TPT March 2015

Technology News

Hydraulically adjustable stand for medium-diameter pipe

fusion operations involving long lines of pipe.” The Pipe Stands are tough and durable, with the ability to support 2,750lb of pipe. They feature soft rollers to protect the pipe and reduce scratching. McElroy Pipe Stands for 200 to 500mm pipe can be upgraded so that they are hydraulically adjustable, by purchasing a cylinder kit and a hand- pump kit. Each hand pump can operate on up to five pipe stands by hooking and unhooking to the pipe stand cylinder. They are compact, lightweight and easily portable.

The hydraulically adjustable Pipe Stand features hand-pumped hydraulic lifting, which gives the operator the ability to adjust the height of the stand while the pipe is still supported on the stand. The hydraulic adjusting feature eliminates the need to remove the pipe from the stand so that the chain and height can be adjusted by hand. As with McElroy’s other line of pipe handling tools, this further reduces the demand for extra equipment needed to manoeuvre and hold pipe in place, which saves time and boosts productivity. “Designing products to better serve the needs of our customers has always been the driving force behind McElroy,” said president and chief executive officer Chip McElroy. “We’re excited to offer this new innovation which will help streamline

MCELROY has brought hydraulic capability to its Pipe Stand line for 200 to 500mm pipe, to help align thermoplastic pipe more efficiently on butt fusion jobsites.

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McElroy’s hydraulically adjustable Pipe Stand

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In Chelyabinsk in the Southern Urals, SMS Meer set up a large-diameter pipe mill that offers product quality down to the last detail. As the complete plant was engineered and built by SMS Meer, all the components and interfaces function per- fectly together. A particular characteristic is the extremely high degree of automation, with no less than 47 machining stations in the production process. Furthermore, the plant is one of the cleanest of its type. The customer, ChTPZ Group, speaks of “white metallurgy“ – and chose the colour of the workers‘ clothing to match.

Quality unites – a fact that our customers and we discover time and again with every new project. Together we develop solutions that give our partners the com- petitive edge in their business. Thanks to this good cooperation, SMS Meer is a leading international company in heavy machinery and plant engineering.

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