TPT March 2014

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Linear cage forming tube mills OLIMPIA 80 has signed two orders for linear cage forming tube mills that will produce square and rectangular tube sections in carbon steel material. rectangular tubes within the size range without changing any roll in forming, welding, sizing, straightening and cutting sections. The average time of changing tube dimensions is 15 minutes. changing time for the forming section is about three to five minutes. One line is for square sections from 30x30 up to 80x80mm and rectangular sections from 40x30mm to 110x30mm sections in a thickness range from 1mm to 6mm, with max speed 120m/min.

The company said the deal is a result of plans for the technology that it proposed many years ago. It said the market is now ready to consider the advantage of the linear cage forming technology instead of more traditional methods. With this composition the mill can produce all the square and

The main characteristics of this technology are: simplicity and rapidity in changing diameter; very simple and easy maintenance; simplicity in the software utilisation; the mill allows users to produce both square and rectangular

The other line can produce square sections from 40x40 up to 120x120mm and rectangular sections from 40x30 mm to 160x80mm, in a thickness range from 1.5mm to 8mm with max speed 90m/min. Both lines will be assembled in Olimpia 80’s plant in Piacenza, Italy. Four similar lines with linear cage forming technology are installed in Italy, Turkey, USA and Germany, and in addition to the two lines described above, there was a recent order for a cage forming mill for round tube sections for the automotive industry at a European company. Olimpia 80 Srl – Italy Email: cesare.vernocchi@olimpia80.com Website: www.olimpia80.com

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