TPT May 2011

T ube M ills & R oll F orming M achines Carell introduces next gen angle rolling

CARELL Corporation has introduced the new 310HV4 with overhead CP swing arm to its angle rolling machine lineup. This machine is capable of rolling 6"x1 1 / 2 "

flat bar hard way, 6" Schedule 40 pipe, 5"x5/8" angle leg in and 6"x 5 / 8 " angle leg out with standard equipment. It operates in both horizontal and vertical

become the heat transfer industry’s leading welded thinwall tube mill supplier. Mill Masters designs and builds welded mills using high frequency, TIG, and laser weld sources for aluminium, copper and brass alloys, stainless, and many other steel alloys. Mill Master specialises in tube diameters ranging from 10mm to 102mm and wall thicknesses from 0.127mm up to 3mm depending on tube size and material. Mill Masters offers full turnkey welded cable mill systems including payout and take-up equipment, in-line slitters, capstans, driven rollform and welding sections, in-line corrugators and washing systems, and take-ups. The company recently delivered a fully integrated cable line covering a 4" diameter power transmission cable with a welded and corrugated aluminium jacket around a heavy 3-leg copper core. That cable weighed over 12lbs per foot and the line spanned nearly 200ft. Whether your company needs an innovative new tube mill with leading-edge technology, spare parts and service for an existing McKenica welded or lockseam mill, or upgrades including new cutoffs, burst testers, dimpling stands – or simply a service call to improve your existing mill performance, Masters looks forward to hearing from you. Mill Masters – USA Standard high quality features include: dual LED digital displays to monitor bending roll positions, rugged, rigid, one piece solid steel weldment frame, normalised and precision machined, larger, high strength steel shafts, heat treated and ground, independent hydraulic adjustment of both lower rolls for double prebending, universal bending rolls with modular components, hardened and wear resistant. variable speed rotation via electronic proportional valves for precision prebending control, multi axis, six way, fully adjustable lateral guides hydraulic powered in all three directions. Carell Corporation – USA Fax: +1 251 937 0957 Website: www.carellcorp.com stainless steels and a variety of other materials. Machines are furnished with a set of standard universal rolls.

positions. The 310HV4/ CPHV-140 is a three driven rolls, double initial pinch universal roll bending machine with independent hydraulic adjustment of both lateral bending rolls and hydraulic powered rotation of all three rolls. Lateral guides are adjustable in all three axes. This versatile unit is ideal for rolling standard/special sections plus tube/ pipe in mild-structural-

The Carell 3010HV4

Fast reliable tube mills with repeatable quality

WHEN thinwall tube manufacturers plan their capital budgets these days, they demand tube mills that not only offer speed, precision, and repeatable quality, but also the flexibility to manufacture a broad array of products. Additionally, the change-over time from one product to another must be proficient. Even more challenging are today’s requirements for change-over speed. Until recently, quick-change tooling subplate systems with self-chucking transmissions seemed to define the “state-of-the-art” and offered tube makers a legitimate 1-hour tool change. Now, however, Mill Masters offers the Elite Duo-form HF Welded Mill that changes between two completely different tube sizes in 30 minutes using a single operator – and most of the work is done with the touch of a button. Mill Masters’ Aluminum Charge-Air- Cooler tube mills are now often designed to also make round manifold tubes and multi-chamber radiator tubes – offering tremendous flexibility from a single tube mill. The company now makes high speed, in-line rotary cutoffs that cut up to 15 tubes per second. Our Dimple Free Zone Dimpling Station lays down 10 discrete dimple patterns per second with tube mill line speed running up to 600 feet per minute. The term “High Speed” has truly been re-defined. Now it receives customer RFQs that specify 200 metres per minute line speed.

Excellence in engineering, quality in manufacturing, and commitment to customer service have been the foundation of Mill Masters’ success. However, innovation and constant improvement have been the driving force behind the growth of Mill Masters, Inc since it opened its doors with two employees in 1992. But Mill Masters’ story really began 25 years earlier. Mill Masters traces its roots all the way back to Buffalo, New York in 1967 where Joe McKenica and Eric Gobien responded to the same demand for innovation that our industry experiences today. McKenica Inc. – who was the radiator industry’s premier lockseam tube mill supplier – pioneered the first high frequency welded thinwall tube mill that the heat transfer industry had ever seen. The industry was skeptical at first – soldered lockseam radiator tube had been the industry’s bread and butter for decades. Quickly however, the material savings, increased strength, and improved durability of the welded radiator tube made it the standard for automotive and industrial applications around the world. Of course, in the early 1980s, automotive heat transfer made another paradigm change – this time from copper and brass to brazed aluminium construction. And for the next 15 years, the demand for welded seam aluminium radiator tube mills grew rapidly. Following that first welded thinwall tube mill – over the next 30 years, McKenica went on to

Email: sales@millmasters.com Website: www.millmasters.com

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