TPT July 2015

Industry News

Expertise and innovation

SOLUTIONS FOR TUBE CUTTING

AXXAIR brings expertise in design, manufacturing, servicing and training of high quality orbital cutting, bevelling and welding equipment for the tube and pipe industry. This technical offer is promoted and supported by a wide range of partners all over the world and completed by its own subsidiaries. It covers 60 countries and subsidiaries in southeast Asia, Germany and the USA to help to bring more support to its network and customers in the different regions of the world. This network of specific skills supports its innovation programme with the target to bring adapted solutions that respond to customer needs. This network also helps to find global solutions for customers where companies are willing to propose their solutions all over the world. Axxair also makes aftersales service and repair its priority – such as equipment training, cutting/bevelling and welding samples. The company can provide training at its facility in the skills of cutting, bevelling and orbital welding in Valence, France, in Rastatt, in Seoul, South Korea, in Shanghai, China, and in Houston, USA, or it can send one of its specialists to a company factory for on-site training. When purchasing equipment, Axxair provides a welding report detailing all of the programs used so that the user does not have to repeat them. 30" ODF mill line NAKATA has received its first order for the newly developed ODF (orbital die forming) pipe mill from a Chinese pipe manufacturer. The pipe size is up to 762mm OD, and 25.4mm wall thickness, and most of the products are API line pipes up to X80 grade. Differing from the conventional roll forming process, ODF is an innovative technology in which movable dies are combined to form a continuous tool surface and work like a huge roll or moving press machine. This concept makes the forming process very gentle and stable, resulting in adaptability to a wide range of product sizes and material properties, excellent surface quality and lower work hardening level in the material. Both steel plates and coils can be used as raw materials in this production line, and the pipes can be produced in ‘plate- by-plate’ or ‘coil-by-coil’ style respectively. This hybrid production process allows the user to have the flexibility in selecting raw materials corresponding to the size of lot or dimensions of product. Nakata has a 4" ODF test machine in its shop, with which the customer can verify the performance of the forming process. Axxair – France Website: www.axxair.com

THE T-DRILL CHIPLESS TUBE CUT-OFF SYSTEM PROVIDES SEVERAL BENEFITS OF 1,5 MM - 51 MM TUBE CUTTING: No expensive saw blades needed Long blade life No material loss between cuts No chips - no investment for chip handling No deburring No need for washing machine Fast cycle time – maximum ~3000 pieces / hour Cuts exact 90° to run tube axial line Low operating noise level Waste minimizing and cut piece optimization systems Optional in-line endforming unit will cut and endform tubes up to 1400 pcs / hour Recoiling system after cutting available

IT’S THE TOOLS THAT SAY HOW GOOD YOU ARE

Nakata Mfg Co, Ltd – Japan Fax: +81 6 6303 1905 Email: sales@nakata-mfg.co.jp Website: www.nakata-mfg.co.jp

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