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Dri l l ing, piercing, punching
In an era of widespread registration to ISO 9001 and
other rigorous standards, a faulty drilled, pierced, or
punched perforation – one that is misaligned or less than
clean or in the slightest degree “off” in diameter – would
mean scrapping an otherwise perfect tube, and not just
one. As an unintended consequence of the marvel of
reproducibility in a state-of-the-art mill, a single rejection
can compel the sacrifice of an entire production run of
perfect tubes. Expensive scrap indeed.
It shouldn’t happen… and it doesn’t. That confident
assertion rests squarely on the skill and experience
that make up the stock-in-trade of companies like those
whose products and services are reviewed in this
section of Tube & Pipe Technology.
Drilling, piercing and
punching technology
Danobat’s T3CH CNC drilling unit