TPi July 2009

developments products &

Pickling tanks from Arvind Anticor

The tanks are housed in steel frames for mechanical reinforcement, and covered with fibreglass. They are designed and engineered on the ‘Rita’ tank building software module. Design and fabrication of the PP tanks are geared towards maximising the benefits of advanced material over conventional alternatives such as brick lining and fibreglass lining. Benefits include cost saving, impact resistance, corrosion resistance, mobility, light weight, leak proofing, environment- friendly, fume free, increased longevity and zero maintenance. Anticor tanks are designed, manu- factured and tested according to German Welding Association DVS 2205 for safety and longevity. The tanks are manufactured with certified life of chemical resistance. Anticor’s facilities are equipped with butt fusion welding, hot gas extrusion welding technology and hydro-thermo radius forming technology. In addition to butt fusion technology, Anticor has developed radius instead of a right angle corner at the bottom of tank. This effectively reduces the weld joint at the corner welded radius, thus providing sound mechanical strength. Anticor weld joints are tested as per German Welding Association DVS 2203. The company’s tank fabrication technology offers better performance, higher efficiency, higher productivity, lower rejection, zero failure and an environmentally friendly atmosphere. Welding quality is confirmed by a 3-point bend test, and a specimen seam is subjected to a test of tensile and impact resistance properties. Leakage testing is carried out prior to dispatch by hydro, vacuum and spark test. Anticor pickling tanks are supplied with accessories such as nozzles, heating/cooling coils, integral suction ducting for fume exhaust, integral slope for drain, lifting arrangement, and top lid cover.

fluxing, anodising, passivation, pre- and post-treatment and metal surface treatment. The tanks are constructed from poly- propylene thermoplastic, a material that is highly corrosion resistant. In addition, the tanks are housed in a steel structure frame for mechanical reinforcement, covered with fibreglass.

Arvind Anticor Limited is a manu- facturer and exporter of acid pickling tanks made from polypropylene thermoplastic. The company’s acid pickling tanks are custom designed according to size and weight of load such as pipes, tube, wire coils, bars, rods and structural steel.

Anticor PP tanks are used for pickling, degreasing, electro-plating, rinsing,

CNC cutting machines Jesco Polycontour is a manufacturer of analogue pipe cutting machines, including the ARB range which is used in the silo, boiler and shipbuilding industries.

In order to meet the demands of the market, the company has improved the range, with the ARB 1500 Digital.

The machine is suitable for ‘one run’ cutting of round holes with welding seam preparation. This makes the holes straight, suitable for connections of nozzles and tubulars. The machine can also be used to cut tubulars, and for the profiling of pipe ends.

The ARB 1500-D is controlled by means of a Siemens S-7 PLC. Programming of the cutting parameters, necessary for the cut, can be performed via the operator panel.

Jesco Polycontour’s ▼ ▼ machine for plasma and/or oxy fuel cutting

The is providedwithencoders that ensure precision and repeatability. The ARB 1500-D is equipped as standard for the oxy fuel cutting process, but can optionally be equipped for plasma cutting. The sturdy prismatic pedestal provides a stable mounting on pipes. By removing the pedestal, the machine can be mounted to a manipulator, making the machine even easier to move. The machine can cut pipes with diameters in the range 100-10,000mm, and with wall thickness from 5 to 150mm. The diameter of the hole/branch while plasma cutting is 100-1,500/2,500mm, and while oxy/gas cutting is 50-1,500/2,500mm. The machine features a machine housing with prismatic pedestals and spirit level; a 2-axis PLC control integrated in the machine housing; a spindle with removable centring point; and a torch arm, machine torch and gas/oxygen distribution block. machine

Arvind Anticor Limited – India info@picklingplant.com www.picklingplant.com

Jesco Polycontour – Netherlands info@jesco.nl • www.jesco.nl

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