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SMS group GmbH
Padana Tubi awards SMS group order for new 16 3⁄4-inch ERW tube welding line
The Italian welded steel tube spe- cialist Padana Tubi & Pro lati Acciaio has reiterated its trust in tube welding technology from SMS group (www.sms-group.com) and ordered a new 16 3⁄4-inch tube welding line. The new line will be installed at Padana´s Guastalla works in 2020. At the same location a 14-inch tube welding line from SMS group is already in operation producing high-quality products.
With the new line Padana Tubi will increase the product portfolio for round tubes up to 406 millimeter (16 inch) diameter, as well as for square sections up to 350 x 350 millimeters and rectangular sec- tions up to 500 x 200 millimeters. Besides heavy wall thicknesses up to 18 millimeters, the mill will be specially designed to produce high grades up to 700 N/mm2. The prod- ucts are mainly intended to satisfy the demand in the construction and the building sector.
SMS group is the single-source sup- plier of the complete mill equip- ment from strip preparation to the cut-off saw, including entry equipment, shear and end welder, horizontal strip accumulator, edge miller, forming, welding and sizing section, and a travelling milling cut-off machine.
SMS group is a group of compa- nies internationally active in plant construction and mechanical engi- neering for the steel and nonferrous metals industry. It has some 14,000 employees who generate worldwide sales of more than EUR 2.8 billion.
SMS group will supply the complete mill equipment from entry to cut-off.
The sole owner of the holding company SMS GmbH is the Familie Weiss Foundation.
The line will be equipped with URD® (Uniform Rigid Design) stands for automatic quick-change of the rolls. The quick-change system is con- trolled by the X-Pact® Quicksetting system, which sustainably improves the product quality by database-as- sisted plant settings. These fea- tures combined with a maximum mill speed of 45 meters per minute will allow Padana Tubi to achieve a high output and very exible and ef cient production.
With this new investment, Padana Tubi & Pro lati Acciaio, established in 1970 in Guastalla, Italy, by the Al eri family, is going to strengthen its position as a leader in the market for welded tubes and pipes, with more than 1,000,000 tons of steel tubes produced and sold every year.
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