LARGE PIPESystem solutions for the manufacture of large pipes

Schuler is the world market leader in metal forming technology. The company supplies presses, automation solutions, dies, process know-how, and services for the entire metalworking industry and lightweight automotive design. Customers include automobile manufacturers and suppliers as well as companies from the forging, household appliances, packaging, energy, and electronics industries. Schuler is the leading supplier of minting presses and supplies system solutions for aerospace, rail transport, and large pipe manufacturing. Following the acquisition of toolmaker AWEBA and a majority stake in Chinese press manufacturing company Yadon, Schuler employs around 6,600 members of staff in 40 countries. The Austrian ANDRITZ Group holds a majority share in Schuler.

ABOUT THE SCHULER GROUP – WWW.SCHULERGROUP.COM

LARGE PIPES CONNECT THE WORLD.COMPLETE TURNKEY SOLUTIONS FOR LARGE PIPE MANUFACTURE – IMPLEMENTED WITH THE EXPERTISE FROM SCHULER.

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LARGE PIPES CONNECT THE WORLD / LARGE PIPE

With Schuler, you lay the foundations for success in eco-nomical, efficient and highly productive manufacture of spirally welded large pipes. We develop turnkey production lines for large pipes on your behalf – whether it be pipe-lines for crude oil, natural gas, water or large pipes in the petrochemical industry, in wind energy systems or in the construction industry.

Not only do we offer the necessary experience, we also provide the appropriate worldwide service for any required solution and projects of all scales. We ensure that we maintain our position of leadership in quality by permanent innovations and investments in research and development.

At Schuler, we regard turnkey solutions for manufacturing large pipes as a highly integrated overall concept: from innovative layouts and designs through to intelligent pro-duction principles. Our goal is for you to be able to produce in an environmentally friendly way, minimizing your use of resources. In this way, you can benefit during every phase from our extensive groundbreaking expertise in large pipe manufacture and from our competence.

Experience grows with success. As a technological pio-neer and world market leader with more 175 years of ex-perience in forming technology, Schuler has attracted cus-tomers right from the beginning with quality and expertise, unique performance and convincing service. With Schuler, you benefit from outstanding expertise in R&D, engineer-ing, large machine construction and project handling.

With ATIS, Schuler has a well-known and experienced technology and market partner in the area of large pipe production. ATIS provides additional expertise in the conception of turnkey projects and contributes its major experience to their implementation.

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SPIRAL PIPE WELDING MACHINE.EVERYTHING FROM A SINGLE SOURCE: TURNKEY PIPE PLANTS FOR PRODUCING SPIRALLY WELDED LARGE PIPES.

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1 Tack welding spiral pipe mill2 Coil preparation stand

3 Pipe forming station4 Pipe cutting device

1 Pipe inside cleaning2 Pipe inspection stand3 Tab plate welding station4 Submerge arc offline welding stand5 Tab plate removal station6 Pipe inside suction7 Ultrasonic testing machine

8 Hydrotester9 Pipe end bevelling machine10 X-ray stand pipe end11 X-ray stand weldseam12 Pipe weigting system13 Manual pipe welding stand14 Manual ultrasonic testing stand

15 Cross seam repair stand16 Test ring cutting device17 Pipe conveying system18 Cross transport system19 Pipe Storrage

MANUFACTURING OF SPIRALLY WELDED LARGE PIPES

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COMPLETE PRODUCTION PLANTS.THE KEY TO YOUR SUCCESS.

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Pipe lengths up to 24 m can be achieved with Schuler spiral pipe welding machines. Diameters range from 406 mm to 3,556 mm (16" – 140"), wall thicknesses 6 mm to 25 mm (1/4" – 1").

We plan and implement complete production plants for manufacturing spirally welded large pipes – turnkey for you. The machines meet the most demanding requirements in terms of diameter tolerances or welding gap, as well as delivering outstanding availability and productivity. Schuler offers progressive and high-performance solutions, precisely adapted to your requirement profile and tailor-made to your specific requirements – from planning and consulting through to startup.

Online process – combined forming and welding machine. Here, the pipe forming is directly followed by submerged-arc welding from the inside and outside.

Offline process – separate forming and welding machine.After pipe forming and subsequent tack welding speeds up to 12 m / min, the submerged-arc welding process is performed from the inside and the outside on separate welding stands.

