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Industry News
6 January 2013
Four more orders for
Reika straighteners
FOLLOWING recent news that several
major companies have entrusted
Reika with the construction of new
tube straighteners the Hagen company
has now booked four additional 10-roll
straightening machines within the past
six months.
The first one will be delivered to
Russia early in 2013 and a second will
also be installed there shortly – both
for seamless carbon pipes. The third
is being built for the French precise
tube market, the fourth for the Chinese
heat exchanger market. All four
machines are supplied to leading pipe
manufacturers, where they replace
Reika’s competitors’ products because
of straight tube ends.
The demand for the straighteners
is currently booming, explained Reika
sales manager Andreas Zimball:
“Countries like Russia and China are
investing in new power stations. The
heat exchanger systems used demand
high precision and resistant steel tubes.
These tubes are up to 30m long with up
to 25mm in diameter. In order to provide
the desired high quality standards for
these extremely sensitive pipes, the
machines for production also require
extreme precision, which is ensured
by corresponding technical features.
Precision and straight tube ends are,
without exception, guaranteed by all
Reika 10-roll straightening machines,”
Mr Zimball said.
The machines are built with robust,
rigid and vibration-resistant steel frame
structures, material protecting inlet and
outlet channels, individual drives to
compensate for the roller wear – merits
of all roller straighteners from Hagen.
The design is completely closed and
compact to meet the demands of the
market in terms of noise regulations
and environment. In addition Reika’s
experts choose rolls with large
diameters in order to guarantee a low-
wear operation. The maintenance-free
roller carriers are centrally clamped
so that the precise and backlash-free
angle and height adjustment is ensured.
Optimised maintenance and operation
is also ensured by the machines’ design
as there is easy access to the interior of
the machine.
According to Reika and its customers
this state-of-the-art machine design
certainly worked out with the latest 3D
CADsystems involvingFEMsimulations,
which the company said beats many
competitive products. For example, the
adjusting and guiding components are
fully protected from scale, dirt and water
to prevent corrosion and excessive
wear. Customers have been impressed
by the automatic, self-learning, network-
capable CNC control, ensuring optimal
operator comfort and reducing setup
times significantly.
“Last but not least, we specifically meet
the requirements of our customers,” Mr
Zimball said. “All our straighteners are
made to meet the customer requirements
in regards to precise straightening
quality.” So customers benefit from high
material output.
“Our machines ensure high
productivity,” added Mr Zimball.
“Especially the dramatically improved
precision in tube straightness and the
elimination of unstraightened tube ends
that provide customers with a direct
economic benefit, so that return on
investment is achieved after a very short
time.” This promise applies to all kinds of
tubes and materials: hot rolled, drawn,
cold pilgered or longitudinally welded
with low and high material strength.
Reika GmbH & Co KG – Germany
Fax: +49 2331 9690 96
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The Reika 10-roll straightener