Kabel-und Metallwerke Gutehoffnungshutte Aktiengesellschaft

Klaus-Peter Uhlmann

Otto Uhlmann

Several lengths of tubing are interconnected either in advance by welding or brazing, or on-line by hollow plugs, and fed through an annealing furnace, a jacketing station, and a cutter, whereby flushing gas such as air, oxygen-enriched air, or an inert gas are sucked through the respective trailing end. The on-line, end-to-end connection can also be additionally used for tubings as prepared in advance and permits continuous processing, particularly combining process annealing with removal of oil residues.

Processing of copper tubing

Two water tanks, one behind the other, are disposed adjacent to the rolling gap for a piercing mill; the rolled seamless tube on a mandrel rod passes through both tanks during rolling. The tank closest to the gap contains also a mandrel holder, and following rolling the mandrel is retracted into that tank; this tank, but not the other one, is emptied and the mandrel on the rod is exchanged. The tank is refilled and the next billet can be rolled. Nozzles are provided to prevent water from escaping through openings in tank walls for the tube.

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Bad Iburg, Germany

Klaus-Peter Uhlmann