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Industry News
12 March 2015
Fully automatic tube mill commissioned
IN October 2014 Olimpia 80 Tube Mills
completed the commissioning of a fully
automatic tube mill to produce carbon
steel (max TS up to 1,400N/mm²) and
ferritic and austenic stainless steel
tubes.
The tube mill has a capacity to
produce round tube and correlated
sections, from OD 30 to 88.9mm in a
thickness range from 0.8 to 4mm. The
maximum production speed is 130m/min
for carbon steel, and ferritic stainless
steel and austenitic stainless steel up to
100m/min.
The tube mill is composed of a single
decoiler and automatic coil car for strip
loading; coil opener with strip flattener;
automatic strip end welder; horizontal
strip accumulator complete at the exit
side of a flying shear for strip cutting;
strip edge preparation unit; and the
complete Linear Cage forming group for
round tubes (patented by Olimpia 80).
It also includes a weld box with 350kW
solid-state HF welder; outside scarfing
and chopper roll, and inside scarfing;
cooling section; ‘traditional’ sizing and
straightening unit (for round tubes);
universal driven turk’s heads; and
flying cut-off device by cold disk saw
(HSS-TCT).
This tube mill includes special features
such as a set of cassettes for quick roll
change on rails, for welding, sizing and
straightening (traditional) units. This
system reduces the waiting time when
it is necessary to change the production
size.
Olimpia 80 Srl – Italy
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Universal driven
turk’s head –
entry side
Welding section
Italian operations expanded
THERMAL processing equipment
supplier Inductotherm Group has
opened a new group company in Turin,
Italy. Italian customers will benefit from
timely and direct access to Inductotherm
Group product brands, covering the
many active market segments in Italy.
“Inductotherm Group Italy, Srl will
further fulfil the Inductotherm Group
strategy of being a truly global yet local
company,” commented Gary Doyon,
CEO of Inductotherm Group.
“We will now be able to provide
service and parts support for induction
heating and welding equipment
to Italian manufacturers with fast
response,” said Mick Nallen, managing
director for Inductotherm Group Italy,
Srl. “Trained technicians will provide
the local service customers have come
to depend on.”
The new company’s sales manager,
Vincenzo Tosetto, brings over 25 years
of induction heating experience to the
local team. Mr Tosetto is responsible
for delivering to Italian customers
the latest technologies Inductotherm
Group offers, including Inductoheat
Europe’s induction heating process
technology, and new equipment such as
Inductoheat’s latest line of crankshaft
hardening machines.
Inductotherm Group – USA
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