TPT January 2022

Linear cage forming technology creates many tube production oppor tunities

of the mill operation and adjustment; minimal and easy maintenance and easy to use software for set-up of any production parameter, including tube corner radius. The latest two installations Olimpia 80 has carried out have been for Mexican steel company Arco Metal. Olimpia 80 supplied a turnkey system, custom- made solution and the layout was designed to optimise the available floor space. Olimpia 80 prides itself on its technical assistance and after-sales service, which includes: control of functioning parameters of the tube plant; remote diagnosis of issues; the use of trained personal for inspection of the equipment; and provision of any additional spare parts or consumables.

THE linear cage forming system from Olimpia 80 Srl is the result of many years of experience and knowledge in the tube field and it offers flexibility, production capability and cost reduction for the customer. The innovation can produce any tube in any size range, included into the mill range, without roll change and in a few minutes with an extreme reduction in set-up time. Compared with the traditional production process, this method is completely automatic and set-up operations are easy, accurate and fast. The main advantages include: flexibility and possibility to modify the tube dimension without any roll change for any size included into the tube mill range; reduction of mill set-up time; reduction of stock and relative costs; reduction of manpower thanks to the complete automatisation

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Linear cage forming technology can produce any tube in any size range

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JANUARY 2022