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IMEC Tubes develops and produces
tube processing lines, using more than
a decade’s experience to offer turnkey
solutions for tube finishing, handling and
bundling.
The company analyses specific production
requirements and develops custom-built
layouts, offering a new series of patented
machines to provide safe and efficient
solutions.
IMEC’s product range includes scarfing,
rolling, brushing, end facing, storage,
bundling, coiling and quality control (air-
water and eddy current). A highlight
of the company’s range and one of its
latest designs is the patented permanent
magnetic inside bead system.
The system does not need a generator or
tow-bars, and activates and de-energises
magnets using an electric input.
This ensures operator safety, avoiding
problems with the magnetic field, and
allows rolling on small ID tubes.
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Founded in 1997, Eurolls SpA is a leading
company in the production and design of
rolls, made of steel and sintered materials.
The Eurolls capacity covers rolls for tube mills
up to 24″. With customers located worldwide,
the company has a capacity to produce an
average of four thousand rolls per month,
together with steel rolls and tungsten carbide
rolls for different applications.
Eurolls subsidiaries – which include Eurolls
de Mexico, Eurolls do Brasil, and Iber
Eurolls in Spain – are fully equipped for wire
and tube rolls production and regrinding
and are able to guarantee a quick and full
response.
Eurolls also offers advice on refurbishment
of tube mills and training of customer
personnel.
Innovative equipment for roll polishing,
heat treatment facilities and a sintering
plant were incorported into the company’s
production programme last year. The
control of each step of production, starting
from the entry of raw material to the final
dimensional control of each piece, is the
primary concern of the ISO 9001 certified
company.
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Founded in 1988, Guangzhou Hongda
Steel Co Ltd is a specialist manufacturer of
steel tube and pipe.
The company’s main product is stainless
steel tubes, while the company is also
able to produce a range of other pipes,
particularly seamless carbon steel pipes.
The production range for stainless steel is
OD from 4mm to 325mm and wall thickness
from 0.5 to 15mm. The available size for
seamless carbon steel is up to 18".
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or remove any cage station (straight edge
forming system) within the current tube mill
roll tool layout.
This is undertaken via the built-in tool
browser where the forming lineal can be
positioned between the existing forming
stations.
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DB Engineering manufactures forming rolls
under the Atlas brand, together with tube
cut-off blades and alfa shears.
The company’s roll manufacturing shops
use state-of-the-art manufacturing
equipment, including CNC machining
and turning centres, bore, OD and profile
grinding machines, and finishing and
polishing machines.
The heat treatment shops have
atmosphere-controlled furnaces with
automatic controls and recording of heat
treatment processes, and a metallurgical
lab.
DB Engineering has comprehensive
in-house design facilities, including
special computer software that aids
the building of designs to customers’
requirements.
The company’s inspection facilities include
the testing of steel, computer simulation of
designs to locate stress and wear areas in
production, and the checking of accuracy
and consistency of profiles, surface finishes
and dimensional tolerances.
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 The principle of the cage forming (or linear
forming) system with modelling in Copra
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DB Engineering (P) Ltd
India
Eurolls SpA
Italy
Guangzhou Hongda
China
IMEC Tubes
Italy
 IMEC Tubes produces custom-built solutions for
tube finishing, handling and bundling
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