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Mair Research S.P.A.
Mair Research has supplied an Integrated
Cold Draw Bench and Finishing Line to a
primary producer of precision tubes
Mair Research has recently sup- plied an integrated Cold Draw Bench and Finishing Line to a very important producer of automotive tubes where it is required to have a high productivity and ensure a very tight ID tolerance which is measured automatically.
Tubes to be drawn are special steel grades up to 70mm diameter for the production of shock absorbers and other automotive products.
The Cold Draw Bench is a 4 tube pull with 40 tons capacity. Drawn tubes will then be processed by the nishing equipment with which it is fully integrated to achieve one seamless line. The end product is a bundle ready for dispatch.
The scope of supply is fully inte- grated line composed of the fol- lowing main equipment:
Loader with special descram- bling system
Pointing machine (press type) 4-Tube Draw Bench
10 roll Straightening Machine
Multicut machine to eliminate pointed end and cut to nal lengths
Deburring machine and chips removal
Automatic ID tube tolerance measurement and on line veri- cation
Visual inspection Interfacing with NDT testing
Automatic bundling in nal shapes
Wrapping with VCI lm
Strapping and labelling
Storage and weighing of n- ished bundle
Particular attention is given to the interconnecting handling placed between the machines in order to smoothly transport the tubes and avoid any sort of denting or scratching of the tube surface.
All the above equipment was fully designed and manufactured by Mair Research is their plants located in Schio, Italy. Before dispatch the equipment went through a careful in-house testing in presence of the customer.
Since all operations are performed automatically, a very limited amount of operators with sole supervisory tasks are suf cient to conduct the line. Consequently all operator hazards have been elimi- nated providing a constantly safe work environment.
Mair Research is specialised in the design, manufacture and supply of nishing lines in general (auto- motive, OCTG, cold drawn DOM, other) having delivered to very important world reference produc- ers in the eld of ERW and seam- less tubes.
Straightening machine
MAIR RESEARCH S.P.A.
Via Lago di Albano, 55 36015 Schio (Vicenza) Italy
Tel. : +39 0445 634 444 Fax: +39 0445 634 409
salesdept@mair-research.com www.mair-research.com
Draw Bench
ITAtube Journal No3/October 2018
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