Modernization – conversion of existing online machines to the offline process. The objective of this conversion of existing machines is to increase quality and productivity as well as to improve working safety and energy efficiency.

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INTEGRATED COIL-PREPARATION-STAND. With a solution that is unique within the industry, Schuler ensures a significant simplification in handling during the coil change – at the same time as improving quality and optimizing procedures. Not only does this enable you to reduce unproductive downtimes, it also ensures consist-ently higher efficiency throughout the production process. Furthermore, you sustainably increase the safety of work on the stand. Schuler is the only provider for this inno - vative solution. Benefit from this smart solution for your produduction.

Your production benefit with the integrated coil preparation stand: � Enormous reduction in coil changes and downtimes � Increasing the safety at work � No crane transfer required any longer � Safe coil opening without springing apart � Integrated into the spiral pipe mill � Max. API quality X100 � Exact 90° cut at the start of the strip

Coil weight max. 45 t

Coil outer diameter 1,300 – 2,200 mm

Coil inner diameter 720 – 800 mm

Strip width 1,000 – 2,050 mm

Strip thickness 6 – 25.4 mm

Speed coil unwinding 0.3 – 6.0 m /min

Speed plasma cutter 0.1 – 3.0 m /min

Coil-Preparation-Stand. Coil-Preparation-Stand.

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SPIRAL PIPE WELDING MACHINE / LARGE PIPE

Strip width 1,000 – 2,050 mm

Material tolerances acc. to DIN 1016

Strip width tolerance 0 + 20 mm

Strip camber max. 15 mm*

Telescopic effect max. 100 mm

Specific coil weight max. 22 kg**

Material quality max. API quality X100

FORMSTATION WITH SERVO MOTORS. Greater safety and efficiency in forming: With its forming station, Schuler offers a significant lead in process safety. The formstation significantly reduces setting times, due to servo motors. All relevant working steps are automated. Settings are no longer made manually, but are undertaken directly at the clearly laid-out control desk instead. This ensures a consistently reproducible, high level of product quality.

Your production benefit with the forming station: � Significant reduction of setting times due to servo motors � Automation of key procedures resulting in more efficient

change of dimensions � Adjustments driven servo motors with absolute encoders � Visualization at the control panel � All parameters saved in the SCADA database � Gap scanner � Digital measuring of outer diameter � Outer and inner calibration system

* Per 10 m length ** Per mm strip width

Formstation. Formstation with formed pipe.

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PERIPHERAL SYSTEMS AND MACHINES FOR SPIRAL PIPES AND LONGITUDINALLY WELDED PIPES. KEEPING EVERY DETAIL IN SIGHT.

Systems from Schuler are unique. With our tailor-made range of peripherals, you can choose from numerous pos-sibilities to have your system planned individually down to the most painstaking detail, and to design it completely ac-cording to your requirements. Schuler expertly covers the entire market spectrum of course – from handling through to cleaning, from the coil through to the pipe in accord-ance with the standard. It goes without saying that you can also receive all Schuler solutions as individual units for integration. Simply contact our customer service, on your doorstep worldwide – we will be happy to help you.

Schuler peripheral components: � Line control � Material tracking � Pipe handling � Ultrasonic test stand � X-ray test stand � Pipe cleaning device � Cross seam welding stand � Cross transport � Coil handling � Inspection stand � Offline welding stand � End beveling machine � Hydrotester

Pipe handling. Ultrasonic test stand.

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PERIPHERAL SYSTEMS AND MACHINES FOR SPIRAL PIPES AND LONGITUDINALLY WELDED PIPES / LARGE PIPE

LINE CONTROL.Higher-level controller for monitoring the individual machines, machine components as well as the entire pipe manufacturing process – with graphical display on a central computer using line visualization. The status of production is displayed simply and at a glance with various colors.

MATERIAL TRACKING.The Schuler pipe identification system ensures optimum material tracking. Connected to the line control, it guaran-tees a smooth process as well as direct allocation of the key production figures to every single pipe that is pro-duced. The data for the individual pipes can be called up directly and made available for quality assurance.

Pipe cleaning device. Offline welding stand.

