Ventura & Associates
14555 Morningside Road
Orland Park, IL 60462
Phone: 708-404-5550
Fax: 708-403-7613
Recent Content on The Fabricator for Ventura & Associates
Tube and pipe business must rebuild in-house knowledge
Tube and pipe companies need to revive the system of older employees mentoring younger ones if the industry is going to survive the current labor shortage, tube industry veteran Dan Ventura says.
Tips for maximizing tube, pipe mill efficiency (Part II)
Everyone in every processing industry wants maximum uptime and maximum yield, but when raw materials are expensive and scarce, these concerns are especially acute. Editor Eric Lundin interviewed several tube and pipe industry veterans about mills, tooling, and procedures that can help get the most out of a mill.
Tips for maximizing tube, pipe mill efficiency (Part I)
Maximum profit hinges on maximum uptime and maximum yield, but when raw materials are expensive and scarce, these concerns are especially acute. Editor Eric Lundin interviewed several industry veterans about mills, tooling, and procedures that can help get the most out of a tube- or pipemaking operation.
Taming two weld beads
The essential tube and pipe production processes on a weld mill haven't changed much since the 1920s. Some new processes are available, such as laser welding, and the line speeds are faster, but much else hasn't changed. One factor that has undergone some change is how the weld bead, also known as scarf and a stringer, is handled. The conventional method was to wind it up as it came off the tube, but OD scarf choppers reduced operator exposure to this strand of red-hot, razor-sharp metal. Similcut has taken safety a step further by introducing a self-feeding OD chopper and wheelless, cantilevered ID chopper.