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63 September 2008
Technology Update
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In Russia, three new Bronx/Taylor-Wilson
straighteners (six and ten roll machines)
have been delivered to the TMK Group, for
installation at TMK’s Sinara, Tagmet and
Volzhsky works. The company has also
shipped another pipe tester for the TMK’s
Volzhsky plant for API 5CT product up to
339.7mm at pressures above 100 MPA.
There is also another BTW hydrotester
that is being installed at Tagmet in Russia
for API 5CT product up to 273.1mm at
pressures above 100 MPA.
Interpipe, the leading producer of API
pipe in Ukraine, has awarded Bronx
International several large projects. Two
API 13⅜" pipe straightening machines will
be installed in 2008, together with a Bronx
13⅜" hydrostatic pipe testing machine to
address the alternative pressures required
within the stringent demands of the growing
OCTG market.
A highly advanced partner to Bronx, Abbey
International is the manufacturer of a wide
range of tube mills. The mill sizes range
from 3" diameter to 26" diameter. Currently
the company has many international
projects for industries including oil and gas,
automotive, and construction.
Abbey International has recently delivered a
high-speed 3" mill line. The line is capable of
producing rounds, rectangles, and squares
at 600ft/min. This project includes Abbey’s
patented CCT Quick Change System.
The Continuous Cart Transfer (CCT) is
a driven cart system that is designed to
receive sub-plated mill sections during
semi-automated changeover of the mill. It
eliminates the use of an overhead crane for
sub-base exchange. With this system, very
fast changeover times are possible, thus
substantially reducing mill downtime. The
payback on this system is extremely quick
especially when frequent tool changes are
required.
The company has also won two orders
from special automotive mills for producing
stainless steel tubing. One is a 3.5" mill line
due for delivery in summer and another is a
6" mill line due for delivery later in the year.
Both orders utilize Abbey’s Transition Beam
Forming Section (TBS®), the patented
system that provides an expanded capability
of forming, creating high quality pipe over a
wide range of sizes. The 3.5" mill line will
also feature a special compression forming
system.
Other orders that Abbey International
has accepted are for a special coil tubing
mill for the oil industry, a heavy 5" mill for
the oil industry, and a heavy 5" mill Line
for the structural industry. The special
coil-tubing mill will produce high strength
tubing for oil wells. Abbey International has
incorporated numerous special features
for making precision coil tubing and line
pipe for API.
The 5" structural mill line is a heavy wall
mill incorporating high speed and quick-
change capabilities. This mill line is able to
produce rounds, squares, and rectangles at
400ft/min.
Abbey’s ERW pipe mills and Bronx/Taylor-
Wilson pipe testing and straightening
machines have a global reputation. These
latest high-profile orders confirm the
capabilities of the two companies.
Bronx/Taylor-Wilson – USA
Fax: +1 330 244 1961
Email:
Website:
Abbey International – USA
Fax: +1 419 874 8200
Website: