TECHNICAL ARTICLES:
In this section we've listed a back catalogue of all previous technical articles that were published in TPT. If your company would like to submit a detailed technical article for publication, please send a draft synopsis to our office so that we can assess its suitability and interest to our readers before publication.
| January 2005 | |
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| Welding and Testing Tubes for Hydroformed Applications |
Menachem Kimchi, Edison Welding Institute Inc, USA |
| September 2004 | |
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| Technological 3D Tube Cutting Systems Achieve Speed, Precision and Durability |
Ing Filippini Piermarcello, Tube Tech Machinery, Italy |
| Third Generation Conform™One Year On | D J Hawkes, BWE Ltd, UK |
| Complete Software Management for Tube and Pipe System Design and Production |
G A Nieweg & G Schulze-Dürr, 3R Solutions, Germany |
| July 2004 | |
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| Economic and Effective Ultrasonic Calibration Standards |
Mark B Palynchuk, Western Instruments Inc, Canada |
| Design Breakthrough in Ultrasonic Inspection Technology for OCTG | David Siverling, Tubular Ultrasound LP, USA |
| May 2004 | |
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| Carbon Steel Tube Annealing for High Surface Quality |
Torsten Holm, Linde Gas, Sweden |
| March 2004 | |
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| Rotary Tube Piercing Study by FEM Analysis: 3D Simulations and Experimental Results |
University of Brescia & Pietra SpA, Italy |
| January 2004 | |
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| Advances in Pipe Line Coating Using Induction Heating |
John R Powell, Powell Engineering Services, Australia |
| November 2003 | |
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| New Developments in Tube Pre-Treatment Plants |
Körner Chemieanlagenbau GmbH, Austria |
| High Production Cutting of Tube Layers Using Carbide Tipped Circular Sawing Machines |
B Traunsteiner, Framag Ind GmbH, Austria |
| September 2003 | |
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| On-Line Annealing of Refrigerator Pipe and Fuel Transport Tubes |
Giorgio Mazzola & Massimo Mosca, Termomacchine Srl. Italy |
| Increasing Mandrel Life for Seamless Tube Manufacture by Electrospark Deposition |
Ram K. Iyengar, PhD, Special Metals Corporation, USA |
| How To Achieve A Clean Process Line |
Steve Purnell, Orbimatic GmbH, UK |
| July 2003 | |
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| Working Tubes and Bars with the Technology of Productivity (TOP) | Claudio Pilati, Sinico SpA, Italy
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| Variable Frequency on Demand – The Ultimate in Flexibility for Today’s Tube and Pipe Producers | David Gardiner, Sales and Marketing Manager, Thermatool Europe Ltd |
| May 2003 | |
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| All-Electric Bending Technology – Providing Accuracy, Repeatability and a Boost to the Global Exhaust Industry | AddisonMcKee Ltd, UK |
| Improvement Methods for the Operational Resistance of Mandrels | UkrTruboprom Association, Ukraine |
| Manufacturing Tubes For Hydroforming Applications | F.J. Rípodas Agudo, Aceralia Tubes (Aceralia Transformados) |
| March 2003 | |
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| Factors Influencing Heavy Wall Tube Welding | B. Grande and J. I. Asperheim, EFD Induction AS, Norway |
| Advances in Automated Welding | Mike Wilson, Managing Director, Meta Vision Systems, UK |
| Laser Beam Welding for Continuous Production of Longitudinally Welded Pipes in Chromium-Nickel Steels |
Robert Sölch and Reinhold Hoffmann, Butting, Germany |
| January 2003 | |
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| High Speed Shearing of Stainless Steel Tube | Jeff Pierson, Thermatool Corp, USA |
| Linear Motor Technologies for Chipless Cutting | T-Drill Oy, Finland |
| Sawing Centre Streamlines Sawing Methodology | Kasto Maschinenbau & Co KG, Germany |
| November 2002 | |
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| The Encapsulated Pickling System – New Challenges in Design and Calculation |
DI Fritz Nerat, DI Jörg Papak, Körner Chemieanlagenbau GmbH, Austria |
| Production of Seamless Hollow Bodies: Thick-Walled Tubes from Massive Ingots |
Klaus Vollrath / Vallourec & Mannesmann Tubes, Germany |
| September 2002 | |
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| Orbital Welding Developments | Steve Purnell, Orbimatic GmbH, Germany |
| Rolling Pipe with Continuous Casting Round Billet | Yang Xiaoyang, Tianjin University, PR China |
| July 2002 | |
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| Rolls for Tube Straightening Machines | Roy Page, Turner Machine Company, USA |
| FCF-Flexible Production of Profiles and Sections Without Tool Change | VOEST-ALPINE Industrieanlagenbau GmbH & Co (VAI), Austria |
| May 2002 | |
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| FEM Analysis of Rotary Tube Piercing Process | G. Capoferri et Al, Pietra S.p.A., Italy |
| Calibration Standards for High Performance Tubes & Pipes |
Mark B. Palynchuk, Western Instruments Inc., Canada |
| March 2002 | |
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| Basic Tube Cut-to-Length Methods | William H Holyoak, T-Drill Industries Inc, USA |
| January 2002 | |
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| Latest Technological Developements in the Production of Copper and Copper Alloy Tubes | The Otto Junker Group, Germany |
| November 2001 | |
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| Maillefer & Dreistern Combine to Benefit Metal Composite Pipe Manufacturers | Maillefer SA, Switzerland & Dreistern-Werk, Germany |
| Enhancing Quality, Value and Product Marketability Through The Application of Coatings to Pipe and Tube | Peter Chifo Jr, Superior Technologies, Inc., USA |