BEVELED PIPE
With our software, we can provide files used in
multi-axis pipe cutting equipment.
We model pipe intersections
as required by design.
The companies providing the cutting equipment use our files for setting their torch path, to produce a fully cut to profile pipe (slots, holes and weld preparation’s of almost any shape).
Pipe
cutting,
or pipe profiling, is a mechanized industrial process, which
removes material from pipe, or tube to create a desired profile.
Typical profiles include; straight cuts, miters, saddles and
mid-section holes. These complex cuts are usually required to allow
a tight fit between two parts that are to be joined via arc welding.
Cutting
is performed by means of a thermal torch (plasma or oxyfuel) and is
mounted to the last axis of a multi-axis machine. The axes of the
multi-axis machine are powered by electric motors and are
synchronized to create a path for the torch and pipe that yield a
desired profile. The synchronization of axes is accomplished either
mechanically, via; cams, levers and gears, or electronically, via;
microprocessors and controllers.
Pipe
cutting machines are popular in; offshore, pipe processing, ship
building, pressure vessel, structural and mechanical contracting
manufacturing because of the complex cuts and profiles typically
required in their respective industries.
(Definition taken from Wikipedia 8/12/2010)