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Industry News
8 November 2012
Tungsten carbide
insert for outside
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Impeder core for
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SMS Meer to supply tube
welding plant with finishing line
ARVEDI Metalfer Do Brasil in Salto,
Brazil, has placed an order with
SMS Meer for the supply of an RD 140
HF tube welding machine including
finishing line. This is already the second
major order Arvedi has awarded
SMS Meer within a short space of time.
Just two years ago Arvedi brought
a tube line supplied by SMS Meer into
service at its plant in Cremona, Italy.
“Following our positive experience with
the first plant, we decided to have the
second tube welding line designed and
manufactured by SMS Meer too,” said
Mario Caldonazzo, CEO of Arvedi Tubi
Acciaio.
“SMS Meer’s concept is impressive
in terms of tube quality, flexibility and
productivity,” he added.
In future, Arvedi will supply its Brazilian
customerswith tubesof thehighest quality
for special applications. Mr Caldonazzo
added: “SMS Meer’s modern technology
creates the ideal preconditions for this.”
SMS Meer is also to supply the finishing
line, thereby offering an integrated
solution from just a single source. The
new tube welding line is designed for a
capacity of 150,000 tons of tubes per
year.
The size range covers tube diameters
from 33.4 to 139.7mm with wall
thicknesses from 1.5 to 8mm. Tube
lengths range between 5 and 12.6m.
The plant can reach a maximum
production speed of 130m per minute.
With its new plant, Arvedi Metalfer
Do Brasil will be able to produce high-
quality, thick-walled tubes with round,
square and rectangular cross-sections.
At the same time they meet the stringent
requirements of standards such as EN
10219, API 5L, EN 10208, API 5CT,
ASTM A513 and EN 10305.
“Thanks to the innovative quick-
change systems, the productivity of
the plant is on average more than 30
per cent higher than with conventional
plants,” said Michael Cottin, head of
product area tube and pipe welding
plants at SMS Meer. “What’s more,
Arvedi can also adapt flexibly to changes
in market requirements for welded tubes.
Orders for increasingly small lot sizes
with a variety of dimensions require plant
solutions with short changeover times
and minimal downtimes.”
Changeovers to new tube dimensions
can be performed in just one-and-a-
half to two hours, thanks to the inline
and offline quick-changing systems
developed by SMS Meer.
The plant is scheduled to go into
operation in May 2013.
SMS Meer GmbH – Germany
Fax: +49 2161 350 1862
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