TPT March 2009

D rilling, P iercing & P unching T echnology

Advanced industrial pipe drill with five axes

(low clearance split frame) cutters. These powerful yet portable Wachs machine tools helped Jordan control and manage dose uptake and airborne contamination. Wachs is best known for its famous Trav-L- Cutter, which drives itself around the OD of a pipe, cutting and beveling simultaneously while adjusting automatically for out of roundness. The company also manufactures the Wachs split frames for a lathe type finish and precison weld prep. It can machine all common sizes, wall thicknesses and materials including cast, ductile iron, stainless steel and high yield alloys. Split frames are available in SDSF (small diameter split frame), LCSF (low clearance split frames) and the massive HDSF (heavy duty split frame). The equipment is designed for the power generation industry, pipelines, oil platforms, petrochemical plants, refineries, shipyards, pharmaceutical labs and food and beverage processing plants. EH Wachs Company – USA Fax : +1 847 520 1147

EH Wachs, a leader in portable cold pipe cutting and weld prep machine tools, has launched an advanced industrial drill, branded the Wachs multi-axial PowerDrill. Designed for drilling, boring, and tapping pipes of virtually any diameter, it has extraordinary travel in five axes for incredible flexiblity.  A highly versatile industrial drill, the Wachs PowerDrill is able to articulate in five axes

The PowerDrill comes with either a pneumatic or hydraulic drive. Powerful enough to drill a 127mm diameter hole in high yield pipe, it features high-torque gearing, long feed travel and the ability to safely operate in many environments, including explosive and subsea. With its rugged construction and comprehensive features and options, the multi-axial PowerDrill is a very powerful and versatile portable drilling tool. Ideal applications include tapped or beveled access holes, stud removal, gamma plugs, RT plugs, and Thermowell installation. It can also be used to add weld prep details into piping. A PowerDrill was recently used by Jordan Nuclear to assist on the B268 MA1 Cell Refurbishment Project in Cumbria, UK. Mounted around a 1.4m and 1.7m separation vessel, access holes were drilled to monitor radiation levels within the 12mm thick stainless steel vessels. A Wachs Trav-L-Cutter was used for cutting, as were the company’s LCSF

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