Up to 30 % higher productivity, lower manpower needs and better working conditions

Pipe profiling machine with logistics

There are diverging trends between North America and the rest of the world in the loading of pipe profiling machines. In the USA, about 80% of these machines are sold with automatic logistics, while in the rest of the world only about 20% of the machines are ordered with logistics.

What are the reasons or advantages that make so many customers in North America invest more in pipe logistics?

1. At least 30% higher productivity
2. ONE machine operator for materials handling and cutting tasks
3. Pipe infeed from outside means less space required in the hall
4. Much reduced accident risk at the machine due the elimination of loading by crane
5. Much reduced accident risk for the operator due to the elimination of the handling of the pipe carriage and cut items
6. Cut items and waste cannot fall, so less potential damage to materials and less noise

Procedures without logistics

On a single pipe profiling machine, the pipes are placed, e.g. by an overhead crane, on the pipe carriages, which are moved in turn on rails. Beforehand, the operator has to prepare the pipe carriages to receive the pipe by mechanically or hydraulically adjusting the roller positions to the respective pipe diameter.

Once the pipe is on the pipe carriage, the operator pushes the loaded unit into the machine's chuck and clamps it there before pipe cutting can begin.

During the cutting process as well, the operator also has to move the pipe carriages under the pipe sections being cut so that the cut parts do not fall. To do this, the operator very often needs the help of the overhead crane to clear away cut parts on the pipe carriages and make space for the next part to be cut.

The productivity of the pipe cutting machine therefore depends heavily on the constant availability of an indoor crane. If the machine operator cannot operate the crane himself, an extra crane operator is needed.