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52 March 2015
Weigh-measure-stencil systems
for the OCTG industry
INFOSIGHT Corporation designs and
manufactures automatic identification
solutions for pipe and tube mills, as
well as other industries worldwide. The
company’s headquarters, located in
Ohio, USA, houses offices for design
and support staff, and also factory
facilities for the manufacture of all of
its products. Engineering staff include
mechanical, electrical and software
designers with over 35 years of
experience for the design of custom
identification machinery for the pipe and
tube industry.
For the OCTG industry, the
company provides a large selection
of identification solutions to automate
production, reduce costs and improve
product identification and traceability.
The Weigh-Measure-Stencil (WMS)
system integrates several technologies
into one custom-designed drop-in solution
for pipe mills. Each WMS system is
designed for the specific pipe mill product
flow geometry, product size range
and product throughput requirements.
Available WMS system geometries
include linear pipe movement ‘in-the-
conveyor’ designs; lateral pipe movement
‘walking beam’ designs; and lateral pipe
movement ‘roll-by’ designs. Other custom
geometries are also possible.
Technologies and features
available for incorporation into various
configurations of WMS systems
include weight measurement, length
measurement, colour-banding, stencil
marking, stamp marking, API weight/
length tolerance checking, length range
tolerance checking, weight and length
adjustment factor for couplings and
end protectors, and automatic joint
numbering. Multiple programmable pre-
stored message formats are available.
Pipe production reports can be printed
to show time, length, weight andmessage
data for each pipe, while printed tally
reports totalise length and weight for both
good and reject pipes. The systems allow
archiving of data for reports, as well as
uploading of report data.
As each end-user application and
mill geometry is different, InfoSight
WMS systems are designed specifically
for each unique industrial pipe mill
geometry and application.
InfoSight provides other standalone
identification systems for the OCTG
industry, including stencil systems for
moving or stationary pipes; stamping
systems; weight- or length-measuring
systems; colour-band systems; ID and
OD marking systems for API 5L large
OD pipes; barcode marking systems
for in-plant individual pipe tracking; and
barcode reading systems.
InfoSight Corporation – USA
Fax: +1 740 642 5001
Email:
Website:
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