TPT July 2010

I ndustry N ews

Solving bending challenges Technip wins Visakh deals

TUBE and pipe bending and endforming machinery expert Felss Burger GmbH, Germany has delivered additional CBC-12 and CBC-22 NC bending machines fulfilling increasing capacity demand at customers in China and the USA. The systems are to produce high precision bent tubes for fuel injection and climate application. Typical dimensions are steel and stainless steel up to OD12x1.5mm and aluminium up to OD22x1.5mm. The Felss Burger turnkey solutions have up to seven NC controlled axis and are equipped with additional feeding systems as well as deloading stations. All processes are precisely controlled and run with little operator attention beside loading and deloading allowing cost effective multi- machine operation. The CBC features solutions for all bending challenges such as precision, left/right bending, multi radius, mark free, roll- and draw bending. Controlling is done by the humanmachine interface SPOB that uniquely allows all FELSS Burger machines to control with an identical and easy to handle logic. In case of

problems tele-diagnosis via internet allows 365 days a year 24 hour direct access by experts. Software updates, new programs, new products and add ons are handled this way and even service stations with spares and tools in China, Japan and the US are in place for quick repairs. New bending operations are pro- grammed parallel to the production. To shorten change over times the CBC-12 and CBC-20 is to connect to all common measurement systems such as Faro, Ikon or Tube Inspect. Both customers add their machines to Felss Burger’s endforming units MEC- 4, a four step unit to precisely form the connectorising endforms. Additionally, in case of dynamically changing pressures in a tube such as diesel-injection lines, autofrettage unit FA02-83 is added to significantly increase fatigue strength of a tube. Felss Burger GmbH – Germany

TECHNIP has been awarded two contracts by Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) for its diesel hydrotreater project in the Visakh refinery, on the east coast of India. The two contracts, which are scheduled to be completed by the first half of 2012, will be executed by Technip’s operating centre in New Delhi, India. The first, worth approximately €50mn, covers the license as well as the engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning (EPCC) for a hydrogen generation unit with a capacity of 36,000 tons/year. The second contract, worth around €65mn, is for the EPCC of a diesel hydrotreater unit with a capacity of 2.2

million tons/year. Technip – France

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