The Thermatool Group announces the commissioning of a state of the art high speed tube mill at a major steel tube producer in Mexico. The complete mill provided by the Group's T&H Lemont Division can weld a tube size range from 0.75" (19 mm) to 3-1/2" (88.9 mm) outside diameter by 0.13" (3.3 mm) maximum wall thickness at a speed range of 400 FPM (120 MPM) to 550 FPM (168 MPM). The mill has quick change capabilities and includes a Thermatool CFI 500 Solid State HF welder as well as an Alpha Shear Flying Cutoff for cutting commercial product in line at high speeds. A Thermatool OmegaPac Automatic Tube Bundling and Packaging System is also included. The new high speed OmegaPac Bundling System is capable of packaging up to 70 pieces of tubes and profiles per minute directly off the mill at speeds in excess of 500 FPM (152 MPM). This eliminates the downtime which is usually incurred when the mill must be stopped to manually remove accumulated tubes for bundling and strapping. For further information, contact Bud Heller at T&H Lemont at telephone 708) 482-1800, by fax at (708) 482-1802 or by e-mail at wheller@thlemont.com.

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