TPT July 2015

Straightening

Tube straightening

The low cost handtool will straighten all types of coiled tubing – copper, aluminium, stainless steel and brass. It maximises the flow, simplifies installation, reduces labour costs and material usage, accelerates the flow for better efficiency and gives a professional looking finish. The straightening process also strengthens the tube. Kwix UK manufactures the Kwix tool for all popular coiled tubing with outside diameter sizes in both metric: 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12 and 15mm, and imperial: 1 / 8 ", 3 / 16 " , 1 / 4 ", 5 / 16 ", 3 / 8 " and 1 / 2 ". Over 10,000 units have been sold worldwide in the past two years and the Kwix tool comes with a 12-months guarantee. The Kwix tool is used by plumbing and heating, air-conditioning, refrigeration and HVAC engineers as well as car, plane and train restoration companies, and even for RF coiled cabling. Slit and straighten FASPAR SpA is a machine building company based in Milan, Italy. With a 4,000m 2 production area, Faspar is now a well-known company for its main products: slitting lines; levelling and straightening and cut- to-length lines (with rotary, flying and mechanical shear); surface finishing lines; feeding and pressing/punching lines; tension/stretch levelling lines; roll forming lines; and sandwich panel lines. Processed material can be mild/carbon steel, galvanised steel, pre-painted steel stainless steel, aluminium, titanium and copper. Over 300 Faspar machines are used in Italy, Europe, Russia, Asia, North & South America and Africa by a wide range of customers. Faspar SpA – Italy Website: www.faspar.it

The height and angular adjustment of the straightening rolls is performed hydraulically. When the positioning has been carried out, the rolls are centrally clamped with zero clearance by means of hydraulics. The internal suspension of straightening rolls allows a small roll distance relative to the usable length of the straightening rolls. The ten-roll tube straightening machine offers several straightening modes, and allows the straightening of tubes within a large diameter range. All calculations for the machine settings are supported by PC, and the values are stored in a database. Defined increases in strength can also be reached reproducibly. Due to their compact design, Bültmann’s new ten-roll straightening machines can replace old six-roll straighteners used in existing lines.

Straightening machine by Bültmann

GERMAN company Benteler Steel/ Tube GmbH has placed an order with Bültmann for the delivery of a ten-roll tube straighteningmachine for diameters up to 160mm. The Bültmann machine in conjunction with the patented entry channel ensures an optimal guiding of tubes, and straightening speeds up to 250m/min.

Bültmann GmbH – Germany Fax: +49 2394 18171 Email: info@bueltmann.com Website: www.bueltmann.com

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straightener from Kwix UK is an efficient handheld manually operated

Kwix UK – UK Email: sier@kwixuk.com Website: www.kwixuk.com

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J uly 2015