TPT March 2015

Technology News

Tube industry solutions THE year 2014 was positive for Adda Fer Meccanica, which increased its global presence and confirmed itself as a solid and reliable partner, not only for the study and the realisation of individual plants, but also as a partner able to provide turnkey solutions, complete and integrated, for the production of high quality steel pipes. The group reached a turnover of more than €20m and the year 2015 started with renewed confidence and optimism about the challenges which are waiting for the company thanks

line and an automatic packaging system for pipes up to 8" in Vietnam. Recently Adda Fer Meccanica supplied a complete line for the production of electro-welded pipes up to 219.1mm (8") diameter to an important Vietnamese pipe manufacturer. The new tube mill is able to produce round tubes from 76mm to 219.1mm diameter, square tubes from 70mm x 70mm to 175mm x 175mm and rectangular tubes from 100 x 40mm to 200 x 150mm. Range thickness is from 3mm to 8mm while the length range is from 6m to 12m. The maximum working speed is about 60 mt/min.

to the a number of exciting projects: No. 7 Cutting Line DB10 double blade shear for one of the largest tube manufacturers in the world, that will be installed in Texas, USA, in the first months of the year; packaging machine for tubes up to 5" in the USA; TM4 tube mill for the production of tubes up to 4" in Europe; TM3 tube mill for the production of tubes up to 3" with packaging system in Africa; and a tube finishing

Adda Fer had a successful 2014

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Increase in pipe-cutting reliability with new split-frame technology

based on an operational design which hasn’t evolved in 30 years,” he said. “We designed the MSF to bring about the step change the industry needs – reducing the weight of the machine while improving its technical capability, giving operators and service companies a more reliable, durable pipecutting tool which delivers excellent accuracy, without interruption, at any scale. “Due to the level of global demand, we have already increased our manufacturing capability at our headquarters in the UK to deliver work-ready MSF machines across the regions, and have focussed on being able to supply from stock in the US and Australian markets to ensure that Mirage customers can respond quickly to the industry’s needs.” Mirage Machines designs and manufactures technologies for appli- cations including drilling and tapping, flange facing, hot tapping and line stopping, line boring, milling and gantry milling, orbital milling; and pipe and casing cutting. Mirage Machines – UK Website: www.miragemachines.com

Americas, EMEA and Asia-Pacific. UK-based manufacturer and supplier Mirage Machines has evolved split- frame machine technology with the development of its MSF (Mirage Split- Frame) machine, which significantly improves the efficiency of pipecutting operations on infrastructure composed of heat-resistant, stainless and super- duplex metals. Mirage has developed innovative new self-squaring capability for the fully-portable MSF, reducing the risk of installation error during operations and significantly shortening the setup process, maximising the operational run-time of its equipment. Richard Silk, managing director of Mirage Machines, says the MSF technology has applications in every energy-producing region, and is already being shipped worldwide to meet rising demand generated by capex and opex projects in new and existing oil and gas infrastructure. “The pipecutting marketplace is a significant slice of the portable machine tool supply chain, yet until now the technology has not moved forward. The majority of machines in use have been

ENERGY sector portable machine tool specialist Mirage Machines, an Acteon Company, has achieved a step- change in the operational efficiency and reliability of cutting technologies for pipeline and plant fabrication manufacturers and contractors in the international energy sector. Rising fabrication and maintenance project activity, including works on wellhead, riser and caisson assemblies, has significantly increased demand from construction yards, operators and dutyholders for new pipecutting technologies across the

The MSF technology from Mirage Machines

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