TPT March 2010

T echnology U pdate

Sawing and cutting machines

manipulator into the storage system with a capacity up to 400 billets. The inclusion of an integrated material tracking system allows billets to be selected by alloy and weight on demand from the billet stock. The essential benefits of the machine are: fully automatic operation of the entire sawing line; highest cutting performance and vibration free operation due to robust design; and ergonomic plant design and efficient flow of material. Asmag’s aimwas to establish a pioneering technology in the sawing of billets, which meets with Asmag’s general philosophy in developing its machines. Asmag – Austria flaws are separated and colour-coded. Detection of oblique oriented flaws in fixed or variable angles is available without testing speed reduction. NDT Technologies Inc – Canada Fax: +1 514 457 7650 Email: info@ndt.ca Website: www.ndt.ca Email: sales@asmag.at Website: www.asmag.at

ASMAG offers a wide range of machine concepts in the area of saws and cutters. The high-performance metal circular saws are used for sawing of pre-material, semi- finished products and finished products. The robust structure guarantees vibration free machine operation, even when sawing large material. This leads to optimum cutting results and long saw blade service life. One of the latest innovations in this area is a sawing line for brass billets. The sawing machine is arranged in-line with an extrusion press for brass tubes. Asmag delivered this fully automatic sawing line with handling system for brass billets to Ultrasonic testing INTEGRATED, ultrasonic and eddy current testing systems for full body inspection of seamless and ERW tubes are manufactured and commissioned by NDT Technologies Inc, Canada. The systems can be equipped with more than 120 test channels, capable

a well-known European brass producer. The length of the incoming material is 2.8 – 3.2m and the diameter of the billets is up to 320mm. At the end of the charging unit, the billets are automatically separated into the saw entry roller table. Before sawing, the billets are measured and the optimum dividing length is calculated by the control system. High cutting performances and vibration free operation of the machine are guaranteed due to the rigid robust design. The sawn billets with a length of 280– 900mm are weighed by the weighing system. They are lifted by means of a of providing full volumetric and surface coverage of tubes, according to API and other international standards, for diameters from 90mm. Longitudinal and transversal flaw detection, as well as 100% continuous thickness monitoring is carried out in real- time and is graphically displayed as “C” scans – open pipe view, where ID and OD

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