TPT July 2012

Industry News

Fives Bronx ships cold sizing mill FIVES Bronx, the provider of Bronx/ Taylor-Wilson and Abbey International equipment, continues its global success in the tube and pipe market and substantial contributions to the worldwide demands of the oil and gas industry, with the completion of a recent ERW tube and pipe mill project. of the casing as well as to improve its dimensional characteristics, such as to reduce the diameter of discrete lengths of round pipe. The result is a perfection of the pipe roundness and an increase in the material strength. This process is done after the pipe has been full-body heat treated. The heat treatment can be a fully annealing process or a quenching and tempering process. The four-roll driven passes quick change system is included with this mill so that the rolls may be changed often due to frequent size changes. The Abbey Division of Fives Bronx has been designing and manufacturing world-class tube and pipe production equipment since 1901. Its production innovation combined with its experience makes Abbey the quality choice for ERW mills, no matter what size tube is required for production.

Fives Bronx recently shipped a 10" cold sizing mill, used for high grade casing products, to theShaanxi ProvinceofChina. This line uses a series of four-roll driven passes with quick change capability. It is used to increase the physical properties

progressively reduce the pipe diameter, varying from 1-2 per cent, depending on the requirement for each pipe grade. A

Fives Bronx – USA Website: www.fivesgroup.com

API finishing line MAIR Research SpA has supplied Brazilian tube manufacturer Tuper with an integrated API finishing line suitable for processing 340mm tubing.

information connected to the individual operations and is interfaced with the supplier’s server. Mair Research SpA – Italy Email: salesdept@mair-research.com Website: www.mair-research.com

composed of tube cut-off sampling, ID flushout and bead chopping, chamfering, hydrotesting (two machines in parallel: one triple head up to 8" and one for over 8" and up to 340mm), ultrasonic testing, WMS, coating, packaging and strapping. A software system keeps track of

The line has been recently commissioned and API certified. It is connected in line with the mill and

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