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High Frequency ERW Pipe Mill Production Line
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What is the ERW steel pipe?
ERW tube or pipes are straight seams electric resistance welded pipe. in brief the ERW pipe, which is a round pipe welded by steel plates. It uses to transport vapor and liquid objects such as oil and natural gas. Electric resistance welding (ERW) refers to a group of welding processes such as spot welding and seam welding. faying surfaces where heat to form the weld is born by the electrical resistance of material combined with the time and the force used to hold the materials together during welding. In general, resistance welding methods are efficient and cause little pollution, however, their applications limited to relatively thin materials.
Electrical resistance welding
Electrical resistance welding will be welders parts formed pressed between two electrodes, and subjected to current, the resistor thermal effects generated by the current flowing through contact with the workpiece surface and the neighboring regions to be heated to melt the plastic state, so that metal-binding method. Resistance welding methods are mainly four types, namely, spot welding, seam welding, projection welding, butt welding.
passed between the two edges of the steel to heat the steel to a point at which the edges are forced together to form a bond without the use of welding filler material.A plate rolled to become a pipe and welded using the Electric Resistance Welding process.
ERW Steel Pipe Making Machine
High speed tube mill production line
The manufacturing pipe mill process or High Frequency ERW Pipe Mill Production Line generally involves the following stages in a step by step procedure.
- Slitting
- Uncoiling
- Forming
- Welding
- De beading
- Seam Annealing
- Sizing
- Cutting
- Galvanizing (zink spray)
High frequency straight seam pipe making machine
- Slitting
Coils slit to predetermine widths for each size of pipes.
- Uncoiling
The slitted coil uncoils at the entry of tube mill line and the ends shear and weld one after another. LOTOS is able to offer the largest range of decoilers from manual to fully automatic, according to a range of strip widths and thicknesses.
- Accumulator
The main action of the accumulator is to accumulate a steel strip to keep continuously and automatically production in the welding pipe line.
- Forming
The slitted coils are formed into a cylindrical shape with open edges utilizing a series of forming rolls.
- Welding
In this stage, the open edges heate to the forging temperature through high-frequency, low-voltage, high current and press welded by forge rolls making perfect and strong.
- Sizing
After water quenching, a little decrease applies to pipes with sizing rolls. This results in producing the desirable precise outside diameter.
Advantages High Frequency ERW Pipe Mill Production Line
- High production efficiency.
- the machine works stably at a high speed, which improves the yielding of products.
- Low wastage
- High accuracy
- one of the advantages of the ERW tube is that no fusion metals use and the weld seam cannot be seen or felt.
1.Slitting
2.Uncoiling
3.Accumulator
4.Forming
5.Sizing
Steel tube production line
Ⅰ. PRODUCE CAPACITY
| No. | Item | Data | Remark |
| 1 | O.D. Of round pipe | Φ32mm～Φ127mm | |
| 2 | Wall thickness | Round pipe δ1mm～3mm Square pipe δ≤2.5mm | |
| 3 | MILL SPEED | 30M/min～80M/min | |
| 4 | LENGTH | 4M～8M |
Ⅱ STEEL STRIPS SPECIFICATION
| No. | Item | Data | Remark |
| 1 | W.T. of strips | Δ1～3 mm | MATERIAL C.S Q195, 235, Galvanized Steel Strip |
| 2 | Width of strips | H100～400mm | |
| 3 | O.D. of steel coil | Φ800mm～Φ1500mm | |
| 4 | I..D. of steel coil | Φ450mm～Φ550mm | |
| 5 | Maxi. Load weight | ≤5000kg |
Ⅲ working flow
Raw material (steel coil) → uncoiling → shearing and butt-welding → material accumulating → non-power leveling →mill-forming → high-frequency welding → removing burrs outside of weld seam → Zinc spraying → cooling → sizing → roughly straightening → fixed length cutting → run-out table
Ⅳ. machine parts details
4.1uncoiler two type: hydraulic expanding
Structure type: Double-side 180ºrotary hydraulic expanding tightly, which insure steel coil feeding alternatively and make steel strip going into accumulator freely.
| Structure type | Hydraulic expanding double side |
| I..D. of steel coil | Φ450mm～Φ550mm |
| O.D. of steel coil | Φ800mm～Φ1500mm |
| Width of strips | H60mm～H320mm |
| Maxi. Load weight | ≤5000kg |
4.2 Shear and butt-welder
Shearing and butt-welder, which insure double steel tidily and then welding and leveling weld seam and supply strips for accumulator.
