TPT July 2016

Tube mills & roll forming lines

Tube mills and roll forming lines make a natural pairing.

So do roll forming lines and tube mills.

The immediate result of considering these familiar topics in reverse order is a shift in emphasis: onto the sheer number and variety of roll formed products in the world – from guardrails and door frames to helicopter blades, conveyor systems and railway cars. If there were such a thing as an endless list, roll formed products would be a leading candidate. Another sizable list could be compiled of the industries that would be hampered – indeed crippled – without them. Of course, the same might be said of the single pre-eminent product of a state-of-the-art tube mill. But that would be to restate the obvious.

Photo: Mair Research SpA, Italy