More flexibility thanks to new thread finishing line

The plant is not comparable to any other plants at all, because it is absolutely unique.

voestalpine Tubulars is a specialist for high-tech seamless tubes, and the connection from the existing plant to the new MPL is just as seamless as the tubes themselves.

Developed and implemented in-house by the experts at voestalpine Tubulars, the system will be even more flexible in the future regarding production lots, coating variants, and the special processing of connecting pieces.

There are many thread-blasting machines in the world.

But none is like the new one at voestalpine Tubulars.

Here, state-of-the-art technology is used to blast the thread inside and out with such precision that the surface is of the highest quality and at the same time ideally prepared for phosphating.

In the future, coating variants such as "DryTec" can also be applied even more flexibly with the new pipe thread coating plant.

With this dry thread coating, pipes can be screwed directly at the point of use without lubricants.

For customers, this means not only environmental friendliness but also time and cost savings during installation.

Usually, manganese phosphating is used, voestalpine Tubulars uses electrochemical phosphating.

A process that is not only unique in pipe coating, but also of even higher quality than the standard treatment.

In a total of 28 individual projects, voestalpine Tubulars handled the construction of the new complete line entirely on its own. This was a complex undertaking which, in addition to four project managers, also required eight technical experts as well as internal electricians and fitters for almost two and a half years.

The extensive preparatory work for the hall expansion and the required infrastructure, as well as enormously long delivery times and delays in control technology components, presented the project team with challenges.