FLANGING MACHINE
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F-200
B. If the pipe end to be flanged is not round, or not within nominal size, follow the
instruction below:
Move the roller track to same level or a
little lower than the pipe clamp lower
surface. (A)
Lift the pipe with a crane to the roller
track, use a lifting strap.
(The mass centre of the pipe must be in
between the first and the last roll of the
roller track).
Move the lifting strap behind the mass
centre to tilt the pipe. Lift the pipe with
the crane a bit.
NOTE!
¨
The pipe must be lowered to the roller track in a controlled manner
to avoid damaging the track. A falling track will cause a high risk of injury!
Lower the pipe to the machine aslant
towards the clamps.
NOTE!
¨
Do not push the pipe in to the machine too hard, the heavy pipe may
damage the forming pin.
Support the pipe with the strap and
steer it to the clamps and into the
machine so, that the pipe end touches
the forming pin.
