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Industry News
Interlinked
drawing line
for steel tubes
ASMAG, Austria, has finalised commission-
ing of a new manufacturing line for steel
tubes at Wiederholt GmbH in Germany. The
new line allows an increase of output and
a significant improvement of product quality.
With a tube diameter of up to 125mm and a
maximum length of 12m, it represents the
first interlinked production line of its kind in
Germany.
After passing a hydraulic in-line
pointing press the steel tubes are drawn
on a 1,200kN two-fold draw bench
with rack and pinion drive. The newly
developed multiple pre-bench allows
permanent availability of two different
plug rod dimensions. A head and tail
sawing facility cuts both ends of the drawn
tube, and chips are removed by a newly
designed integrated blow-off device.
With the 10 roll straightening machine
RRM-pro 125/420/10, ASMAG realised
a benchmarking machine for tube
straightening. The customer’s straightness
demands and even more challenging
expectations could be exceeded. Tubes are
run end to end before ultra sonic and eddy
current testing, and separated afterwards
again. A new multiple saw, consisting of
four single saw units, allows automated
positioning of each saw depending on
specific requirements. After a final visual
check the tubes are joined automatically in
hexagonal shaped packages.
The essential benefits of the new line
are: material output could be increased
significantly due to a high line speed, and
prevention of not-straightened tube ends.
A robust design and implementation of
new ideas led to an increase of product
quality. Special attention was focused
upon environmental requirements, and
new standards have been accomplished.
ASMAG GmbH – Austria
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SHANDONG Nanshan Aluminium Co,
Ltd, Shandong, China, and SMS Meer,
Germany, have signed a contract for the
supply of a total of 14 light-metal extrusion
presses.
Shandong Nanshan Aluminium Co is a
manufacturerofextrudedaluminiumproducts
and has consistently relied on extrusion
technology from SMS Meer since 2004.
With the 14 new machines, the customer
will have a total of 28 modern Schloemann
extrusion presses in operation.
The new light-metal extrusion presses
cover the press force range from 11 to
THE Kuwait Pipeline Technology
Conference & Exhibition, to be held at
the Hilton Hotel, Kuwait, 6 & 7 October
2010, is a new international platform for
products, systems and services relating to
the transport of oil, gas and water.
The focus will be on the entire value
added chain, from planning, construction
and operation to maintenance and repair.
The conference will provide participants
with practical solutions for effective
planning, design, construction, operation,
150MN. The machines are used to produce
standard structural profiles and, increasingly,
seamless aluminium tubes, heavy industrial
profiles and profiles for the transport and
railways sector.
The 150MN extrusion press is already
the second front-loading press from SMS
Meer of this size to be supplied to the
Chinese province of Shandong.
The SMS Meer front-loading extrusion
presses offer advantages including high
machine availability, large billet charge
weights, safe loading procedure and
short non-productive times with optimised
process sequences. This results in a
generally higher productivity compared
with other machine concepts.
SMS Meer states that in recent years
the front-loading presses have established
themselves as the preferred press type on
the world markets.
Commissioning is scheduled for the
Christmas/New Year period 2011/2012.
SMS Meer GmbH – Germany
Fax: +49 2161 350 667
Email:
Website:
corrosion, mitigation and maintenance
strategies applied to state-of-the-art
pipeline networks. The conference will
also present detailed information and
techniques needed to overcome pressing
challenges in effective planning and
management of pipeline systems.
The Pipeline Technology Conference
combines all pipeline related topics,
including: manufacturing materials
and technologies; pipeline project
management; design and construction;
Shandong Nanshan places large SMS Meer order
Kuwait Pipeline Technology Conference
rehabilitation and maintenance; GIS/
database development; pipeline integrity
management; pipeline automation
and measurement; risk and reliability;
protection, corrosion and monitoring
systems; and standards and regulations.
ProMedia International
– Kuwait
Fax: +965 2433 0809
Email:
Website:
ASMAG’s line for steel tubes