Pipe Feed and Turning Tables

Feed and Turning Table Pictures
Product Steady Rest
Product Size Adjustment
Product Turn Around
Table Control Stand

SCOPE OF WORK FOR A THREADING LINE

The forklift operator brings a load of pipe to the outside entry lay racks and deposits the pipe on the racks. The pipe is then indexed over onto the in-feed conveyor where it is conveyed into the building. Upon hitting a stop or limit switch, the pipe is then indexed over onto the 30’ of inside lay rack where it runs downhill to threader number 1. The pipe feed and turning table then indexes and in doing so simultaneously loads a green tube and discharges a threaded piece of pipe. The green tube is conveyed into the threader until it contacts the pipe stop at which time the chucks clamp the tube and the threading cycle begins and processes the pipe end. The threaded piece of pipe moves on to the inspection station where the pop up rollers slowly rotates the pipe while it is gaged and de-burred if needed. Upon completion of inspection it moves on to threader number 2 where an identical chain of events occur as took place at the threader number 1 threading and inspection area. At inspection station number 2 the pipe moves to the blow out station where the coolant and chips are blown out of the pipe by compressed air. Pipe rolls down to the bucking unit table where upon indexing the bucking unit table one completed piece of pipe is discharged and another threaded pipe is indexed onto the table and then fed into the bucking unit. After the coupling is bucked onto the pipe, the pipe is discharged and rolls down to the out-bound conveyor. Upon reaching the end of the conveyor it hits a limit switch and is indexed onto the discharge lay racks where the operator picks up the pipe and takes it to the hydro-test, full length drift, weight-tally and stencil area.