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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2013
Sandvik Materials Technology Deutschland Gmbh, Düsseldorf, DE;
Udo Rauffmann, Werther, DE;
Thomas Froböse, Versmold, DE;
Sandvik Materials Technology Deutschland GmbH, Düsseldorf, DE;
Abstract
Pilger rolling train, which operates continuously for producing a tube, includes a pilger rolling mill for reducing the diameter of a hollow blank to form the tube, a first buffer for a plurality of tubes, wherein the first buffer has a device for bundling a plurality of tubes in a bundle, an annealing furnace for simultaneous annealing of a plurality of tubes, a second buffer for a plurality of tubes, wherein the second buffer for the tubes has a device for separating the plurality of tubes out of a bundle, and a straightening machine for straightening the separated tubes in succession, wherein the devices are disposed, in the direction of flow of the tube, in the aforementioned sequence, and wherein an automated transport device for the tube is provided between, respectively, the pilger rolling mill, the first buffer, the annealing furnace, the second buffer and the straightening machine.