Not only oil & gas industry for LIMAB’s tube straightness gauge
The Swedish based company LIMAB, established in 1979, manufacturing laser measurement systems for the metal industry. LIMAB is one of the pioneers in the non-contact laser measurement, with its in-house developed and produced 1D and 2D sensors, software engineering, design and system manufacturing. LIMAB has developed several innovative measurement solutions for the steel industry such as straightness, diameter, ovality, length, thickness and width measurement.
The TubeProfiler S, our very well proven system, for straightness, length, diameter and ovality/shape measurement has become a highly appreciated process and quality control unit for tube suppliers not only to the oil and gas field.
LIMAB has recently received orders and increased the market segment for the TubeProfiler S to also include precisions and hydraulic tubes.
The key measurement system includes scanning of both end, local and total straightness of tubes and pipes.
Due to a unique technology we are able to measure all the above mentioned features with a very compact measurement system.
A very important advantage is that the costly, time consuming and inaccurate manual measurements can be replaced with this in-line measurement system that register and store all the data of 100% of the produced tubes, including end user certificates.
The standard TubeProfiler, comprising several different versions, is suitable for both hot and cold applications in tube and pipe mills. The measurement gauge is suitable for seamless tubes, UOE welded pipes and ERW longitudinal welded tubes. One single gauge is able to measure all the different dimensions from the smallest to larges diameter.
Higher and higher demand, from all over the world, of straightness measurement and end user certificate, especially on larger tubes, has been the fuel for LIMAB’s development engineers to come up with this unique method to solve this problem.
LIMAB has already won a large number of projects with the straightness feature since the launch back in 2011.
The straightness results will be shown as real time numbers, trend graphs as well as in 2D and 3D graphs for easy viewing. The database provides an excellent source of production data for long term monitoring and process improvements. The system will output both the straightness of the whole tube or part of the tube and the length, with alarm signals if any of the tolerance or warning limits are exceeded. All data will, of course, be displayed together with our other information, such as OD, ovality and shape.
The TubeProfiler S is very easy to install in the existing line and easy to relocate to other parts of the mill, using the built-in lifting hooks and the quick change electrical connectors.