TPi March 2017

products & developments

Fully automated ASMAG line for precision steel tubes

With the benchmarking ASMAG ten-roll straightening machine RRM-pro-70/10 the customer’s straightness demands and even more challenging expectations can be exceeded. The integrated multiple saw allows automated positioning of each saw depending on

ASMAG GmbH is currently finalising a complete line for the manufacturing of precision steel tubes up to 75mm for a customer located in Turkey. The new line allows an increase of output and a significant improvement in product quality. The fully automated line consists of draw bench, ten-roll straightener, multiple sawing unit and existing testing unit, visual testing table and stacking- and-bundling unit. At the line entering side incoming bundles with tubes up to OD 80mm are separated automatically by an innovative finger separator. After passing the hydraulic in-line pointing press the tubes are drawn with high speed on a 450kN triple draw bench up to a length of 14.5m.

The draw bench area

Its markets are mainly Europe, USA, Russia and Turkey. Founded in 1984 by the engineer Johann Vielhaber, it has grown since then in the factory headquarters of Scharnstein and with the acquisition of SEUTHE, Germany, in 2010 and OCN, Italy, in 2015. The ASMAG group now totals more than 200 employees. ASMAG GmbH – Austria

specific requirements, highest cutting performance and best cutting quality together with best saw blade life- time. The Turkish customer decided to choose ASMAG for a number of reasons, including reputation for quality, high precision tube manufacturing equipment and the fact that ASMAG provides a complete solution. ASMAG is a manufacturer of integrated lines for production of cold drawn ferrous and non-ferrous metals.

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