Industry News
8
N
ovember
2014
Another major order for a
spiral pipe mill
WITHIN only a few months, Schuler
has received its second major order
for delivery of a spiral pipe machine.
This is from one of the leading
manufacturers of steel pipes in Latin
America: Tuberías Procarsa Subsidiary
of Industrias CH SAB de CV, with its
headquarters in Monclova, Coahuila,
Mexico. As recently as last May,
Group Five Pipe Saudi Ltd placed a
major order for an almost identical mill.
Tuberías Procarsa will use the offline
spiral pipe machine from Schuler to
produce large pipes with diameters
from 508 to 2,235mm (20 to 88") and
lengths from 12 to 24.4m. It will mainly
be used for building pipelines in oil and
gas extraction. The input stock for the
large pipes is a coil-wound strip up to
25.4mm (1") thick comprising high-
grade steel (up to X100); the spiral pipe
machine forms this material into the
required pipe diameter and connects
the edges by tack welding. Following
that, welding of the pipe is completed
on a separate welding stand using the
submerged-arc method.
The pipe mill has a length of more
than 450m and also includes various
facilities for testing the large pipes
according to API standards. Ultrasound,
X-rays and pressurised water are used
for this process. The mill from Schuler
will increase Tuberías Procarsa’s
production capacities by 220,000 tons
per year.
Schuler AG
– Germany
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Hartmut Kussmaul and Walter Gut from Schuler (right and left), and Gustavo Gunter from
Tuberías Procarsa at the contract signing
Xiris partners with Spanish
supplier Euromaquina
EUROMAQUINA SL has been signed
as exclusive distributor of Xiris
Automaton products for the tube and
pipe industry for Spain and Portugal.
The agreement enables Euromaquina
to distribute and support Xiris products
with immediate focus on the WI2000p
post weld inspection system, used to
detect quality issues related to the tube
welding and forming process.
A supplier of new and second-hand
machinery and testing equipment to the
tube and pipe industry, Euromaquina
represents many established brands
across Spain and Portugal. With over 50
years of experience in the steel industry,
Euromaquina brings experience in
consulting, engineering, service and
sales of leading edge technology.
Commenting on the agreement, Xiris
Automation president Cameron Serles
said, “We are excited to work with such
an experienced and knowledgeable
organisation
as
Euromaquina
which shares our values of a high
level of commitment to ensuring
customer satisfaction and continuous
improvement of technical knowledge.”
José B Berenguer, president of
Euromaquina, commented, “We chose
to work with Xiris because of their
commitment to developing innovative,
high quality testing equipment that
satisfies the increasing demanding
requirements and expectations of our
customers. We in Euromaquina think
the technology developed by Xiris
marks a milestone in quality assurance
of tubes and profiles. Moreover, we
have personally used Xiris equipment
on complex profiles, and found that we
could very easily detect geometrically
complex problems and generate useful
data to take productive measures to
ensure quality and to save costs.”
Xiris Automation specialises in
developing optical equipment used for
process and quality control across a
number of industries.
With an extensive product line, the
company provides the ability to detect,
recognise and interpret quality defects
in manufactured goods.
Xiris Automation Inc
– Canada
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