Tube and Pipe Advantage Tool Kit
Tube and Pipe
Advantage Tool Kit has been designed to give your
tube or pipe mill personnel “The Advantage,” for quicker,
more accurate alignment and setup of your mills. You will
reduce the amount of scrap, produce higher quality tube, and
experience fewer on-line problems.
"The Advantage Tool Kit" comes customized to your
tube or pipe mill's specifications. All tools and fixtures
come packed in a durable equipment case. Inside the kit, you
will find the latest copies of
ROLL-KRAFT'S PROFIT POINTERS, the
perfect instructional aid for alignment setup. Combined with
ROLL-KRAFT'S SETUP CHART, you will have everything you need
to perform a fast, accurate, and professional mill alignment
setup.
The kit includes the following tools.
We have listed their intended use.
Shoulder Alignment Tool – Sized to fit the
specifications of your mill. Used for verifying the
alignment of the shoulders of the driven shafts.
Magnetic Base (with Dial Indicator) – Used to make
various checks, including parallelism of the driven shafts,
straightness of shafts, and tooling run-out.
1.000"-2.000" Micrometer – Sized to fit the
specifications of your mill. For example, if a mill has a
driven shaft O.D. of 2.000”, the kit would be fitted with a
2.000”-3.000” micrometer. This also can be used to check the
size of the tube during the setup.
6” Dial
Calipers – Primarily intended to check tube size in the
breakdown section. The legs of the calipers allow you to get
close to the exit end of the side and driven rolls to
measure the formation before springback can occur. However,
they can be used for an unlimited number of measurements on
the mill.
Pen Light – Use this in conjunction
with the straight edge to check for any gaps, when verifying
parallel of driven or side rolls.
Cross Test Level
– Used to verify the level and plumb of rolls. It can be
used as a mini straight edge to check parallel of driven and
side rolls close to the rim clearance.
18”
Hardened Straight Edge – Used for verifying parallel of
driven and side rolls. Often referred to as, “A tool worth
its weight in gold.” Many operators would not run a tube
mill without it. It offers one of the most accurate
mechanical ways to check a setup and alignment.
18” Machinist Rule – Used to check metal line of side
roll boxes, as well as other measurements on the mill. On
larger mills, this is used to center the strip going into
the first pass, as well as ensuring centering of piano wire,
when verifying mill for alignment.
Telescoping
Gauges
– These are used to set and record the wide rim clearances
found in the side passes in the breakdown section of most
mills. It also can be used to check the bore of tooling and
bearing sleeves of the outboard stand, etc.12' Measuring
Tape – Used to measure various areas on the mill, but is
most commonly used to check the length of tube or pipe
coming off the mill.
0-1.000” Sheet Metal
Micrometer – Intended to measure for thinning of strip
after each breakdown pass to ensure the breakdowns are not
adjusted too tightly. Also used to measure incoming strip
thickness.
Calculator – Used to calculate the
RPM formula for those mills that have two and three motor
drives. Also can be used to determine shim thickness for
reworked tooling on those mills equipped with universal
stands.
Feeler Gauges – Used to set and record
rim clearances in the driven and side roll passes.RPM
Tachometer (Digital Readout) – Used to coordinate the
motor drives of mills that are equipped with two and three
motor drives. Also can be used to verify and match ratios
between transmissions and tooling, primarily in the
breakdown section.
0-3.000” Depth Micrometer –
Used for checking offset, or parallel, of driven and side
rolls. For example, if you had a pair of driven sizing rolls
that were not parallel because the shaft shoulder was off,
you could use the depth mic to determine the amount of
offset and correct the situation.
 6"
Machinist Rule – Used in many areas on the mill.
Primarily intended to measure the centering of strip going
into the first breakdown and centering of piano wire.
Shim Assortment – Intended to be used as a
temporary “fix” to compensate for misalignment of shaft
shoulders on driven passes. These are provided to fit the
specific size of your mill.
Machinist Level –
Used to verify the level of mill bases and bottom and top
driven shafts. Also used to level side roll box units.
.045" Piano Wire – Used to verify the alignment
of all driven and side roll passes throughout the mill.
Pie Tape
(Diameter Tape)
– Primarily used to check outside
measurement of the formation in the fin passes, comparing
them to the figures outlined on the setup chart. Can be used
anywhere on the mill, for example, to measure final O.D. of
tube or pipe size.
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