Technological Packages
LONG PRODUCTS
Tube and Pipes Plants
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HBC
Hot billet centring machine for hot billet punching in seamless tube rolling mill plants
BENEFITS
- Can be installed on exisiting plants (requiring handling modification)
- Improved front shell concentricity and finished pipe weight tolerance
- No tail defects (onion rings),; less damage to mandrels; fewer defects on final pipes and less final production scrap
- Fast by-pass system
- Return On Investment (ROI): 2.5 years for a 400,000-tpy plant
