TPT January 2013

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Shot blast machine for pipes CUSTOMERS that buy from OMSG – Officine Meccaniche San Giorgio SpA, based in Milan, are looking for a shot blast machine that can offer innovative technology, superior quality of materials used for the construction and reliability over a long service life. feature of this shot blast machine is that, in addition to the external blasting carried out by means of centrifugal wheels designed and patented by OMSG, it is able to treat, at the same time, the inner surface of the tube using a nozzle of compressed air combined with blasting pot of 300 litres capacity. The obvious advantage is the considerable reduction of working times.

the reference standard ISO 8501-1. At the same time, a nozzle of compressed air previously selected according to the diameter of the pipe to be treated is automatically positioned at the inside of the pipe and begins the cycle of internal blasting. At the end of the blasting operation the pipe is emptied of shot remains by an automatic lifting system that allows the pipe to tilt and overturn the shot into the recovery hopper. By means of a transfer system, the pipe is finally discharged from the roller conveyor. Officine Meccaniche San Giorgio SpA – Italy

The shot blast machine with roller conveyor type LAUCO 100 H120 aims to cater for all of those requirements. The companies products are distributed to the world’s leading companies in the petrochemical and oil and gas field in Brazil, Norway, India, USA, Middle East and Australia. The OMSG machine is suitable for treating pipes with diameters from 200mm to 1,200mm and lengths from 6,000mm to 12,000mm. A distinctive

The work-pieces are loaded on a special roller conveyor from an automatic transfer system. Then they are introduced by the roller conveyor into the blast room where, under the influence of the stainless steel shot thrown by the wheels, the pipe is blasted with a degree of SA 2 ½, according to

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The OMSG shot blast machine

ITL secures SS tube mill order IN the process of forging its position in the manufacturing of SS tube mills, ITL Industries Ltd has achieved a milestone by securing an order for the supply of tube mills in size 1" to 4" NB with thickness 1 to 6mm, and 3" to 10" NB with thickness of 2 to 9.5mm. This will be first time in India that a 10" NB x 9.5mm tube mill will be manufactured and supplied. ITL has designed, manufactured and supplied a new concept of double cutting head on the same fly cut off. The system is provided with friction saw and cold cut off saw on the same bed, giving an option to the customer to use friction saw or cold cut off saw as required. This provision enhances the efficiency of the mill, as changeover time is just 120 seconds. ITL has also successfully designed and developed a dual saw cold cut off saw suitable for 4" to 10" NB round and 90x90 to 220x220 square pipe of thickness 3 to 8mm. ITL Industries Ltd – India Fax: +91 731 2721110 Email: info@itl.co.in Website: www.itl.co.in

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