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Drill pipe manufacture (T-4)
- Tube stock arrival.
- Tube stock heating to t = 90 oC in hot-water bath to exclude cracking in the process of pipes breaking in shears.
- Tube stock breaking in press-shears to 2500 mm lengths.
- Tube stock heating in circular furnace to t = 1280 oC.
- Hot rolling of pipes in pipe rolling unit T?A-140.
- Tube stock broaching in piercing mill.
- Sleeve rolling in lengthwise rolling mills No 1 and No 2.
- Pipe rolling in reeling mill.
- Pipe rolling in sizing mill.
- Pipe cooling in screw cooler.
- Pipe cooling in chain cooler.
- Smooth pipes finishing.
- Pipe straightening in straightener PBK600x3.
- Pipe ends cutting in pipe cutting mills 91A15.
- Pipes blowing in blowing machines.
- Acceptance by Quality Inspection Department.
- Pipe ends heating and upsetting in horizontal forging machine ?KM WSR-630.
- Pipes turning, boring and facing in Kri-Dan lathes model RT-180.
- Beaded end heating in HF unit.
- Pipes thermal treatment in continuous roller furnaces.
- Pipes straightening in Bronx straightener.
- Joints welding to drill pipes in Thompson s friction welder. External flash trimming, internal flash notching.
- Thermal treatment of welds in drill pipes in HF unit.
- Welded joint area machining in drill pipes in lathe model BRF-23.
- Drill pipe welds testing in bending press.
- Ultrasonic testing of welds in cylindrical part of drill pipe upset ends in «Ecograph 1140» unit.
- Pipes acceptance by Quality Inspection Department.
- Purging with compressed air.
- Stamping and marking.
- Protective parts fitting.
- Transfer of piles of pipes to shop T-2 storage area.
- Shipment of pipes to customer (including shop T-4).
Threaded pipe manufacture (temporarily closed)
- Tube stock arrival.
- Tube stock heating to t = 90 oC in hot-water bath to exclude cracking at pipes breaking in shears.
- Tube stock breaking in press-shears to 2500 mm lengths.
- Tube stock heating in circular furnace to t = 1280 oC.
- Hot rolling of pipes in pipe rolling unit T?A-140.
- Tube stock broaching in piercing mill.
- Sleeve rolling in lengthwise rolling mills No 1 and No 2.
- Pipe rolling in reeling mill.
- Pipe rolling in sizing mill.
- Pipe cooling in screw cooler.
- Pipe cooling in chain cooler.
- Smooth pipe finishing.
- Pipe straightening in straightener PBK600x3.
- Pipe ends cutting in pipe cutting mills 91A15.
- Pipe blowing in blowing machines.
- Acceptance by Quality Inspection Department.
- Pipes loading to receiving pocket of threaded pipes flow line.
- Pipes conveying to template line.
- Pipe checking against template with mandrel (internal diameter control over the entire length).
- Pipe ends threading in Emag lathes model MSC-25 (D 180).
- Pipe thread inspection by Quality Inspection Department.
- Pipes coupling in Kizerling machines model MAM 214.
- Thread packing with grease.
- Preliminary operation of couplings fitting.
- Forced couplings fitting.
- Pipes hydraulic testing in Mannesmann-Demag (line 1), Monbar (line 2) hydraulic presses.
- Acceptance by Quality Inspection Department.
- Pipes stamping, weighing, length measuring in Schamber unit.
- Pipes marking with paint.
- Fitting of protective components to threaded ends of pipes and couplings.
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