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For heavier thicknesses, the range includes a traditional 3-roll machine, a 3-roll machine with variable axis design, and the 4 HEL four roll series. Ship frame roll presses and special machines complete the range of equipment to roll plates with thicknesses varying from less than 1mm to over 150mm, with over 18m working lengths. Profile bending in the medium to heavy duty capacity can be performed using the range of RCMI models, available with bending capacities up to 1,700cm 3 . The Giotto series rotating table forming machines solve problems in the field of high precision ring and flange rolling, with high production requirements, while the Taurus beam bending series completes the range, with a top bending capacity of 18,000cm 3 . The Faccin dished end production line includes rotary shears (CB) and dishing presses (PPM), together with automatic manipulators (MA). It allows the dishing of heads up to 10m diameter and 80mm in thickness. A wide choice of automatic flangers (BF) is available, with capacities ranging from 10mm to over 40mm.

The company is able to work with all types of material, including seamless or welded pipes in carbon steel and stainless steel, as well as the most sophisticated alloy steels. After bending, especially of heavy wall materials or special alloy steels, it may be necessary to restore the mechanical properties using heat treatment. Such treatments include stress relieving heat treatment, normalising heat treatment, normalising and tempering heat treatment, quenching heat treatment, and quenching and tempering heat treatment. In order to be able to perform such heat treatment, the company has five furnaces, all of which can be heated to 1,200°C. Fabricom GTI also has a quench tank at its facilities in Belgium, in order to be able to meet the strict requirements set by the oil and gas industry with regards to corrosion resistance and superior material hardness. Following heat treatment, bends can be cooled down immediately in order to obtain the right resistance and hardness.

Faccin Srl Italy

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Faccin engineers, manufactures and sells plate bending rolls, section bending rolls, dishing and flanging lines for large dome ends. The company’s range of plate rolls offers state-of-the-art solutions to demanding problems associated with plate rolling. For light plates, initial pinch machines are available – series ASI or HCU models with urethane rolls for high production. Srl designs,

fi Faccin’s HAV three roll machine

Website : www.faccin.com

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