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6 MARCH 2017
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FD Machinery receives ERW tube mills order
from APL Apollo Tubes in India
FD Machinery has received orders for
two CNC-CFS (direct form square) ERW
tube mills fromAPLApollo Tubes of India.
The mills are patented by FD Machinery
and are fully automated. Size changes
occur in five minutes by simply entering
four parameters on a touchpad screen.
The size range of the mills is 80x80
to 200x200mm square, with wall
thicknesses ranging from 3 to 10mm.
The tube length is 4-8m and mill speed
is 20-60m/min. All adjustments, except
welding and straightening, are done
automatically and only one set of
tooling is required to produce the mills’
entire size range.
The mills will be equipped with
automated strip entry sections
and automated bundling/strapping
machines. Only three operators will
be required to run an entire mill. The
addition of the mills will increase APL’s
production capability.
FD Machinery has also received an
order for a dual head flying cut-off from
APL Apollo Tubes of India. This cut-off
will be used for tubes with diameters
of 12-50mm, and wall thicknesses of
1-3.2mm. The cut-off will allow the mill
to run at speeds up to 200m/min. FD’s
dual head cut-off is claimed to increase
blade life by 30 per cent, give better end
finishes, and reduce blade change-over
time when compared to a 100m/min
single head cut-off.
The company is also receiving
enquiries for its direct form square mill
from US and European tube producers.
FD Machinery – USA
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Bronx commissioned to produce
straightening machine for Turkish shipyard
MEYER Turku, Finland, one of the
world’s leading cruise ship builders,
has contracted Fives, a global industrial
engineering group, to design and supply
Bronx straightening equipment. Fiveswill
design and deliver a fully automated and
motorised Bronx 13-roll straightening
machine to process bulb sections up to
220mm wide, which feature heavily in
the construction of cruise ships, ferries
and special vessels and will form part
of a profile preservation line. The Bronx
straightening machine is due to be
installed and commissioned during the
summer of 2017 and will represent the
second straightening installation to be
supplied to the Meyer Group in the last
four years.
Fives provides a broad range of
high performance Bronx section
straighteners, including fixed centre,
variable centre, multi-strand, two plane
and between housing. Bronx machines
can accurately and efficiently straighten
the widest range of ferrous and non-
ferrous sections produced.
Section straightening machines are
equipped with the patented Computer
Aided Setting System to automatically
compute the optimum roll settings and
adjust the rolls to the proper position.
Fives Bronx – France/USA/UK
Website: The section straightening equipment