TPT November 2019

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Pipe mill bending rolls for complex needs PIPELINE and energy infrastructure companies face huge operational challenges. Pipe production is an area of such complexity that only companies with years of experience and highly technological backgrounds can be trusted to reliably design and provide pipe-manufacturing machines suitable for the most challenging projects. and are fitted with three rolls in thermally treated steel alloys. HAV-2P long bending rolls are designed for rolling plates up to 45mm thick, suitable for producing pipes up to and over 18m long, complying with the customer’s specific technical and roundness tolerances, and offering a finished product that meets API standards. that can be obtained by rolling. To fur- ther increase the production speed and automation the company proposes, along with the HAV-2P pipe mill bending roll, an accurate post-bending machine that prepares the pipe for welding, and a series of outboard motorised guide rollers that control the movement of the pipe from the HAV-2P to the post- bending machine and successive work- ing stations, achieving a fully automated manufacturing process.

Faccin SpA states that it has been a reference point throughout the years due to its expertise in designing and manufacturing special machines, standard and customised, for the production of pipes. In order to meet specific production requirements in the industry, the company offers the HAV-2P series of NC-controlled pipe mill bending rolls that are able to support the production of pipes, delivering productivity, repeatability and automation of the entire manufacturing process. The pipe production bending rolls are constructed with a sturdy electro-welded structure

The rolls are moved independently – the top roll moves vertically, the lower rolls move horizontally – which allows the power of the machine to be fully exploited, depending on the various thicknesses to be rolled. To offer high performance in the production of long pipes with relatively small diameters, the lower rolls of the HAV-2P are supported by backups for their entire length. The top roll is preloaded to compen- sate for the flexion during plate bending, and may be replaced quickly to extend the range of diameters and thicknesses

Faccin has more than 50 years’ experience in the design, manufacture and commercialisation of plate bending rolls, profile bending machines and dished head lines, as well as special machines that include ship frame bending rolls and presses, and plate straightening machines.

Faccin SpA – Italy Fax: +39 030 99 58 771 Email: info@faccin.com Website: www.faccin.com On the way to smar ter Italian factories

production and distribution facility of the group. Technological innovation has led to the creation of a fleet of automated guided vehicles for the transport of materials between the processing plant and the points for final shipment. Marcegaglia is also a sup- plier for carmakers and OEM manufacturers of structural parts, components and inte- rior details and, in the plant of Casalmaggiore, special- ises in machining welded pipes with diameters up to

IN the plants of Ravenna and Casalmaggiore, Italy, Industry 4.0 is a reality, with robot works improving the supply chain and reducing human errors. R&D, product and cutting- edge process technology are some of the keywords driving the development of Marcegaglia. The Italian industrial group in the steel processing sec- tor has a yearly output of 5.6 million tons (2016), and 39 manufacturing plants cover- ing six million square metres.

Marcegaglia’s Ravenna plant uses automated guided vehicles to transport materials

406.4mm. With dedicated production for the automotive sector, Marcegaglia has developed an intelligent and automated crane system that handles storage of the collected bundles of tubes, directly from the production plants, moving them to the area for loading onto transport vehicles.

the path of connected factories, in in the creation of a fully interconnected and automated production system, improving the controlled supply chain that reduces the human error on certification and safety. Marcegaglia Ravenna is the company’s largest steel metallurgy plant, specialising in the treatment and finishing of coils, plates and pre- painted steel, as well being the centre for integrated logistics to supply each

Through the adoption of a unified network for company and plants, capable of enabling the re-engineering of processes in a perspective of ‘Internet of Things’, Marcegaglia, supported by Cisco, is on the way to smart factories, along a totally digitalised supply chain. In the plants for the processing of flat products (Marcegaglia Ravenna) and welded steel tubes (Marcegaglia Casalmaggiore), important technological investments were brought forward, on

Marcegaglia – Italy Email: info@marcegaglia.com Website: www.marcegaglia.com

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