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Cold Cutting: A Clean and Repeatable Technology

Lincolnshire, IL (September 30, 2013) - As published in Welding Journal magazine, Portable machine tools for cold cutting have many advantages for end prepping pipe and vessels prior to welding, including precision and inherent safety advantages. Machining eliminates the risks associated with open flame torch cutting, important wherever volatile hydrocarbons are present. The cold cutting method also eliminates the undesirable heat-affected zone (HAZ) created by thermal cutting. Wachs products utilize multiple technologies...one will be right for your project.

E.H. Wachs at HRSG Users Group

Lincolnshire, IL (February 26, 2015) - E. H. Wachs will be exhibiting at the HRSG User's Group (Heat-Recovery Steam Generators) conference in Orlando, FL at the Caribe Royale Hotel March 9-11, 2015. Heat recovery steam generators utilize gas and steam turbines to create more power from the same fuel than a simple-plant cycle. The excess heat from the gas turbine is directed to the nearby steam turbine, which produces additional electricity, also known as a combined-cycle power plant.

Machines displayed will include power generation industry maintenance and repair equipment for industrial pipes and valves. The Wachs equipment line up at the event will include tools used in pipe cutting and beveling, flange facing, and portable valve operators. Visit John Gruntfest in booth # 112.

E.H. Wachs Launches New Multi-Axial PowerDrill

Lincolnshire, IL (July 1, 2008) - E.H. Wachs launches a new high-performance industrial drill, the Multi-Axial PowerDrill, designed to articulate in five axes for a wide range of field service drilling applications.

Maintaining product integrity through generations

Lincolnshire, IL (October 27, 2008) - FROM the maker of the Trav-L-Cutter, since 1883 E H Wachs Company’s mission has remained the same: Superior equipment. Complete support. It started 125 years ago with the ideas and entrepreneurial spirit of a young German engineer named Edward H Wachs. From its founding in 1883, E H Wachs Company graduated quickly from steamfitting to manufacture of the Wachs Vertical Steam Engine.

New E.H. Wachs Sales, Service and Rental Center in Pasadena, TX

Pasadena, TX (July 24, 2014) - E. H. Wachs has moved its Houston sales, service and rental location to 3414 Lilac Unit E, Pasadena Texas 77505. The new location is closer for industrial customers in the oil and gas market and to refineries in the shipping channel located in the Houston area. This facility sells, services and rents equipment for pipe cutting and beveling that include Split Frames; End Prep machines; handheld valve exercisers; power units; and tooling.

Proper Preparation: The Key to Successful Pipe Welds

Lincolnshire, IL (May 10, 2009) - As published in Welding Journal magazine, proper weld preps are the critical first step in implementing a successful welding program producing high quality, repeatable welds with no heat affected zone.

Technology Drives U.S. Heat Exchanger Resurgence

Lincolnshire, IL (June 15, 2013) - As published in Welding Journal magazine, Orbital welding technology plays a key role in heat exchanger fabrication in the United States, and proper weld preparation is critical in the quality of finished welds for fabrications such as these. But, precision tube saws produce finished edges that prepare tubes for orbital welding applications quickly with quality preps. Completely square preps with burr free edges can be obtained with facing tools. The orbital torch mechanically rotates around the tube end while adding welding wire for strength. For more information on Orbitalum welding systems.

The Importance of Weld Preparation in High Integrity Welding

Lincolnshire, IL (May 21, 2009) - When the subject of high integrity welding is discussed, typically the topics revolve around the dramatic improvements in welding technology and the latest advanced materials used in pipe and tubing. New techniques that are capturing attention such as laser beam welding, and bold advances in semiautomated and fully automated orbital welding, are generating intense interest.

Wachs and Orbitalum Together in North America and Europe

Lincolnshire, IL (September 12, 2012) - E. H. Wachs and Orbitalum Tools GmbH, (ITW companies, Illinois Tool Works), have joined forces. The two companies will now be identified as the ITW Orbital Cutting & Welding group with the same great products, built to the highest standards in the United States and Germany. This will give customers the most comprehensive assortment of weld preparation equipment and orbital welding systems in the market.

Why cold cutting is the hot technology

Lincolnshire, IL (October 27, 2011) - As published in North American Pipelines magazine, E.H. Wachs cold cutting machine tools including the LCSF and HDSF split frames are the preferred method of cutting and beveling pipelines prior to welding. Where volatile hydrocarbons have been introduced into a pipeline, Wachs flame free machining process is the Hot Technology.