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News Release from: Orbimatic | Subject: OrbiLine internal clamping system
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 06 April 2004
Clamping system keeps tube joints in
line
The OrbiLine internal clamping system helps welders produce well-aligned welded joints on tubular components.
The OrbiLine internal clamping system helps welders produce well-aligned welded joints on tubular components The OrbiLine system allows a perfect set up to be gained with no fiddling or guessing
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 11 Sep 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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The OrbiLine system uses an internal clamping mandrel which has a range of individual fingers which when expanded automatically align the parts being welded.
A range of accessories allows 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 unclamped 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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