Tube and Pipe Seminar
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Roll-Kraft is proud to announce our annual one-day Tube & Pipe Mill Seminar. The seminar will be held at the Linweld’s David Breslow Training Center in Waverly, NE. This one-day seminar will be conducted on Thursday, May 8, 2008. The seminar starts at 8:00 AM and ends at 4:00 PM with a panel discussion.
PROGRAM OUTLINE
Robert A. Sladky, Vice President of Tube Mill Engineering, and Bret Molnar, Senior Roll Design Engineer of Roll-Kraft will present the program. Robert was the recipient of the 2003 TPA Industry Education Activities Award in recognition of his outstanding work in the field of tube and form production.
It is recommended that a wide variety of personnel attend the program. Mill operators, maintenance, supervisors, engineers, tool room personnel, and management will all benefit from the program by learning new skills to help them reach their mutual goals and produce a better quality product in less time.
A. Mill Manufacturers
B. Tools Required
D. Integrity and Alignment of Side Pass Stands
F. Mill Alignment
G. Importance of Designing Rolls to Mill Configuration, Welder, and Material
H. Roll Designs Available
I. Following Strip Formation Through the Mill
J. Reasons for Analyzing Existing Design
K. Designs Available for Mark-Free Tube
L. How Tooling Design Affects Mill Speed, Setup, and Scrap
M. Roll Design Affects on Weld Integrity
LUNCH
N. Preparing for Setups
P. Setup in Fin Section
Q. Setup in the Sizing Section
R. RPM of Drives
S. Virtual Tube and Pipe Profiles
T. Tooling Maintenance
COPYRIGHT
ROLL-KRAFT’S seminar presentations are copyrighted under the terms of the U.S. copyright laws. This includes all printed handouts, slides, and verbal presentation material. Therefore, recordings or reproductions by any means are strictly prohibited. THERE WILL BE NO EXCEPTIONS.
PRICING
Seminar……………………………………………………………………………..$425.00 (USD) Per Person
(Includes: Coffee, pastries, lunch, afternoon beverages, and a seminar guidebook. This guidebook will be used throughout the program and is yours to keep as reference material.)
If you are interested in attending this seminar, please RSVP by 5/1/08 by filling out the form attached as pdf below and faxing it back to Roll-Kraft at 440-205-3110. Should you have any questions or need any further information, please give us a call at 1-888-953-9400 or 440-205-3100. You may also contact us by email at sales@roll-kraft.com . See below for directions to the training center.
DRIVING DIRECTIONS TO LINWELD’S DAVID BRESLOW TRAINING CENTER
--Take Interstate 80 (I-80) to the Waverly exit 409. From the exit, turn right, (NE on Highway 6) and go approximately three (3) miles to Waverly.
--Take a right on “Deer Park Road.”
--“Deer Park Road” is the first street on your right, as you go under the overpass and as you enter Waverly from the West. (There is a restaurant on the right called the “Sportspage”, which is on the corner of Highway 6 and Deer Park Road to the South.)
--Take Deer Park Road - South past the “Sportspage” restaurant, past the school bus barn lot, past the first Linweld driveway, which is the entrance to Linweld’s Air Separation Plant.
--The next driveway on your right will be Linweld’s David Breslow Training Center. The parking lot is directly in front of the training center. Enter the building and go straight back to the training center, which will be on your left as you enter the hallway.
Additional Resources
PDF Contact a sales rep regarding this product
Contact a sales rep regarding this product
Roll-Kraft is proud to announce our annual one-day Tube & Pipe Mill Seminar. The seminar will be held at the Linweld’s David Breslow Training Center in Waverly, NE. This one-day seminar will be conducted on Thursday, May 8, 2008. The seminar starts at 8:00 AM and ends at 4:00 PM with a panel discussion.
PROGRAM OUTLINE
Robert A. Sladky, Vice President of Tube Mill Engineering, and Bret Molnar, Senior Roll Design Engineer of Roll-Kraft will present the program. Robert was the recipient of the 2003 TPA Industry Education Activities Award in recognition of his outstanding work in the field of tube and form production.
It is recommended that a wide variety of personnel attend the program. Mill operators, maintenance, supervisors, engineers, tool room personnel, and management will all benefit from the program by learning new skills to help them reach their mutual goals and produce a better quality product in less time.
| PRESENTATION | SPEAKER |
| WELCOME & PROGRAM OVERVIEW | Robert A. Sladky |
| MILL INTEGRITY AND ALIGNMENT | Robert A. Sladky |
A. Mill Manufacturers
- Basic facts that are common to all makes of mills
B. Tools Required
- Alignment
- Setup
- Identifying style of stands
- Checking:
- O.D. of shafts
- Bearings and bearing blocks
- Bent shafts
- Parallel of shafts
- Back shoulder alignment
- Stand-to-stand alignment
D. Integrity and Alignment of Side Pass Stands
- Identifying style of stands
- Checking:
- O.D. of shafts
- Integrity of stands
- Parallel of shafts and shaft shoulders
- Proper metal line of side pass stands
- Proper centering of side pass stands
- Specific design points
- Proper care
- Proper dimension checks
F. Mill Alignment
- Piano wire
- Precision optics
- Lasers
| ROLL DESIGN | Bret Molnar |
G. Importance of Designing Rolls to Mill Configuration, Welder, and Material
- Do I need to use all of my passes?
