TPT May 2019

T UBE M I L L S & R OL L FORM I NG L I NE S

Reducing uncertainty in pipes production PIPELINE and energy infrastructure companies face huge operational challenges. Pipe production is an area of such complexity that only companies with years of experience and a highly technological background can be trusted to reliably design and provide pipe-manufacturing machines suitable for the most challenging projects.

range of diameters and thicknesses that can be obtained by rolling. To further increase the production speed and automation the company proposes, along with the HAV-2P pipe mill bending roll, an accurate post-bending machine that prepares the pipe for welding, and a series of outboard motorised guide rollers that control the movement of the pipe from the HAV-2P to the post- bending machine and successive working stations, achieving a fully automated manufacturing process. Faccin has more than 50 years’ experience in the design, manufacture and commercialisation of plate bending rolls, profile bending machines and dished head lines, as well as special machines that include ship frame bending rolls and presses, and plate straightening machines.

In order to meet specific production requirements, Faccin SpA offers the HAV-2P series of NC-controlled pipe mill bending rolls that are able to support the production of pipes, delivering productivity, repeatability and automation of the entire manufacturing process. The pipe production bending rolls are constructed with a sturdy electro-welded structure and are fitted with three rolls in thermally treated steel alloys. HAV-2P long bending rolls are designed for rolling plates up to 45mm thick, suitable for producing pipes up to 18m long, complying with the customer’s specific technical and roundness tolerances, and offering

a finished product that meets API standards. The rolls are moved independently – the top roll moves vertically, the lower rolls move horizontally – which allows the power of the machine to be fully exploited, depending on the various thicknesses to be rolled. To offer high performance in the production of long pipes with relatively small diameters, the lower rolls of the HAV-2P are supported by backups for their entire length. The top roll is preloaded to compensate for the flexion during plate bending and may be replaced quickly to extend the

Faccin SpA – Italy Fax: +39 030 99 58 771 Email: info@faccin.com Website: www.faccin.com

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