SMS group supplies heat-treating, pipe threading equipment to Axis Pipe and Tube

Germany-based SMS group has supplied heat-treating equipment and a pipe threading line to Houston-based Axis Pipe and Tube. The two new lines for the Bryan, Texas, plant enable the company to produce OCTG tubes used in natural gas and crude oil production.

The heat-treating line includes a natural gas-fired, walking-beam hardening and tempering furnace; a water quenching unit; and a 10-roll hot straightener for producing tube grades of up to HCP110. The pipe threading line features two 4-axis CNC threading machines that operate on the principle of stationary tool and rotating tube. SMS also supplied a hydrostatic pipe tester with a maximum test pressure of 15,000 PSI, a finishing section, and all pipe handling equipment for the threading line.