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6 November 2016
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Hydrostatic pipe machine to test beyond the
standard API grades
VALLOUREC, a leading company
in tubular solutions, and Fives, an
international engineering group, have
commissioned an innovative hydrostatic
pipe tester at the Vallourec’s plant in
Düsseldorf-Rath, Germany.
Pipe testing machines at tube plants
aim to reduce delays on the finishing
floor during the testing phase. The test
hold time is varied to suit the specific
standard to which the pipe is being
tested. Fives has been specialising in
engineering hydrostatic pipe testing
machines under the brand Taylor-
Wilson since 1911, having supplied
more than 49 hydrotesters, leak testers
and collapse testers worldwide.
The hydrostatic pipe tester designed
and supplied to the Düsseldorf-Rath
plant has the ability to test beyond the
standard API grades and is capable of
testing up to premium Cr13 pipes at over
1,250 bar (18,130 PSI). With a maximum
diameter of 406.4mm (16") and a heavy
wall thickness up to 50mm (1.97") the end
load of 8,944kN (2,010,620lb) is one of
the highest Fives has ever manufactured.
This technically demanding machine will
push the limits of small batch processing
while still providing the highest quality and
flexibility. The machine is also designed
to facilitate maintenance and quick tool
change.
The Taylor-Wilson hydrostatic pipe
testingmachineswere the first to address
alternative pressures that the American
Petroleum Institute (API) implemented
to deal with the ever-changing demands
in drilling for oil in deeper and harder-to-
find areas throughout the world.
The Taylor-Wilson machines are
capable of testing tube and pipe with OD
from less than 25mm to over 660mm.
Designs can accommodate plain end or
square cuts, API line pipe ends, threaded
and coupled ends, mill sawed or pierced
ends. Fives has already supplied more
than ten straightening lines to different
Vallourec plants in the past ten years.
Fives Bronx – USA
Fax: +1 330 244 1961
Website:
New profile measuring system for
hot rolling mill in Slovenia
ZUMBACH Electronic has won a
contract from Štore Steel doo in
Slovenia for a Profilemaster® SPS 400-
S4 in-line profile measuring system,
based on laser light section technique
and machine vision. The system will be
integrated into a hot rolling mill, helping
to increase the efficiency of the mill and
to assure product quality.
Štore Steel produces various round
and flat steel products for the forging,
spring and engineering industries.
The company is modernising its in-line
measuring systems in order to gain better
and faster control over its production
process. A significant efficiency increase
is expected by shortening start-up time
and reducing downtime.
The ordered Profilemaster
SPS400-S4 is equipped with technology
for full profile measurement and surface
fault detection. The system is has four
high-speed camera/laser modules to
capture the full contour of the hot rolled
profile. Scanning the product with up
to 500 full contours per second, the
measuring system provides continuous
dimensional measurements as well as
surface fault detection.
The engineered construction and the
conditioning features of theProfilemaster
SPS 400-S4 ensure stable and reliable
measurements. Commissioning is
planned before the end of 2016.
For measurement and control in
the cold finishing process, Štore Steel
also ordered a non-contact measuring
and control system from the Zumbach
ODAC – USYS product line.
Zumbach Electronic AG – Switzerland
Email:
Website:
Profilemaster SPS 400-S4 measuring unit
Hydrostatic pipe testing