- Does the material being formed affect the design?
- Does the type of welder affect the design?
H. Roll Designs Available
- What are the different kinds of breakdown designs?
- Why are they used?
I. Following Strip Formation Through the Mill
- Breakdown designs
- Fin pass designs
- Seam guide designs
- Weld roll designs
- Sizing designs
J. Reasons for Analyzing Existing Design
- Is the proper strip formation being used?
- Are the side rolls forming properly?
- Are the breakdowns cleared for the maximum gauge?
- Are the fin passes designed for the correct welder?
- Are you running multiple tube sizes with one breakdown section?
- Is the tooling designed for the correct mill configuration?
K. Designs Available for Mark-Free Tube
- Floating flange rolls
- Carbide rolls
- Ampco rolls
L. How Tooling Design Affects Mill Speed, Setup, and Scrap
M. Roll Design Affects on Weld Integrity
LUNCH
| ,SETUP, BREAKDOWN, AND FIN SECTION | Robert A. Sladky |
N. Preparing for Setups
- Defining each section
- Importance of entry table
- Centering of strip to first pass
- Importance of setup charts
- Proper adjustment to gauge
- Setting side pass stands
- Problems and solutions in the breakdown section
P. Setup in Fin Section
- Strip width considerations
- Purpose of fin section
- Proper setup of fin section
- Problems and solutions in the fin section
Q. Setup in the Sizing Section
- Defining what a sizing section does on a tube mill
- Importance of following a setup chart
- Problems and solutions in the sizing section
R. RPM of Drives
- Identifying number of motor drives
- Importance of controlling RPM’s between drives
- Formula to calculate RPM’s
- Instruments used
| COPRA FEA RF SOFTWARE- “FEA” FINITE ELEMENT | Bret Molnar |
S. Virtual Tube and Pipe Profiles
- What does “FEA” do?
- How “FEA” calculates reaction forces
- Who uses “FEA”?
- Summary of benefits using “FEA” in roll tooling design
| TOOLING MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS | Robert A. Sladky Bret Molnar |
T. Tooling Maintenance
- Tooling inventory
- Creating a file for each roll set
- Creating an inspection program
- Documenting footage, rim clearances
- Knowing when your tooling needs rework
- Summary
| PANEL DISCUSSION & SEMINAR EVALUATIONS | Robert A. Sladky Bret Molnar |
COPYRIGHT
ROLL-KRAFT’S seminar presentations are copyrighted under the terms of the U.S. copyright laws. This includes all printed handouts, slides, and verbal presentation material. Therefore, recordings or reproductions by any means are strictly prohibited. THERE WILL BE NO EXCEPTIONS.
PRICING
Seminar……………………………………………………………………………..$425.00 (USD) Per Person
(Includes: Coffee, pastries, lunch, afternoon beverages, and a seminar guidebook. This guidebook will be used throughout the program and is yours to keep as reference material.)
If you are interested in attending this seminar, please RSVP by 5/1/08 by filling out the form attached as pdf below and faxing it back to Roll-Kraft at 440-205-3110. Should you have any questions or need any further information, please give us a call at 1-888-953-9400 or 440-205-3100. You may also contact us by email at sales@roll-kraft.com . See below for directions to the training center.
DRIVING DIRECTIONS TO LINWELD’S DAVID BRESLOW TRAINING CENTER
--Take Interstate 80 (I-80) to the Waverly exit 409. From the exit, turn right, (NE on Highway 6) and go approximately three (3) miles to Waverly.
--Take a right on “Deer Park Road.”
--“Deer Park Road” is the first street on your right, as you go under the overpass and as you enter Waverly from the West. (There is a restaurant on the right called the “Sportspage”, which is on the corner of Highway 6 and Deer Park Road to the South.)
--Take Deer Park Road - South past the “Sportspage” restaurant, past the school bus barn lot, past the first Linweld driveway, which is the entrance to Linweld’s Air Separation Plant.
--The next driveway on your right will be Linweld’s David Breslow Training Center. The parking lot is directly in front of the training center. Enter the building and go straight back to the training center, which will be on your left as you enter the hallway.
Additional Resources
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