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Tube & Pipe Mills and Rollforming Lines
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for this new generation forming unit. With a
double main drive, the SWP machine has
an uncoiler with pre-tensioning system to
eliminate the springback effect for coils that
have X80 grade or more.
The company has also commissioned a
state-of-the-art offline upgradeable spiral
pipe manufacturing facility for Gregorian
International, Venezuela. Set for API rated
pipe manufacture, the mill is equipped
with a PRD-Cagil FRS 5001 series new
generation forming unit.
The system will start online production and
will be upgraded to offline in the future.
Together with the SWP mill, the order
included a hydrostatic pipe tester, end
beveling machines, x-ray units and material
handling system.
PRD-Cagil now supplies new process
reporting software for its SWP Mills. This
software enables the user to monitor online
process data as well as achieve a realized
process for a certain period.
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machine that reduces coil ends joining
time to 15 minutes. The SWP machine
incorporates an FRS 5001 series of new
generation forming unit that will produce
pipes from 24-144″ in diameter, lengths of
6-18m, and wall thickness up to 25mm.
As part of its upgrade plan, Ameron
International has also ordered an edge
milling machine and a new forming unit. The
EMM will be integrated into one of Ameron’s
previously ordered PRD SWP mills, and the
new forming unit will
replace the forming
unit of an old SWP
mill.
PRD-Cagil has
also recently
delivered an offline
upgradeable SWP
machine to Erciyas
Pipe, Turkey. The
machine is designed
to accommodate
X100 grade steel
and provides 360
tons of forming force
Ameron International, one of the USA’s
leading pipe manufacturers, has reached an
agreement with PRD-Cagil for the supply of
a new generation PRD-Cagil spiral pipe mill
as part of its upgrade schedule. PRD-Cagil
is a leader in large diameter pipe production
technology and provides pipe manufacturing,
coating and lining systems worldwide.
The SWP machine incorporates PRD-
Cagil’s latest (3rd generation) metal joiner,
which is equipped with an edge-milling
Latest generation of spiral pipe mills
 PRD-Cagil’s new generation spiral pipe mill (SWP) for large diameter pipe