TPT January 2013

Industry News

Four more orders for Reika straighteners

certainly worked out with the latest 3D CADsystems involvingFEMsimulations, which the company said beats many competitive products. For example, the adjusting and guiding components are fully protected from scale, dirt and water to prevent corrosion and excessive wear. Customers have been impressed by the automatic, self-learning, network- capable CNC control, ensuring optimal operator comfort and reducing setup times significantly. “Last but not least, we specifically meet the requirements of our customers,” Mr Zimball said. “All our straighteners are made to meet the customer requirements in regards to precise straightening quality.” So customers benefit from high material output. “Our machines ensure high productivity,” added Mr Zimball. “Especially the dramatically improved precision in tube straightness and the elimination of unstraightened tube ends that provide customers with a direct economic benefit, so that return on investment is achieved after a very short time.” This promise applies to all kinds of tubes and materials: hot rolled, drawn, cold pilgered or longitudinally welded with low and high material strength. Reika GmbH & Co KG – Germany Fax: +49 2331 9690 96

machines for production also require extreme precision, which is ensured by corresponding technical features. Precision and straight tube ends are, without exception, guaranteed by all Reika 10-roll straightening machines,” Mr Zimball said. The machines are built with robust, rigid and vibration-resistant steel frame structures, material protecting inlet and outlet channels, individual drives to compensate for the roller wear – merits of all roller straighteners from Hagen. The design is completely closed and compact to meet the demands of the market in terms of noise regulations and environment. In addition Reika’s experts choose rolls with large diameters in order to guarantee a low- wear operation. The maintenance-free roller carriers are centrally clamped so that the precise and backlash-free angle and height adjustment is ensured. Optimised maintenance and operation is also ensured by the machines’ design as there is easy access to the interior of the machine. According to Reika and its customers this state-of-the-art machine design

FOLLOWING recent news that several major companies have entrusted Reika with the construction of new tube straighteners the Hagen company has now booked four additional 10-roll straightening machines within the past six months. The first one will be delivered to Russia early in 2013 and a second will also be installed there shortly – both for seamless carbon pipes. The third is being built for the French precise tube market, the fourth for the Chinese heat exchanger market. All four machines are supplied to leading pipe manufacturers, where they replace Reika’s competitors’ products because of straight tube ends. The demand for the straighteners is currently booming, explained Reika sales manager Andreas Zimball: “Countries like Russia and China are investing in new power stations. The heat exchanger systems used demand high precision and resistant steel tubes. These tubes are up to 30m long with up to 25mm in diameter. In order to provide the desired high quality standards for these extremely sensitive pipes, the

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