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of chemicals and petroleum. Available in sure this high standard of quality with optimized features speci? c to individual sideration of span length and commer- four widths and a variety of diameters, a ? ve-year guarantee. Wouter Witzel’s functionality requirements and allows cial length, the bending process itself, the product is reusable and can be ap- Econaxe Series is the newest range of for exact ? nishing according to customer and the ? nal cutting of the component. In plied to pressurized pipes up to 20 bar. double eccentric, high performance but- speci? cations. Available as a wafer type order to make this process more ef? cient

Wouter Witzel butter? y valves re- ter? y valves and excel wherever critical and lugged wafer type, Econaxe valves and economical, Schwarze-Robitec de- duce operational costs, down-time and applications demand maximum reliabil- offer an improved life cycle, as well as veloped a new tool solution: a cutting keep maintenance expenses to an abso- ity. With an economical, sustainable and high productivity and security. device integrated into the bending tool. lute minimum due to their high quality robust design, Econaxe valves are suit- Previously, three process steps were re- This makes it possible to bend and cut and lasting performance. Wouter Witzel able for many marine applications. Their quired in order to manufacture bent pipe pipe components of commercially avail- recently announced that it will now as- innovatively ? exible design provides components: cutting the pipe under con- able lengths in a single process step. The users’ bene? t is a reduction of material waste of up to 90% and production times that are reduced.

The combination of bending and cut- ting tool provides the option to process longer pipe units instead of cut pipe

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