TPT May 2011

I ndustry N ews

T&H Lemont completes commissioning of welded carbon pipe mill in Brazil

T&H LEMONT has commissioned a complete Model WU40-11 high frequency welded structural mill at Acos Groth in Brazil. The tube size range of the WU40 mill is from 63.5mm to 168.3mm OD round tube at yields up to 550MPa. The mill is designed and tooled to make hollow structural shapes from 50.8mm x 50.8mm to 127mm x 127mm and related rectangular shapes at yields up to 350MPa. The mill will produce material at speeds up to 80mpm. The design of the mill includes four individually powered sizing/shaping stands to ensure efficient production of both round and shaped products. Shaping is accomplished by pre-forming in the sizing/shaping stands and completing the forming process in two 8-roll turkshead units. A T&H Lemont seam orientation stand is included in the mill to ensure that the weld seam is maintained at top dead centre

for round pipe and shapes. However, if the specification calls for the weld seam to be moved from top, dead centre this unit will give Acos Groth the flexibility to move the weld seam. This option opens markets to Acos Groth for customers who require the weld seam to be moved for fabrication or bending. Acos Groth is one of only six companies in Brazil that can produce tubes up to 168mm in diameter with wall thickness to 6.35mm. It is a major producer of carbon steel tube products in Brazil and is the parent company of Brazil’s Tubos Naçional. In addition to complete production systems, T&H Lemont provides a variety of components and services to the tube and pipe industries. Services include tube and pipe roll design, mill alignment and operational consulting. Components offered by T&H Lemont include welders, cut-offs, entry

equipment, accumulators, seam orientation stands, weld boxes, edge conditioner, bead scarfing systems, straightening systems, single point adjustment systems, dedimplers, rolls, blades, jaws and shafts. T&H Lemont is one of forty companies making up the Inductotherm Group. As a multi-technology, global organisation, Inductotherm Group serves the thermal processing industry by manufacturing and marketing a diverse range of products and services, some of which include Inductotherm induction melting systems, Inductoheat and Radyne induction heating equipment, Thermatool pipe and tube welding equipment, Bricmont furnaces for steel and Consarc vacuum melting. T&H Lemont – USA

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The T&H Lemont Model WU40-11

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