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SRET Completed the Commissioning of Ø219 Tube Mill Retrofit for Hengshui Jinghua
1. SRET Completed the Commissioning of Ø219
Tube Mill Retrofit for Hengshui Jinghua
2. Hengshui Jinghua Steel Pipe Co., Ltd is one of the biggest tube and
pipe manufacturer in China with employees of 1800. It has 15 ERW
production lines with annual output of 1.6 millions of tons of ERW
steel pipes ranging from 21.3 to 325 mm diameter. Its tube and pipe
are sold thru over 60 countries for some rough applications like oil &
gas, chemical and power industry.
3. company is honored to
be the first-class
supplier for China
National Petroleum
Group and PetroChina
Group.
Hengshui Jinghua Steel Pipe
has been long-term
customer with SRET
Equipment for decades. The
company has many sets of
machines made by SRET
Equipment applied to its
several lines in its daily
operation.
4. SRET Equipment machines’ performance and extensive
customer service earn a complete customer satisfaction and
trust.
In 2015, HengShui Jinghua Steel Pipe came to
SRET Equipment again for help upgrade its
existing 219 ERW tube mill line.
5. By upgrading, the
customer wants to
increase its mill speed, to
improve the pipe cutting
edge for eliminating end
facing process, and to be
able to process thicker
material as well.
6. SRET Equipment provide the solution
consisting of entire entry line section
including uncoiler, leveling machine, shear,
strip accumulator & end welder, horizontal
spiral accumulator, and plus milling type
orbital flying cut off cold saw, that not just
meet, but exceed the customer’s
expectations.
7. One big challenge facing SRET Equipment is that the customer
requested the shortest lead time possible and allowed for just one
month of time window to complete the installations and
commissioning for all the machines, to minimize the impact of
existing line stoppage.
8. Customer values delivered by SRET
Equipment include
Process a broader range of material, thickness up to 12 mm from
previous 8 mm
Higher productivity, mill speed increased to 40 m/min
9. Increased automation level and reduced manpower
required, number of operators needed for entry line down to 1
from previous 4
Eliminate the requirements for end facing process for a big
cost saving, with burr-free cutting achieved by milling type
orbital flying cutoff cold saw
Short lead time and commissioning time ensure a minimum
financial impact of existing line stoppage