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Industry News
6 November 2012
Fives Bronx receives order
for straightening equipment
FIVES Bronx, the global supplier
of Bronx Taylor-Wilson finishing
equipment and Abbey ERW pipe mill
solutions, was recently awarded an
order for the manufacture of three
Series 6CR10 six roll straightening
machines. The order was placed by
a Chinese company, Tianjin Pipe
(Group) Corporation in Corpus Christi,
Texas and is the second order TPCO
has given Fives Bronx in the past 12
months. TPCO purchased one cold
and two hot 6CR10 straighteners,
which will process a full range of API
grades, with diameters ranging from
114.3 to 273.1mm and length to 15m.
The temperature ranges from ambient
to 650°C and will process the pipes up
to 100mpm.
The Fives Bronx Series 6CR10 pipe
straightener also utilises its patented
computer aided setting systemCompass
to achieve size change set-up times of
less than three minutes and its unique
design allows thin walled tube to be
straightened accurately, without surface
blemishes, at speeds up to 200m per
minute (approximately 600fpm).
Pipe producers can rely on 200 years
of industry experience and the success
of thousands of installations to make
Fives Bronx a good choice for their tube
and pipe finishing needs, the company
said. Located in all of the leading seam-
less and ERW pipe mills worldwide, the
hot and cold Series 6CR10 machines
have a global reputation for quality,
durability and efficiency.
Fives Bronx – USA
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Mair Research supplies
integrated API finishing lines
to Turkish tube manufacturer
SEVERAL years ago Mair Research
SpA (Italy) started the commissioning of
integrated finishing lines for API tubing
up to diameter 135/8" supplied to a major
Turkish producer.
Such lines provide a stepless and
fully automatic process as follows:
cut sampling, ID flushout and bead
chopping, chamfering and hydrate sting
(two machines in parallel: one triple
head up to 13" and up to 34mm).
The machines are connected by tube
conveying systems with driven chains,
as well as a tracking system for the
processed tubing. The software system
is connected with the lines as well as the
bundle storage process.
Thanks to the patented systems
the machines are equipped with, the
adjusting operations are easy and can be
provided in automatic mode according to
the tube diameters to be processed.
Mair Research SpA – Italy
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The Series 6CR10
API finishing lines