TPT November 2013

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Heavy wall thickness tube mill for India

by Danieli W+K consists of a run-out section, sample tube-cutting device and an integrated flush-out station to flush out the inside scarf. A chopper to cut the inside scarf and a blow-out station is incorporated into the flushing station. The system is also equipped with an automatic bundle station and a magnetic portal packaging device for bundling hexagonal and rectangular bundles for round tubes and hollow sections. The new enhanced multi-cutter consists of two individually driven saw blades on an orbital rotation system which enables it to cut in two modes: with one HSS saw blade for tubes ranging from 2½" to 3½" and with the two-mode system consisting of two tungsten- carbide saw blades to cut tubes up to 7" in round and rectangular sections. The saw blade drives are water-cooled and well protected against particular environmental conditions. Special gearbox design and patented clamping devices guarantee almost vibration-free cutting and long saw blade life span. The development of this design is the result of the extensive experience of DWK experts in cutting machine engineering with much contribution also from saw blade and gearbox suppliers. With this new line Company Tube Products plans to introduce the sale of tubes into new market segments and in particular thick walled-tubes for special applications. Production is scheduled to commence in March 2014.

line will mainly produce precision tubes for hydraulic cylinders used for earth moving and construction machinery and hollow sections for the steel construction industry. The complete line consists of fully automatic strip preparation, a forming, welding and sizing section and a newly developed flying saw – the multi- cut. The finishing line also provided

DANIELI W+K has delivered a new special mill for the production of high tensile strength material precision tubes with ranges from 2½" to 7" and a maximum wall thickness of ½" to a customer in India. The challenge for Danieli W+K was designing a customised special tube mill for Company Tube Products of India, located in Chennai, since this

Mill for producing high tensile tubes

Danieli W+K – Italy Website: www.danieli.com Heinrich Weiss leaves SMS

as before; Burkhard Dahmen will be responsible for SMS Siemag (including the Paul Wurth majority holding); and Eckhard Schulte will be the CFO of the group.

the supervisory board. Dr Joachim Schönbeck, who is already a member of the managing board, will be appointed to represent the company externally. Jointly with his colleagues, Burkhard Dahmen and Eckhard Schulte, he will continue to constitute the management of SMS GmbH. Dr Joachim Schönbeck will be primarily responsible for SMS Meer

HEINRICH Weiss, who has been responsible for the development and leadership of the group of companies for the last 45 years, will be resigning from his post on the managing board and will assume the chairmanship of the supervisory board. The present chairman, Dr Manfred Bischoff, will retain his commitment to the company as a member of

SMS Meer GmbH – Germany Fax: +49 2161 350 1862 Email: info@sms-meer.com Website: www.sms-meer.com

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