TPT July 2022

D I ARY OF EVENT S

2022

20-22 September Guangzhou Guangzhou, China www.julang.com 26-29 September Tube China Shanghai, China www.tubechina.net

T&H Lemont makes shipment of custom-made welding and straightening units

5-7 October Tube Southeast Asia Bangkok, Thailand www.tube-southeastasia.com 25-27 October Tubotech São Paulo, Brazil www.tubotech-online.com

blades do not enter a cold weld bead. Having two scarfing units allows the operator to retract one and advance the other without stopping the line if the first one becomes dulled or chipped. The weld box and the dual scarfing unit are mounted on a subplate with gibs that allow the customer to move the units upstream or downstream, independently or in tandem, for optimal positioning relative to the mill’s welding unit. The straightener unit is an eight-roll Turk’s head, which has fully motorised adjustments in both the X and Y axes. The straightener is preceded by several side roll stands that assist the final shaping of the product. The new side stands are designed to work in conjunction with the existing OEM’s driven shaping stands.

T&H LEMONT has announced that it has shipped two sets of custom-made welding and straightening units to one of its roll forming customers. The new equipment, part of the customer’s expansion programme, is on its way to two locations. One set is going to an existing facility in the Midwest and the other is on its way to a new location in Southwestern US. Designed and built by T&H Lemont, the weld box, a five-roll unit, has two vertical side rolls, two canted top rolls and a bottom roll. One of the side rolls and the bottom roll have custom contours that support the profile’s custom shape. It is followed by a dual outside-diameter scarfing unit that has automated advance and retract. The pneumatically powered automated advance and retract function works in conjunction with the mill’s start and stop activity, ensuring that the scarfing

25-28 October EuroBLECH Hanover, Germany www.euroblech.com 23-25 November Tube India Mumbai, India www.tube-india.com 8-10 November FABTECH Atlanta, Georgia, USA www.fabtechexpo.com

T&H Lemont www.thlemont.com

29 November-1 December Valve World Expo Düsseldorf, Germany www.valveworldexpo.com 2023 9-12 January

STEELFAB Sharjah, UAE www.steelfabme.com 9-11 May Made In Steel Milan, Italy www.madeinsteel.it

Forming stands and eight-roll Turk’s head straightener with motorised adjustment

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