Fundamentals of Tube Mill Operation

Course Outline

I. Orientation

II. Introduction
1. Course Introduction
2. Tube Characteristics and Safety Issues

III. Master Coil (Pre-Tube Mill)
1. Coil Receiving
2. Coil Storage & Handling
3. Slitting
   

IV. Tube Mill Entry
1. Loading of Payoff System
2. End Welding
3. Accumulating
   

V. Tube Forming (Tube Mill)
1. Introduction to Tube Mill Terms
2. Entry Guide and Edge Preparation
3. Breakdown
4. Fin Pass
   

VI. Welding (Tube Mill)
1. Seam Guide
2. Impeder Draw Bar
3. Weld Squeeze Rolls
4. Weld Bead Scarfing
   

VII. Producing the Final Shape (Tube Mill)
1. Cooling
2. Sizing
3. Straightening/Reshaping
   

VIII. Tube Mill Exit
1. Cutoff
2. Exit Runout Table

Objectives

Once you complete this course you will be able to:

1. Define the measurements and characteristics of welded tube and explain how they interrelate.

2. List the major processes that occur in the phases of the welded tube mill operation. For each process, answer the following questions:

1. What is the process?
2. Why is the process necessary to the tube mill operation?
3. How is it done?
4. What are the quality issues?
5. What are the safety issues?
6. How does the process impact other processes that occur in the tube mill operation?

3. Use common welded tube industry terms with confidence.