Tube & Wire'96 Dusseldorf Report
by Rolf Diederichs
I visited this show in Dusseldorf [ Fair Home Page] and interviewed
some of the exhibitors at their booths. This article summarizes those
interviews. After the Dusseldorf show, I flew to Birmingham for the
MTQ (Testing for Quality) '96 exhibition,
obviously more closely related to NDT. Here is the
MTQ'96 Report.
The Tube & Wire
Figures for April 15-19
Wire96 - 922 exhibitors from 36 countries
Tube96 - 401 exhibitors from 31 countries
The following companies made presentations on Ultrasonic Testing for
steel tubes:
Krautkraemer GmbH* (*= go directly to
product
showcase)
Nukem GmbH*
Tuboscope Vetco International Corp.*
At the Wire'96 show, the companies specializing in ultrasonic thickness
measurement were
Laser Mike* and
Zumbach.
Laser diameter gauges were very prominent at the show. This technique
for inline
diameter control is rapidly increasing in popularity, and we saw
Laser Mike* at the crowded booth of
Beta Instruments (specialists in UT
and laser techniques).
There was also a good crowd at the Schwer + Kopka GmbH (FAX +49 2103
31371) booth, where they presented their acoustic emission method,
often applied for a wide range of
inline testing.
The table of contents below outlines some of the information I found
useful. Please note information provided by exhibitors implies no
endorsement from us.
At the Tube&Wire press office, we selected these two articles as good
sources of tube industry background information.
Technical developments in the production and
processing of tubes
From needle pipes to pipelines. Tubes and pipes in
technical and everyday use.
*I made an effort not to leave anybody out, but I probably did miss
some service companies. If so, I apologize and will be glad to
supply the information on demand
Rolf Diederichs 01. May 1996, info@ndt.net