TPT September 2007

T ube M ills: R olling & F orming M ethods

specifications of quality automotive tubing applications. A new generation of cold saw cut-offs provides an extremely clean tube end, and tight and consistent length tolerances at high speeds. In the final stage of development is a state-of-the-art automatic entry system handling up to 51" wide strip. All aspects of the tube mill line are catered for, including decoilers (single mandrel to fully automatic models), strips joiners (manual, semi-automatic and automatic), and strip accumulators (vertical floop, vertical FBS, horizontal, and customised solutions). Oto Mills also supplies flying cutoff units designed to provide cutting to length of the tube arriving from a continuous production tube mill. The range includes cutoffs for normal steel, stainless steel, and aluminium. These cutting systems can be supplied with friction saw, cold saw, shear, rotary knives, laser or bandsaws. Oto Mills – Italy Fax : +39 0522 964 188

Complete systems for welded tube production

Oto Mills, Italy, has over 20 years of experience in the design, manufacture, and installation of complete systems for the production of welded tube and/or profiles. The company is a member of the Marcegaglia Group, a leader in the production of welded tube and open profiles. Including around 20 models, the tube mill range is from 10-220mm, with a full

catalogue of solutions for carbon and stainless steel applications. These tube mills include the conventional line and rapid changeover model, up to the high precision model, with a range of accessories and optional equipment. Among the company’s most recent innovations is a line of high precision tube mills designed to meet the rigorous

fi The Oto 1276 RTC rapid tool change tube mill

Email : otoinfo@otomills.com Website : www.otomills.com

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