May 13 - 16, 2008
Gaylord Palms
Orlando, Florida USA

Extrusion Equipment

126 EE 
Wednesday, May 14 - 2:15pm

Innovative Tube Extrusion Plant for Aluminum Alloys

Uwe Muschalik -- SMS Meer GmbH, Germany

New tube press designs include three-axis multi-function handling manipulator that increases automation while simultaneously improving flexibility and operational reliability. Main ram concentric piercer arrangement results in a compact-length tube press. Precise centric guiding provides ideal prerequisites for achieving minimum tube tolerances. Extrusion plants producing seamless tubes and seamless profiled tubes by direct/indirect extrusion range from 10MN to over 75MN presses.