4.3 Vertical accumulator
It have two AC motor: one is feeding motor and the other is driven motor, and ensure steel strips inputting and outputting for forming.
Diameter of accumulator: Φ4500㎜
Feeding motor: YCT250-4A 18.5KW
Driven motor: YCT250-4B 22KW
TUBE MILL COMPONENTS
4.4 FORMING MACHINE
| Description | Item | Technical parameters |
| Horizontal-roll stands | Quantity | Seven stands |
| Material of horizontal stands | High-precision forged steel | |
| Diameter of horizontal shaft | Φ80mm | |
| Material of horizontal shaft | 42CrMO | |
| Vertical-roll stand | Quantity | seven stands |
| Material of vertical stands | QT50 | |
| Diameter of horizontal shaft | Φ50mm | |
| Material of horizontal shaft | 45# forged steel | |
| Driven gearbox | Quantity | Seven gearboxes |
| Material of gearbox | QT50 | |
| Type | Spiral bevel gear | |
| Material of gearbox | 20CrMnTi | |
| Material of shaft | 40Cr | |
| Power transmission method | From universal transmission joint to horizontal roll stands | |
Mainly roughly mill-forming steel strip and controlling weld seam.High Frequency ERW Pipe Mill Production Line.
4.5 Guide and squeeze and scraper
One set of guide roll stand for controlling direction of pipe seam to insure pipe seam flatly and straightly entering into extruding rollers.
One set of extruding roll stand for controlling weld seam to realize successful welding.
Two sets of scraper frame for scraping outside weld seam
| Description | Technical parameters | Remark |
| Guide type | Turkish-heads type and 360°rotary | |
| Welding rolls | two welding rollers or Three welding rollers | |
| Scraper stands | Adjusting pole and quickly feeding and exit |
4.6 Zinc spraying: Repairing the welding seam Zinc surface
4.7 Cooling type: Sink and shower
tube welding line
4.8 Sizing machine
| Description | Item | Technical parameters |
| Horizontal-roll stands | Quantity | Six stands |
| Material of horizontal stands | High-precision cast or forged steel | |
| Diameter of horizontal shaft | Φ80mm | |
| Material of horizontal shaft | 42CrMO | |
| Vertical-roll stand | Quantity | six stands |
| Material of vertical stands | QT50 | |
| Diameter of horizontal shaft | Φ50mm | |
| Material of horizontal shaft | 45# forged steel | |
| Driven gearbox | Quantity | Six gearboxes |
| Material of gearbox | QT50 | |
| type | Spiral bevel gear | |
| Material of gearbox | 20CrMnTi | |
| Material of shaft | 40Cr | |
| Power transmission method | From universal transmission joint to horizontal roll stands | |
Sizing device: Mainly fine shaping pipe after welding and controlling size accuracy. Each 6 sets of horizontal roll stand, vertical roll stand and drive gearbox, 12 sets of universal shaft.(structure same as forming device)
4.9 Roughly straightening machine frame
This unit is used for straightening the pipe after sizing, to reach the required straightness.
| Technical parameters | |
| Straightening stands type | Turk’s head type, and 360°rotary |
| Diameter of straightening shaft | Φ45mm |
| Material of straightening shaft | 40Cr |
4.10 Main driven motor
| Technical parameters | |
| Main driven motor power | 2*132 KW |
| Reducer model | ZLY250 |
4.11 Computer controlled cutting machine
Usage: Cutting online as per setting length
| No. | Type | CNC controller, normal/hot cutting |
| 1 | Cutting Maxi. Diameter | Φ127mm |
| 2 | Cutting Maxi. Wall-thickness | δ3.0mm |
| 3 | Cutting tolerance | L=4~8m, ≤±3mm |
| 4 | Cutting driven type | Pneumatic feeding and exit |
| 5 | The specification of saw blade | Φ550㎜ |
| 6 | Cutting motor | 37 KW |
| 7 | Cutting speed | 80M/min |
