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2011
SEPTEMBER
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Tube Southeast Asia
Bangkok, Thailand
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EMO
Hanover, Germany
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São Paulo, Brazil
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Düsseldorf, Germany
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Fabtech
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Tube Russia 2012
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25-28
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30 Oct –
1 Nov
Tube India
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Diary of Tube Events Seamless
tube plant
delivered
SMS Meer, Germany, has started delivery
of the world’s largest PQF® (premium quality
finishing) plant for seamless tubes with
diameters up to 20". The customer is a
Chinese consortium consisting of the Tianjin
Pipe Corporation (TPCO) and the Jiangsu
Shagang Group Huaigang Special Steel
Company. Erection was scheduled to start
in August in the Huai’an works in Jiangsu
province, with production due to start at the
beginning of 2012.
The capacity of the new PQF plant is
500,000 tons of seamless tubes per year.
The main customers are the oil and gas
industry.
SMS Meer project manager Roland
Preuten commented: “The project has a
signal effect for the whole tube industry. This
plant will represent the largest production
facility for seamless tubes in China. The
maximum diameter of 20" is a record. PQF
seamless tubes are thus breaking into a new
performance dimension.”
In the PQF mill, three rolls are positioned
uniformly around the tube. As a result, the
forces acting on the tube are distributed
more uniformly around the circumference
than with a two-roll arrangement.
Benefits of PQF plants include low
energy and material consumptions. The PQF
process allows smaller tolerance deviations
in the roll gap, minimum material load and
fewer disruptive influences during the rolling
process. For tube mill owners this means
that tube production runs in a more stable
manner and is easier to master, and the
lower material stress makes it possible for
the product range to be extended to thin-
walled dimensions and higher steel grades.
The Chinese consortium decided in
favour of the PQF technology developed
by SMS Meer because it assures not only
a new spectrum of dimensions, but also
a consistently high tube quality within
the closest tolerances, plus a dependably
high productivity. For the 20" tubes SMS
Meer has developed the world’s largest
conetype piercer with a roll diameter of
1,700mm.
SMS Meer GmbH – Germany
Fax: +49 42148 90090
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