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OFFLINE WELDING STAND.Fully automated process · Welding seam tracking device · Automatic flux supply and recovery system · Video camera system · Welding parameter database

END BEVELING MACHINE. Automatic clamping with correct force according to the diameter · Infinitely coverage for all diameter ranges · Short change over time · Concentric clamping · Energy recovery by using the latest inverter technology

HYDROTESTER.Ball aligning heads Inside sealing or face sealing both possible · Water hydraulic control system · Variable holding time · Connected to PID data system · Automatic pipe positioning · Automatic test sequence · Visualization with database for all pipe parameters · Full automatic pipe feeding

End beveling machine Hydrotester.

Over 900 service employees worldwide provide expert support 24/7 in close cooperation with you – our partners. Our main priority is always to ensure the maximum productivity and safety of your production equipment in order to secure your company’s continued success. With over 175 years of experience and expertise, we can guarantee the best possible support for the operation of your machines – and not only those supplied by Schuler, but by all other manufacturers. Whatever the situation, Schuler Service has the right solution for your specific needs.

Schuler Service offers a tailored portfolio of services covering the entire life cycle of your equipment.

Schuler Service.State-OF-the-art Service FOr mOre perFOrmance.

Want to know more about our full range of services? Simply scan the QR code with the camera of your smartphone or tablet.www.schulergroup.com/service_en

Schuler Service ONliNeUsing the new, patented process, it is possible to degauss large pipes completely during their production using an alternating magnetic field with a field intensity of up to 80 kA/m. As a result, the arc is not deflected by residual magnetism when the ends of the pipe are being welded together. This means the quality and load capacity of the welds are improved, allowing them to withstand much higher pressure.

The welded pipes are pushed through an electromagnetic coil for degaussing – without delays in production. The process is suitable for spiral welded pipes with wall thick-nesses up to 30 mm and a cross section from 1,422 mm (56") to 3,500 mm (140"). Longitudinally welded pipes in the usual diameter range from 16" to 64" can have a wall thickness up to 70 mm.

SCHULER GLOBAL INNOVATION: PATENTED PROCESS FOR DEGAUSSING LARGE PIPES

Over 900 service employees worldwide provide expert support 24/7 in close cooperation with you – our partners. Our main priority is always to ensure the maximum productivity and safety of your production equipment in order to secure your company’s continued success. With over 175 years of experience and expertise, we can guarantee the best possible support for the operation of your machines – and not only those supplied by Schuler, but by all other manufacturers. Whatever the situation, Schuler Service has the right solution for your specific needs.

Schuler Service offers a tailored portfolio of services covering the entire life cycle of your equipment.

Schuler Service.State-OF-the-art Service FOr mOre perFOrmance.

Want to know more about our full range of services? Simply scan the QR code with the camera of your smartphone or tablet.www.schulergroup.com/service_en

Schuler Service ONliNe

Over 900 service employees worldwide provide expert support 24/7 in close cooperation with you – our partners. Our main priority is always to ensure the maximum productivity and safety of your production equipment in order to secure your company’s continued success. With over 175 years of experience and expertise, we can guarantee the best possible support for the operation of your machines – and not only those supplied by Schuler, but by all other manufacturers. Whatever the situation, Schuler Service has the right solution for your specific needs.

Schuler Service offers a tailored portfolio of services covering the entire life cycle of your equipment.

Schuler Service.State-OF-the-art Service FOr mOre perFOrmance.

Want to know more about our full range of services? Simply scan the QR code with the camera of your smartphone or tablet.www.schulergroup.com/service_en

Schuler Service ONliNe

Schuler Pressen GmbH Schussenstraße 1188250 WeingartenGermanyPhone Sales + 49 751 401-2166Phone Schuler Service + 49 751 401 2951Fax + 49 751 401-2694 largepipes@schulergroup.com www.schulergroup.com / large_pipe

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Schuler is the world market leader in metal forming technology. The company supplies presses, automation solutions, dies, process know-how, and services for the entire metalworking industry and lightweight automotive design. Customers include automobile manufacturers and suppliers as well as companies from the forging, household appliances, packaging, energy, and electronics industries. Schuler is the leading supplier of minting presses and supplies system solutions for aerospace, rail transport, and large pipe manufacturing. Following the acquisition of toolmaker AWEBA and a majority stake in Chinese press manufacturing company Yadon, Schuler employs around 6,600 members of staff in 40 countries. The Austrian ANDRITZ Group holds a majority share in Schuler.

ABOUT THE SCHULER GROUP – WWW.SCHULERGROUP.COM

www.schulergroup.com / large_pipe