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News Release from: Orbimatic | Subject: OrbiLine
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 07 April 2004
Align, clamp and purge
For companies who wish to produce well aligned welded joints on tubular components the OrbiLine internal clamping system has been introduced, allowing a perfect set up to be gained with no fiddling
For companies who wish to produce well aligned welded joints on tubular components the OrbiLine internal clamping system has been introduced The OrbiLine system allows a perfect set up to be gained with no fiddling or guessing
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 13 Jan 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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The OrbiLine system uses an internal clamping mandrel, that has a range of individual fingers which when expanded automatically align the parts being welded.
A range of accessories allow the system to be used to clamp up inside ling lengths of tube and pipe.
Also designed into the clamping head is a series of holes, that are used to distribute a backing gas to the weld joint area.
As the gas is being applied directly to the joint area purging times are drastically reduced, as is gas usage.
When the welding cycle is complete the OrbiLine is un-clamped and extracted from the tube.
Once the cycle has finished the clamping system returns to its original size, which allows it to pass the weld even when an internal weld bead is achieved.
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