Q-PILGER – A “ Thinking ” Solution For High End Tube Producers
Second Order from Nuclear Fuel Complex , India for the supply of a Quarto Cold Pilger Mill for stainless steel tubing for nuclear applications .
The stainless steel tube market is very demanding especially in India . Constant pressure placed on CAPEX and OPEX signifies producers of Cold Pilger Mills for tubes are in tough competition not only where mill quality is concerned but also on the budget constrains in order to ensure customer requirements are met .
Last May Danieli W + K innovative Cold Pilger Mills 32-Q-C for zircaloy and stainless steel tubes and bars successfully passed full scale load tests at the workshop in Buttrio and is now under commissioning in the Nuclear Fuel Complex plant in Hyderabad . A subsequent order signed with the same customer last October confirms that
DWK mills are the right answer to the pressing requirements of this niche market .
Tube cold pilgering technology dates back more than a century . Many well-established equipment suppliers in this field offer a comprehensive range of mills with different CAPEX and performances ; different solutions are cost effective for different materials , tubular product applications and customer product mixes . The private and public sectors have their own rules .
When DWK took the strategic decision to enter into this market the main target was to satisfy demands form the customers to increase
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