The Fabricator - Sample Issue

Automatic circular saw

Varady & Associates offers a group of high-speed, heavy-duty, automatic carbide circular saws that give users a mill cut and, in most cases, eliminate facing to length.

According to the company, the NC servo-controlled ball screw feed helps keep bar feeding accurate and

cutting rates efficient. The rigid design and antivibration device help ensure smooth, high-speed cutting while lengthening blade life, states the manufacturer.

The gear transmission drive has continuous lubrication, and the floating hydraulic swivel rear vise saddle is

linked to the servomotor and ball screw for gripping and delivering slightly bowed or bent bars that could not otherwise be indexed accurately.

Three models range in size from 0.625 to 5. 9. An optional magazine loader measures 19. 69 ft. long.

Varady & Associates | 631-368-7549

Pipe joint coating system

Radyne has developed a scan-heat coating tool for field line-pipe joint coating in the J-lay, S-lay, and spool-bay environments. The totally enclosed SwirlCoat™ patented coating tool completely surrounds the pipe, preventing FBE anticorrosion powder from entering the atmosphere wherever coatings are applied.

The system can coat varying joint widths, and pipes of 8 to 12 in. in diameter can be treated following a simple tool change. Designed to work in either the vertical or horizontal planes, the system helps simplify the process of custom-coating pipe bends.

The programmable, CNC technology traverses the pipe length to provide inherently safe induction pipe heating and SwirlCoat powder coating in one approach. The line pipe is first scanned electronically to establish where coating is required. The pipe then is heated to about 190 degrees C and FBE is applied via the coating tool as many times as necessary to build up the required level of protection.

Radyne | 44-0-118-978-3333 | www.radyne.co.uk

Video camera for plasma,
oxyfuel cutting

Enter code FC370 at www.ffid.net

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MG Systems and Welding has introduced a video camera option for its TMC4500ST, MPC2000, Titan II, and MetalMaster Plus plasma and oxyfuel cutting machines.

The camera can be used as both an alignment tool and to monitor the cutting process. The image is displayed on the 15-in. TFT color screen of the Global Control Plus.

With the crosshair turned on, the user can capture two, three, or five points along the edges of the plate to align the part program to the same angle as the plate. With the crosshair turned off, the user has an unobstructed view of the cutting process.

This feature is useful for monitoring the operation on machines that are very wide and/or long, allowing the operator to get a bird’s-eye view of the cutting process without leaving the operator panel.