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Industry News
20 March 2015
Universal squaring turk’s head
OLIMPIA 80 Tube Mills has engineered
and put into operation a universal
squaring turk’s head in a tube mill
installed in Spain.
The main capacity of the installed
machine is from 20x20 (30x10) mm
to 70x70 (100x40) mm, in a thickness
range from 0.8 to 4mm. The complete
tube mill can produce tubes with special
steel quality, up to TS 1,400 MPa.
With this system the tube mill will
produce the full tube range (square and
rectangular shapes) without changing a
single roll in the sizing turk’s head stands.
The complete group is composed of
three motorised pre-forming stands;
one straightening unit for square and
rectangular tubes; and one motorised
finishing stand. The straightening unit
is not motorised, and is placed between
the last two heads.
The software allows the self-centring
system to place the heads in position
zero depending on the tube’s size. The
setting for the straightening is made
through a control panel placed in front
of the head. The project includes the
possibility to install complete devices,
even in the existing line, or consequently
to a traditional turk’s head.
The complete range, in different
steps, can include tube dimensions
from 20x20mm to 300x300mm, and
thickness ranging from 0.8 to 12.7mm.
Olimpia 80 Srl – Italy
Fax: +39 0523 864584
Email:
Website:
Olimpia 80
president Vittorio
Travini and
technical director
Livio Travini
in front of the
installed machine