TPT September 2018

T UBE M I L L S & R OL L FORM I NG L I NE S Thread line project for US customer BRANDT Engineered Products offers fully integrated, end- to-end custom manufacturing for the steel, tube and pipe, and industrial sectors. The company’s comprehensive engineering resources deliver plant layout and process-flow mapping, machine and system design and safety system design. Brandt has been delivering finishing floor solutions to pipe mills for decades. Its extensive industry expertise allows it to produce projects from start to finish under tight deadlines for customers around the world. Brandt is currently working on a large thread line project for a customer in the USA. This fully customised threading and finishing line project is well underway and set to be commissioned in the autumn of 2018. The project, currently in the factory acceptance testing phase, is part of a large facility expansion by a company that is growing to meet increased demand in its market. The customer was already operating Brandt equipment at its facilities. Working within a nine-month project window, Brandt is set to deliver a thread and finishing line. With increased market demand and an aggressive installation target, the customer required a supplier that it could count on to provide a custom, turnkey solution. Working within a 38,500ft 2 building footprint, Brandt has designed and built a thread line capable of processing 4½" to 16½" pipe from 34 to 50ft in length. This thread line will be capable of processing 30 pieces an hour and will enable the customer to produce premium thread pipe for a variety of different OCTG applications. The overall line will require a total of 9,075ft 2 of skid and 1,655ft 2 of conveyors. Brandt is also supplying a length measure stencil (LMS) system, vacuum/blow-off systems, an ID blow-out system, and a phosphate tank and tip table for the threaded connections. In addition to this primary equipment, Brandt will be providing all electrical and hydraulic systems design. The thread line comprises four different process flow areas. The first area includes the threading and inspection of the thread. This process involves pre-inspection of inbound product, threading and post-inspection. For the second area, Brandt has designed a phosphate tank tip table process that deploys in two stages. This process protects the product against corrosion and ensures high-quality thread. The third area places the coupling on the end of the thread and torques it to the certified specification. In the fourth area, the pipe will be cleaned out using the Brandt-manufactured ID blow-out system. The pipe will then undergo the LMS process to ensure all pertinent identification information is stencilled on the finished product. The pipe is capped at the end of the thread to complete the process. The Brandt team has designed all aspects of the line, from process-flow through to detailed mechanical design. Upon completion Brandt will issue the designs for fabrication and assembly within its North American manufacturing facilities.

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The 8 th All Indian Exhibition for the Tube and Pipe Industries

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