SMS Meer equipment supports Atlas Tube Canada in reaching record change-over time

Inline quick-change of the SMS Meer URD sizing stands

Atlas Tube Harrow, Canada, reached an amazing change-over time of 55 minutes from ‘good tube’ to ‘good tube’ on its 16" ERW tube welding line. The line was manufactured by SMS Meer. The success was mainly driven by the huge experience of the Atlas Tube operators, combined with the quick-change system of SMS Meer.

The market for ERW tubes is facing tremendous changes. For tube manufacturers this means that they mainly receive small production lots of many different tube sizes. Therefore, the rolls need to be changed very often. In this respect, the most economical benefit for ERW tube mills is to shorten the changeover time and to increase productivity.

SMS Meer offers a highly efficient quickchange system which gives customers a significant lead over the competition.

Presently, SMS Meer is commissioning a similar 16" ERW tube welding line, amongst others, with these latest developments of the above mentioned quick-change system in Severstal, Russia.

PUBLISHED: 29 Jul 10

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