based…
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Wednesday, 01 April 2020 08:32
Industry Leaders Come Together to Help Career and Technical Education (CTE) Students Continue Learning During COVID-19 Crisis
Lincoln Electric, Tooling U-SME, NC3, camInstructor, Haas Automation and SkillsUSA Form Industry Coalition to Leverage Their Collective Experience, Connections and Resources to Quickly Support Technical Education The manufacturing industry is already facing a skilled labor shortage, and the onset of…
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Wednesday, 01 April 2020 08:16
Haute couture for large sizes
Precision manufacturing of curved bevels The flame cutting experts at Jebens GmbH master the highest precision: they even cut curved flame-cut parts from 400-millimetre- thick sheet steel with six different bevels so precisely that these components meet the tightest of…
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Wednesday, 01 April 2020 08:05
UMS PRO: A new unflatness measurement system for SBL lines
Two measurements improve flatness by a factor of ten and reach almost no loss of material Ungerer's stretch-bend-levelling lines (SBLs) are in use all over the world. With UMS PRO, Ungerer introduces a system for unflatness measurement of strip steel…
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Wednesday, 01 April 2020 07:57
ULTRA 80: a new bar feeder from LNS Group
The upcoming market launch from the Swiss specialist is more than just an evolution of its Sprint range. The ULTRA 80 is much more akin to a real revolution in the field of bar feeder systems. An oversized base frame…
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Wednesday, 01 April 2020 07:55
Weld Purging of Heat-Treated Pipework
Some high strength steels need to be pre-heated prior to welding and may also require a post-weld heat-treatment. Both pre- and post- weld heat treatment is necessary to prevent cracking, but temperatures up to 300ºC (572ºF) must be maintained for…
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Wednesday, 01 April 2020 07:48
New EnDOtec SAFE-HARD 600 wire range from Castolin Eutectic – Inspired by safety, engineered for performance
After two years of investigation, laboratory and field testing, Safe-Hard 600 arrives at the market to provide better performance and absolutely zero risks of CrVI emissions coming from the welding material. Inspired by Safety – We are striving for the elimination…
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Thursday, 12 March 2020 12:15
Dealing with radiation interference in radiometric level measurements
The effects of interference radiation on radiometric measurements can be considerable and must therefore be controlled. As it is neither predictable when interference radiation will be present, nor how much the impact of a distant NDT testing on a nucleonic…
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Thursday, 12 March 2020 11:32
Europe’s proposed carbon border adjustment could hold the key to breakthrough on CO2 emissions reduction
ArcelorMittal today calls for member states and MEPs to support the introduction of a carbon border adjustment (CBA), as part of the European Commission’s €1 trillion Green Deal, aimed at making the bloc carbon neutral by 2050. ArcelorMittal today calls…
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