The World of Tube & Pipe Products, Materials & Ancillaries

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The World of Tube & Pipe Products, Materials & Ancillaries
January 2011
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Contents

8
Business & Market News
20
Products & Developments
40
Fittings
44
Show Feature: Boru 2011
46
Feature: Materials for Tube Making
52
Feature: OCTG & Pipeline Products
56
Cladding in the field of industrial
applications
By Jean-Pierre Barthoux, EWE, head of technological dept,
Polysoude & Jürgen Krüger / alfalang, technical essays and
translations, Lippstadt, Germany 3-6 March 2011
60 Istanbul, Turkey
The potential of high power lasers
for tube and pipe cutting in nuclear
decommissioning
By PA Hilton, AH Khan and C Walters, TWI Ltd
63
Editorial Index
64
Advertisers Index
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When you have finished with The World of Tube & Pipe Products, Materials & Ancillaries
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events
A bright new dawn calendar
Welcome to the latest issue of
Tube Products International.
2011
This month we have features
8-11 Tekno / Tube Arabia 2011
on fittings, OCTG & pipeline
January International Exhibition
products and materials for tube www.tube.de
and pipe making so there should
22-24 AMI Plastic Pipes
be something for everyone to enjoy. February International Exhibition
www.amiplastics.com
It’s been an exciting time for the magazine and 3-6 BORU 2011
its team recently. We have welcomed a new March International Exhibition
www.borufuari.com
dedicated marketing executive to the team who
has brought some great ideas and I am sure you 23-26 Tube Russia
May International Exhibition
will be hearing from shortly. Tracey Callaghan can
www.metallurgy-tube-russia.com
be contacted at [email protected]. She is the
31 May- CITYPIPE Trade Fair 2011
person to contact if you want to use the magazine
3 June (Moscow, Russia)
for advertising and to help publicise a new product www.citypipe.ru
in the industry.
13-15 Tube Southeast Asia
September International Exhibition
We also have a full-time web designer, Helene www.tube-southeastasia.com
Latour, who has just made the final finishing 19-24 EMO Hannover
touches to our new website, which looks fantastic. September International Exhibition
www.emo-hannover.de
Make sure you have a look for yourself at: www.
tubeproductsinternational.com. All of this means 4-6 Tubotech (Brazil)
October International Exhibition
that the magazine is easier to access and is read
www.cipanet.com.br
by more people than ever before, so the future is
13-16 Fabtech / AWS Welding Show
looking very bright.
November International Exhibition
www.fabtechexpo.com
In the past few months I have also been busy
15-18 TOLexpo (Paris)
taking the magazine around the world to Tube November International Exhibition
www.tolexpo.com
China 2010 in Shanghai and to FABTECH in Atlanta
and it has been a big hit. We were made to feel
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very welcome in both countries and I particularly
26-30 Tube Düsseldorf
enjoyed visiting China for the first time and hope to
March International Exhibition
return there in the not too distant future. I am soon
www.tube.de
off to Dubai for Tube Arabia 2011.
May Tube Russia
International Exhibition
Next issue we have features on stainless steel www.metallurgy-tube-russia.com
tubes, civil engineering and Tube Russia so 25-28 Tube China
send any releases to me as soon as possible for September International Exhibition
www.mdna.com
inclusion along with all the usual products and
company news.
Finally, I wish you all Seasons Greetings and a
prosperous New Year.
For further information on any of the above events
please contact INTRAS Limited UK office
(address and contact details on page 4)
Rory McBride
Editor
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31 January 2011
business & market
n e w s
Panton McLeod has helped
keep drinking water clean
Cleaning project in Loch Calder
Water quality engineering firm Panton and this was the first time that the tank with Scottish Water to ensure that
McLeod has completed a high profile had been completely drained, so it was the cleaning work was carried out as
cleaning project to keep drinking water vital to make sure everything went like swiftly as possible with no disruption
supplies at their purest levels. The firm, clockwork during the cleaning work. whatsoever to customers’ supplies.”
which is an expert in cleaning, repairing
and inspecting structures used to store “These structures need to be cleaned Simon Harrison, Scottish Water
drinking water, successfully cleaned one regularly to ensure that the drinking operations manager, added, “The kind
of the main storage tanks at a water water stored in them remains as pure of work Panton McLeod carried out for
treatment works in Caithness, Scotland, as possible. Sometimes you can do this us is essential and we’re pleased with
in order to maintain purity levels for while the tanks are still active and on-line, the result, particularly as it didn’t disrupt
customers in the region. but in this case we actually drained supplies for customers. We supply clear,
the main tank, took it out of service fresh drinking water to Caithness and
The project saw a team from Panton and deployed a team of engineers to North Sutherland from the Loch Calder
McLeod drain millions of litres of water physically clean the structure. plant and this piece of maintenance
from the tank at the Loch Calder water helps us continue to do so.”
treatment works before removing a build “We had five lads who spent more than
up of natural materials from the floor of two days cleaning, and they removed all of In addition to traditional drain down
the facility. The routine work ensures the material that had naturally built up on projects, the firm has also pioneered
there is no chance for turbidity issues to the floor of the tank. Although this natural the use of innovative underwater robots,
arise in the water supply. build-up poses no threat to customers, it which can be used to clean and inspect
is important to remove it so that there is service reservoirs or tanks while they are
Nigel Owen, team supervisor with no turbidity in the water supply. still online, further minimising disruption
Panton McLeod, said, “This was an to customers’ supplies.
important project for us to be involved “This kind of routine work always has
with, as Loch Calder is a prestigious to be meticulously planned in order to Panton Mcleod – UK
facility in Scotland. It was opened by guarantee that no pressure is put on the [email protected]
Prince Charles less than a decade ago, supply of water. We liaised extensively www.pantonmcleod.co.uk
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