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system, leading to easy maintenance as well as sustainable upgrade of the system.
The success of the first new FFX mill has increased our motivation for further improvements includ- ing automatic origin returning function and profile scanning for deformed strip, by which the user can benefit more from introduction of FFX mill into his pipe production line.
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The first FFX mill was designed in late 1990’s, following the previous generation of Flexible Forming mills (called “FF”) that came to market a decade before.
This state of the art forming mill technology has been designed on the basis of numerous analysis data computed by NAKATA’s own developed FEM simulation software, and world’s unique special profile roll that allows using the FFX rolls com- monly for any products within OD range of 1:3. Common rolls together with NAKATA PC software for roll auto-positioning make it possible to switch to new product size within several minutes, which is considered as “shadow time” as no operator’s work is needed here.
As of today, almost 90 sets of FF and FFX mills have been supplied and are successfully operating all over the world.
NAKATA MFG. CO., LTD.
3-7-6 Tagawa, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka 532-0027, JAPAN NAKATA Manufacturing Co. Ltd. MAP
Tel: +81 6 6303 1900 Fax: +81 6 6303 1905
sales02@nakata-mfg.co.jp www.nakata-mfg.com
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