TPT March 2017

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FD Machinery receives ERW tube mills order from APL Apollo Tubes in India

1-3.2mm. The cut-off will allow the mill to run at speeds up to 200m/min. FD’s dual head cut-off is claimed to increase blade life by 30 per cent, give better end finishes, and reduce blade change-over time when compared to a 100m/min single head cut-off. The company is also receiving enquiries for its direct form square mill from US and European tube producers.

tooling is required to produce the mills’ entire size range. The mills will be equipped with automated strip entry sections and automated bundling/strapping machines. Only three operators will be required to run an entire mill. The addition of the mills will increase APL’s production capability. FD Machinery has also received an order for a dual head flying cut-off from APL Apollo Tubes of India. This cut-off will be used for tubes with diameters of 12-50mm, and wall thicknesses of

FD Machinery has received orders for two CNC-CFS (direct form square) ERW tube mills fromAPLApollo Tubes of India. The mills are patented by FD Machinery and are fully automated. Size changes occur in five minutes by simply entering four parameters on a touchpad screen. The size range of the mills is 80x80 to 200x200mm square, with wall thicknesses ranging from 3 to 10mm. The tube length is 4-8m and mill speed is 20-60m/min. All adjustments, except welding and straightening, are done automatically and only one set of

FD Machinery – USA Email: sales@fdmachinery.com Website: www.fdmachinery.com

Bronx commissioned to produce straightening machine for Turkish shipyard

220mm wide, which feature heavily in the construction of cruise ships, ferries and special vessels and will form part of a profile preservation line. The Bronx straightening machine is due to be installed and commissioned during the summer of 2017 and will represent the second straightening installation to be supplied to the Meyer Group in the last four years. Fives provides a broad range of high performance Bronx section straighteners, including fixed centre, variable centre, multi-strand, two plane and between housing. Bronx machines can accurately and efficiently straighten the widest range of ferrous and non- ferrous sections produced. Section straightening machines are equipped with the patented Computer Aided Setting System to automatically compute the optimum roll settings and adjust the rolls to the proper position.

Bronx straightening equipment. Fiveswill design and deliver a fully automated and motorised Bronx 13-roll straightening machine to process bulb sections up to

MEYER Turku, Finland, one of the world’s leading cruise ship builders, has contracted Fives, a global industrial engineering group, to design and supply

Fives Bronx – France/USA/UK Website: www.fivesgroup.com

The section straightening equipment

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