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The Tube and Pipe Journal July/August 2013
The Tube and Pipe Journal became the first magazine dedicated to serving the metal tube and pipe industry in 1990. Today, it remains the only North American publication devoted to this industry, and it has become the most trusted source of information for tube and pipe professionals.
Improving GTAW for producers, fabricators
- By Dr. Yehuda Baskin and Dr. Ian Harris
- Jul 19, 2013
- Arc Welding
- Article
Gas tungsten arc welding, a joining process developed decades ago, has been improved by many technology developments over the years, but the essentials are unchanged: It uses an electric arc between a nonconsumable tungsten electrode and the workpiece to produce a weld pool, and it uses a shielding gas. Experiments with brushing on or pasting on mixed metal oxide slurries have shown how this decades-old process can improve dramatically in penetration and speed.
Using fiber lasers for stainless steel tube and pipe
- By Kevin Arnold, P.E., Brian Kopack, Chris Pilcher, and Brad Trees
- Jul 19, 2013
- Tube and Pipe Production
- Article
Tube and pipe producers have relied on GTAW and plasma for many decades, and CO2 lasers for more than a decade, but recently another choice has emerged: Fiber lasers. Relying on a solid fiber rather than a gas to generate the laser beam isn’t ideal for every material and wall thickness, but it will change the industry in a profound way.
Plasma cutting for tube, pipe, profiles
- By Jim Colt
- Jul 11, 2013
- Plasma Cutting
- Article
Initially used for nonferrous cutting operations, plasma developed into a useful means for cutting 2-D sheet and plate steel when the water-injected plasma process was developed in the late 1960s. As technology developments improved the edge quality, cutting speed, consumable parts life, and long-term operating cost, it became competitive with other thermal cutting processes. In recent years, improved control technology has enabled plasma to be a contender in the realm of 3-D cutting, making it an option for tube, pipe, and profiles.
Better tube bending cuts production time, improves consistency for heavy equipment manufacturer
- By Eric Lundin
- Jul 8, 2013
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
- Article
After decades of using an old manual tube bender with no features, Kress Corp. took a huge leap in technology when it purchased a new bender with CNC, full-color interface, and stacked tooling capability. The result is a 10-fold productivity improvement.
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- 04/30/2024
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- 53:00
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