TPT May 2011

T ube M ills & R oll F orming M achines Production line equipment and individual machine manufacturer

DALIAN Sage Group, China has four subsidiaries and one institution specialising in designing, developing and producing new tech products, and engaged in designing and manufacturing large metallurgy machinery. With a design team of almost one hundred middle and senior engineers, the company manufactures pipe mills, cold- rolled forming lines and stainless steel welded pipe lines. In 1995, Dalian Sage formed a joint venture with a US company with more than 90 years’ history in manufacturing THANKS to new developments in high- tech laser optics, Zumbach Electronic has introduced the new ODAC 550 laser scanner with HLF (high-accuracy large field) technology. This technology allows the generation of a highly collimated and accurate measuring field of 550mm (22") without any dead zone. It also means that the tube position in the field has no effect on the readings. Single axis and multiple axis systems are available, both in static or in oscillating configuration, applicable for hot or cold processes. Applications cover solutions for quality control (NDT) in cold status to hot processes like MPM sizing mills, SRM mills, conveyors, pilger mills, piercing mills, radial forges, extrusion presses and others. Asophisticated protection/cooling system SAGE, China, a leading manufacturer and supplier of tube and pipe mills and machines in China with 20% international sales, is promoting a new type of forming – Sage Forming (SGF). After analysing the main ERW forming technologies around the world, Sage finds that each has its own advantages and disadvantages. Sage optimised these technologies and created SGF, which features automatic computer controlled adjustment within 12 minutes without roll changing when changing the pipe specification; and quick roll changing for finishing forming section, squeezing stand, sizing stand and Turk’s heads with changing

HF welded equipment and cold-rolled forming steel equipment. The equipment manufactured by Dalian Sage is sold tomost areas of China, USA, Russia, Indonesia, Thailand and other areas of Southeast Asia. The company’s main production line equipment includes ERW mill lines, cold- forming mills, direct changing into square and rectangular pipe mills, stainless steel pipemills, cross shear mills, pipe processing finishing line equipment and large diameter straight seam TIG welding pipe mills. guarantees reliable operation and minimal maintenance. Other highlights include CSS (calibrated single scan) technology; 1,000 true measurements/s; mach 3 scan speed means no dynamic errors; accuracies within a few 0.01mm; and EPM method/software for polygonal deviations. Zumbach’s Profilemaster ® systems are based on the latest technology with laser contouring and CCD camera vision and processing. They capture the full product circumference/section and measure and monitor the relevant profile dimensions, angles and radii. The range of Profilemaster gauges includes versions for small precision profiles starting from a dimension of 2mm (0.08"), cold formed tubes and profiles as well as medium size products, hot or cold, up to time minimized to 1-2 hours by applying flat sheet structure. SGF also said that it avoids bumpy edges caused by the large stand’s distances in Japan’s technology which will affect the forming quality and roll changing for BD stands in USA and EU tech. SGF is suitable for both small gauge and large gauge forming with sufficient edge bending to ensure a good quality of the forming. Sage believes that SGF is one of the most advanced forming technologies available, which has been successfully utilised in two pipe lines, namely φ630 and φ711, designed and manufactured by Sage. φ711mm straight seam stainless and

Individual machines include uncoilers, levellers, shear and butt welders, vertical/horizontal spiral accumulators, computerised length and cutting machines, pipe flatteners, end-facing and bevellers, tension reducing machines, 4-roll hot sizing machines, edge planers, and hydro testers using backlash radial sealing technique, satisfying API standards. Dalian Sage Group – China Fax: +86 411 39318111 Email: sage@mail.dlptt.ln.cn Website: www.csage.com dimensions of approximately 250mm (10"). Depending on process, maximum product temperature and size range, a number of standard models are available. Special systems are conceived and built upon specific request. Highlights include the latest ‘light cut’ technology; modular design with one to six laser/camera modules, depending on the type of profiles; high accuracy within some 0.01mm; fully static system; easy ‘teach-in’ from CAD product files; integrated protec- tion and air cleaning system; and close-to- zero maintenance, with no wear parts. Zumbach Electronic AG – Switzerland Fax: +41 32 356 04 30 carbon steel pipe line with wall thickness up to 24mm and 350,000 ton annual output, represents the highest level of Sage technology at present. Sage, possessing more than sixty sophisticated designers that are the creators of 58 patents, stands ready to take customising orders from China and abroad, pursuing perfection and providing high quality with a very reasonable price to meet customers’ specialising requests. Sage Group – China Email: sales@zumbach.ch Website: www.zumbach.com

In-line gauges for diameter and ovality

A new type of forming

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

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