TPi July 2019

Tube handling & logistics

Integrated stacking/packaging system Reducing workplace injuries and increasing productivity are common goals for manufacturers. Haven Manufacturing is helping a Midwest USA tube producer achieve those goals by developing a four-axis robotic packaging system and integrating it with a cut-to-length and brush de-burring line. SA-115NC-CL2 sawing machine with automatic bundle loading and servo length control. Cut tubes are deposited onto a Haven- built conveyor, which transfers and diverts the tube into a Haven model #970 wire brush de-burring machine. As the tubes exit the brush machine they are deposited onto a preparation table that orientates them for pick-up by the packaging robot.

power. Mast options offer lift heights up to 9m and capacities of up to 25,000kg. The C-Series Combilift can work in guided aisles as narrow as 210cm. These trucks work inside and out, and on uneven terrain in all weathers, making them robust and reliable workhorses for universal applications in the yard and warehouse. Sideways travel with loads resting on the platform also offers greater stability and safer manoeuvring. Combilift continues to add to its product range by introducing at least one new model a year. Pedestrian reach stackers are a growing part of the portfolio, and are suitable for handling lighter palletised or long loads to ensure safe working conditions. The Combi-WR4 multidirectional pedestrian reach stacker is claimed to be the only truck of its kind to work in an aisle width of 2.1m, and its patented multi-position tiller allows push-button rotation of the rear wheel parallel from the tiller to the chassis and back for enhanced operator safety. Combilift Ltd – Ireland material handler to forklift out the full container and replace it with an empty container. The container orientation is guided by a two-sided fixed locator with electronic position verification. The process cycle allows enough time to exchange containers without delaying production. Haven also has the option of adding an automatic container egress and ingress conveyance system. Haven is a full service turnkey equipment supplier for a wide variety of tubular applications for cut-to-length, finishing and material handling. Haven Manufacturing – USA sales@havencut.com www.havencut.com

The customer produces a wide range of conduit diameters from 1" to 4.5" and wall thickness from 0.049" to 0.237". What once required three or four people to operate a line, including manually packaging product, now takes one operator and one part-time material handler. The equipment had to be flexible, reliable and user-friendly. The process begins with a Soco model

The pickup head design is electro- magnetic, with head motion of X, Y, Z and 90° rotation. Several packaging patterns are pre-programmed to allow for quick and easy changeover for diameter, length and container size. This particular application requires a

Materials handling in all directions Irish specialist forklift manufacturer Combilift Ltd produces a wide range of customised handling solutions, from pedestrian pallet stackers, four-way forklifts and sideloaders, up to straddle carriers, which can transport oversized loads weighing 80 tonnes. typically encountered in the tube and pipe sector. The manoeuvrability and versatility of Combilift’s models means that they can be deployed from the initial stages of offloading raw materials, during the manufacturing process, through to the storage and dispatch of finished product.

The company’s products are designed for the safe, space-saving and productive handling of the long and bulky loads

The C-Series product range is available with LP gas, diesel and electric/battery

info@combilift.com www.combilift.com

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TUBE PRODUCTS INTERNATIONAL July 2019

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