TPT July 2017

T E CHNOLOG Y

Weld box with two-minute changeover RICK Olson, RMTS president and COO, has announced the success of the RMTS weld box. Partnered with operator education with on-site training to the mill operators, RMTS has seen growth in the number of RMTS weld boxes being installed on tube mills around the world. RMTS employs a staff of tubing experts who know the challenges faced by operators. Being able to demonstrate the equipment to the operator provides a learning balance to create top quality tube with a decrease in scrapped material. Q1 2017 and is looking to continue to roll these out to new customers, with several training dates scheduled in the second quarter.

RMTS – USA Fax: +1 815 372 9105

Email: rmts@rollsolutions.com Website: www.rollsolutions.com

The RMTS weld box offers a two- minute changeover with no overlap, and a reduction in weld splitting. Designed with the operator in mind, the unit features a one-wrench adjustment to open and close the rolls. Mr Olson stated that keeping the unit simple to use and having its engineering started from the operator’s eyes makes it a successful product for the customer. RMTS installed four new weld boxes in

RMTS weld box

Quick-change mill technology

RAFTER Equipment Corporation now offers the new patented Mill-Flip ® quick-change technology for tube mill and roll forming machines, to allow part-to-part changeovers in 15 minutes or less. The new system requires no special mill stands or roll tooling, and no complicated mill drive connections or electrical control systems. No special operator or maintenance training is necessary, and there is no need for overhead cranes or special raft handling equipment. The system has the ability to quickly break into a production run and then quickly go back to the previous product. It has built-in redundancy for increased line up-time capability, and there is no infringement on the operator’s side of the mill during changeovers. The company also manufactures tube mills, pipe mills, roll forming machines, flying cut-offs and other related mill machinery. A significant part of the company’s business includes the retrofit and replacement of common tube mill components, including driven roll stands, idle side roll stands, weld squeeze boxes, weld upset bead removal equipment (ie OD bead trimmers), and turkshead-type straighteners.

Rafter Equipment Corp – USA Email: sales@rafterequipment.com Website: www.rafterequipment.com

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