Continuous Filament Winding STEEL BAND TECH Mandrel

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Overview: The document details the specifications and capabilities of VEM S.p.A.'s Endless Continuous Mandrel Plant, designed for the production of GRP (Glass Reinforced Plastic) pipes. The plant is highly automated, reducing waste and maintenance while improving product quality.

Specifications: The GRP pipes comply with various standards including ASTM D2996, ASTM D3517, ASTM D3754, ASTM D3262, BS 5480:1990, AWWA C950, AWWA Manual M45, EN standards, and ISO 10639. Pipe diameters range from ND 300 to 4000 mm, with nominal pressures up to 32 bar and stiffness from 1250 to 10,000 N/m².

Production Rates: The plant can produce pipes at speeds up to 40 meters per hour, with specific rates depending on the pipe diameter, ranging from 40 m/hr for ND 300 to 600 mm pipes to 5 m/hr for ND 4000 mm pipes.

Plant Configurations: Various configurations are available, such as CW 300 (ND 300 to 600 mm) and CW 4000 (ND 300 to 4000 mm), each with specific equipment and capabilities.

VEM Scope of Supply: Includes continuous filament winding machines, induction heating systems, pumping and dosing stations, sleeve grooving and joining machines, hydrotesters, tensile machines, and more. The company also provides installation, commissioning, training, and after-sales service.

Plant Characteristics: Features include an induction system for heating steel bands, anti-torque devices for large pipes, IR curing, sand and resin premixing systems, heat detectors, and fast mandrel diameter change systems.

Applications: The pipes are suitable for potable and household water, industrial and power plants, desalination, waste and sewer water, irrigation, and sea water intakes and outfalls.

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- 04.2009 | Copper and Aluminum Wire Drawing Machines | Tréfileuses pour fils en cuivre et aluminium | Ziehanlagen fur Küpfer und Aluminiumdrähte | Líneas de trefilado para alambre de cobre y aluminio | Linee di trafilatura per fili in rame ed alluminio - 04.2010 S.p.A. PIPES VEM S.p.A. Via Malignani, 23 33058 | San Giorgio di Nogaro (UD) | Italy Phone +39 0431 622180 Fax +39 0431 622186 www.vem.eu S.p.A. STEEL BAND TECH Endless Continuous Mandrel

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ENDLESS CONTINUOUS MANDREL PLANT The original Drostholm machine designed for the continuous production of GRP pipes has been literally transformed by VEM to become a highly automated, yet user friendly, industrial plant through many years of research and development and valuable feedback from our numerous clients worldwide. The high level of automation has reduced raw material waste, plant downtimes, and plant maintenance to a bare minimum, it has radically improved and simplified the production process control and has contributed to raising the finished product quality level to the highest possible...

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Continuous Filament Winding STEEL BAND TECH Mandrel

Continuous Filament Winding STEEL BAND TECH Mandrel

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