I. Summary
The mill is intended for manufacturing of round pipe of Φ50mm-Φ114mm with thickness of 1.0mm–3.0mm from cold-rolled and hot-rolled coil strip by means of unclosed tubular blank with its subsequent welding into tube, edge heating by means of solid state high-frequency welder, longitudinal seam welding in rolls of tube welding machine, cooling, further sizing or shaping and on-stream cutting of endless tube in measured lengths.
Finished product will be of round, square or rectangular pipe.
II. The technical flow of the production line
{SteelTape}→→ Double-head un-coiler →→Strip-head Cutter and welder→→
Horizontal spiral accumulater →→Forming section(Flattening unit +Main driving unit +Forming unit +Guide unit +High frequency induction welding unit +squeeze roller)+ De-burr frame→→Zinc Pinting machine →→Cooling unit →→ Sizing unit and straightener →→Flying saw under computer-control →→ Run-out table
III. Basic conditions:
a) Steel Pipe Specification
1. Round Pipe diameter: Φ50 –Φ114mm
Pipe Thickness: 1.0 – 3.0mm
2. Square & Rectangle Pipe: 40X40mm –90X90mm
Pipe Thickness: 1.0 – 2.0mm
3. Pipe Length: 6.0m – 12.0m
4. Length Tolerance: 0-6mm
b) SteelTape Specification
1. Material: Carbon steel (δb≤500Mpa, δs≤235Mpa)
2. Steel Tape: Inner diameter: Φ470-510mm
Outer diameter: Φmax=1800mm
Strip steel width: 160mm-360mm
Strip steel thickness:1.0mm-3.0mm
The maximum weight: 4.0 tons
c) Electricity
1. Dynamic power: AC380V±10%, 3phases, 50Hz±1.0%
2. Control Power: AC220V±10%, one phase, 50 Hz ±1.0%
d) Electric installed capacity: appro.500KW
e) Cooling water
1. Reservoir for High Frequency equipment: 20m³, one set
2. Reservoir for circulating cooling water: 25m³, one set
f) Compressed air
1. Pressure: 0.4Mpa
2. Flow: 1.5m3/h
g) Production capacity
Annual output: 35,000 ton, according to the yearly working days、daily working hours and the products.
h) Staffing
Eight people in total: One for uncoiler, one for Strip-head Cutter and welder (spiral accumulator), one for Host control, one for flying saw, two for Run-out table. One is for the machine commissioning, one for electrical commissioning.
i) Line speed: 30-70m/min
IV. Equipment makeup and main parameters of single unit:
1. Single-head Decoiler 1.1. Parameters:
- Coil width: max.360mm
- Coil OD: max. Φ1800mm
- Coil ID: Φ470-510mm
- Coil weight: max. 4.0 tons
1.2. Mandrel expansion by hydraulic
2. Shearing & butt welding machine
2.1 Hydraulic shearing parameters machine:
- Cutting by hydraulic system
- Width: ≤360mm
- Thickness: ≤3.0mm
2.2 Butt welding machine by manual
- TIG welding machine
3. Horizontal spiral accumulator
3.1 Low bracket: 1 set
3.2 Revolver: 1 set
3.3 7 rollers Flattening unit: 1 set
3.4 2 rollers feeding: 1 set
3.5 Accumulator: 1 set
- Feeding speed: Max.200m/min
- Storing capacity: 500meter -700 meter
3.6 High bracket: 1 set
4. Forming & sizing section
4.1 Forming mill gearbox, universal joint
4.1.1 Mill entry flattener by up-horizontal roll and below-horizontal roll, one positive five-roll flattener, one pair of feeding vertical roll.
4.1.2 Forming mill consists of:
- Driven stand: 7 sets (Horizontal)
- Driven stand shaft: Φ 80mm
- Material of shaft: 40Cr
- Side roll stand: 8 sets(Vertical)
- Side roll stand shaft: Φ45mm
- Material of shaft: 40Cr
- Gear box & universal joint: 7sets
- Material of gear box: cast steel
- Material of gear: 20CrMnTi
- Driven stand: with worm gear(adjust up and down)
4.2 Sizing mill gear box, universal joint
4.2.1 Sizing mill consist of:
- Driven stand: 5 sets (Horizontal)
- Driven stand shaft: Φ 80mm
- Material of shaft: 40Cr
- Side roll stand: 5 sets (Vertical)
- Side roll stand shaft: Φ45mm
- Material of shaft: 40Cr
- Gear box & universal joint: 5 sets
- Material of gear box: cast steel
- Material of gear: 20CrMnTi
- 2 set single head Turk’s head, with 4 rollers*2sets
- One speed testing roller with air cylinder for CNC flying saw
- Driven stand: with worm gear(adjust up and down)
4.3 Main Motor:
- Main motor: 160kW Model: Z4-250-42 1 set
- Main redactor: ZLY250 1 set
5. Welding section
5.1 Welding section consist of:
- Seam guide unit: 1 set
- Squeeze stand: 2 rollers(diameter: Φ50mm)
- De-burr frame: 1 set (2 heads)
- Horizontal unit for seam ironing: 2 rollers
5.2 Cooling section
- Cooling trough: 1 set
- Cooling trough length : 3.0 m
5.3 Solid state High frequency welder(GGP250KW)
- Nominal power: 250kW
- Rated DC power: Pd=300kW
- Rated DC voltage: UdN=450V
- Rated DC current: IdN=670A
- The whole efficiency: η≥85%
- Output power: Pout>250kW
- Designed frequency: f=300~350kHz
- MOSFET inverter: 60kW×5
- Tank circuit output mode: no welding transformer output, secondary resonance
- With water-water cooler for welder
6. CNC flying friction saw
6.1 Flying cut-off, mechanical section consist of:
- Saw disk: OD800mm×ID110mm×5.0mm
- Saw waver: Pneumatic
- Pipe clamp: Pneumatic
- Saw carriage travel: Rack and pinion with gear lath
- Motor for travel: DC 18.5KW
- Motor for sawing: AC 37KW
- Length Tolerance: 0-6mm
7. Run-out table
7.1 Run-out system consists of:
- Roller conveyer 15 meter (including packing box)
- Reversed pneumatically
8. Electric Control System
8.1 Horizontal spiral accumulate
- AC driver.
8.2 Double DC drive and control for forming and sizing mill.
- DC drive,
- Main DC drive panel control(instrument etc.)
- Mill operation panel (speed adjustment, control etc).
8.3 Flying cut-off control system
- Saw carriage drive by DC motor 22KW,
- LCD operation pane
(length and batch setting ,control instrument etc).
9. Rollers
9.1 Forming and sizing Rollers material
- Material: Cr12
- Hardness: 60 HRC +/-2
9.2 Welding rollers material
- Material : H13
- Hardness: 50 HRC +/-3