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Robitec. The traditional German business is one of just a small number of companies that supply membrane wall bending machines. The machines in the Boiler & Power series are perfectly suited to the requirements of boiler and power plants. The 27-ton membrane wall bending machine FL 2000 offers maximum stability and durability. MARTIN Caldeiras uses the machine to process walls consisting of tubes with a diameter of up to 70mm and a wall thickness of up to 5mm. ‘Continuous and safe operation with zero downtime is of major importance to us,’ Alpiger underlines. That is why the membrane wall bending machine FL 2000 is the perfect choice – it is both efficient and powerful, and comes with an integrated remote maintenance service. . Entire membrane tube walls up to 2,000mm wide can be bent with maximum precision with the aid of the Schwarze-Robitec membrane wall bending machine FL 2000. www.schwarze-robitec.com Xiris WeldStudio™ PIP Feature Xiris Automation Inc is pleased to announce the release of an expanded version of WeldStudio™, its software utility for controlling and displaying images from weld cameras. The latest version of WeldStudio™ includes the Picture-In-a-Picture (PIP) feature, a powerful new feature that allows for an inset window to be created in the camera image with different settings from the main camera image. When implemented, key areas of interest within the inset window can be set up with different contrast levels than the rest of the image, optimizing the inset window for a bright weld arc while its surrounding background can be enhanced to see the darker surrounding features. The Xiris WeldStudio™ software includes everything needed to set up, control, display and record video from Xiris XVC weld cameras. The user-friendly interface allows operators to set-up and control multiple cameras on any suitable PC running Windows 7/8/10 operating system. Xiris Automation Inc. specializes in developing Optical Systems for Quality Control for several niche industries, providing some of the world’s most dynamic manufacturers with the ability to detect, recognize, and interpret quality defects in their manufactured goods. . www.xiris.com TUBE NEWS April 2019 5