Rafter Ships Seam Orientation Unit08-09

Strongsville, Ohio, USA, August 5, 2009 – Rafter Equipment Corporation today shipped an RT-5500S Seam Orientation Unit. The unit will be installed as part of a retrofit at a prominent North American facility for the production of up to 5.563” (140 mm) OD x 0.375” (9.5 mm) API line pipe. The seam orientation unit will be used to maintain the proper seam location for subsequent online non-destructive testing.

The unit features remote powered adjustment that allows the operator to control the seam location from a downstream station. This unit could also be useful for producers of hollow structural sections (HSS) for locating the weld seam prior to reshaping the tube into various rectangular shapes.

Rafter Equipment Corporation manufactures welded-seam tube and pipe mills, roll forming machines, cutoff machines, auxiliary and other related tube and pipe mill machinery. Additional services include rebuilding and upgrading mill equipment. Originally started in 1917, the Rafter name is known for reliable, high-quality tube mill and roll forming equipment.
RT-5500S Seam Orient Unit [R4498] (Small).jpg
UPDATE: September 15, 2009 – Customer reports that "[the operators] are VERY happy with the performance of the [unit]. According to the cutoff operator, who also operates the turkshead, once they got it adjusted correctly and it was holding the seam between 11 o'clock and 12 o'clock, they have not produced a single piece of crooked pipe. This is extremely out of the ordinary for [us]. They are usually making frequent adjustments to the turkshead to correct crooked pipe."




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