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Technology News
58 May 2015
Improving pipe cutting and bevelling
THE E-Z FAB is a new HD cutting
and bevelling machine from TAG Pipe
Equipment Specialists.
The workshop-based semi-portable,
self centring, semi-automated cutting
and bevelling system offers improved
pipe cutting and bevelling speed, range
and capacity. Seven models enable
the TAG E-Z Fab to cover a pipe range
between ½" and 30".
TAG’s split frame toolboxes are bolted
to a rotating ring on the E-Z Fab machine.
Due to the rigidity of the frame and the
strength of the ring these toolboxes,
which are fitted with TAG HS HD tooling,
can be rotated around the contour of the
pipe at high speeds (up to 35rpm) and
are fed into the cut on every rotation by a
striker system, feeding the tooling down
a thread, via a unique gear controlled
transmission slide, which regulates the
tool feed as required.
It is effectively a clamshell cutting and
bevelling machine in a solid frame that,
due to its rigidity, can cut and bevel at
high speed. When cutting 6" carbon steel
with a thickness of 22mm setup, cutting
and bevelling takes places in six minutes
and 34 seconds. Pipe is loaded into the
machine and clamped in seconds via the
rapid self-centring jaw system.
Power is delivered from a new
single-phase 1.75kW NC-controlled
servo motor. The servo motor delivers
excellent power and torque, even under
heavy load, and enables uninterrupted
cutting and bevelling at high speeds.
It also features TAG’s new pro-
grammable Delta touch screen control
with pre-set application settings. It will
also store its previous settings.
The Delta NC control delivers a signal
to the servo motor, according to the
operator’s touchscreen instructions.
The E-Z Fab can be converted into an
orbital pipe saw configuration. The HD
toolboxes are removed and a Metabo
motor fitted to the ring. This motor houses
a high-speed rotating saw blade designed
for process cutting of thinner wall pipes
and tubes. Rotation is performed either
manually or automatically via the touch
screen control to cut and bevel thin-
to-medium wall (up to 12mm) carbon,
stainless and other ferrous and non-
ferrous pipe and tube.
TAG Pipe Equipment Specialists – UK
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The E-Z Fab