Abstract: In order to minimize the maintenance effort that accompanies discharge and comminution of a chip, an apparatus for discharge and comminution of a chip has a chip guide and a comminution apparatus, to which the chip guide guides the chip along a chip path. The chip guide has a guide channel that circumferentially surrounds the chip path having a channel inlet and a channel outlet, wherein the guide channel has a maintenance opening in addition to the channel inlet and the channel outlet. Furthermore, a method for discharge and comminution of a chip for this purpose services the guide channel by way of the maintenance opening after discharge and comminution of a chip having a predetermined chip length.

Abstract: An external weld bead is removed and processed from a welded pipe traveling in a downstream direction. The weld bead is separated from the pipe, allowed to flow in a downstream direction, and is guided downstream and cut into chips at a location downstream of where the weld bead is separated from the pipe.

Abstract: Methods of producing a pipe include curling a skelp into a cylindrical shape by bringing laterally opposed edges of the skelp together to form a seam, butt welding the seam to define the pipe downstream of the skelp, thereby leaving a radially inwardly extending weld bead. The weld bead is deburred off the pipe according to a depth of cut of a cutting tool. The depth of cut may be adjusted during deburring, and/or rotation of the cutting tool may be adjusted during deburring. The methods may be carried out using one or both of an adjustment device carried by a housing to pivot an adjustment member for adjustment of an upstream guide to adjust a depth of cut of the cutting tool into the weld bead, or an adjustment device carried by the housing and coupled to the cutting tool to rotate the cutting tool during deburring.

Abstract: Methods of producing a pipe include curling a skelp into a cylindrical shape by bringing laterally opposed edges of the skelp together to form a seam, butt welding the seam to define the pipe downstream of the skelp, thereby leaving a radially inwardly extending weld bead. The weld bead is deburred off the pipe according to a depth of cut of a cutting tool. The depth of cut may be adjusted during deburring, and/or rotation of the cutting tool may be adjusted during deburring. The methods may be carried out using one or both of an adjustment device carried by a housing to pivot an adjustment member for adjustment of an upstream guide to adjust a depth of cut of the cutting tool into the weld bead, or an adjustment device carried by the housing and coupled to the cutting tool to rotate the cutting tool during deburring.

Abstract: A device for deburring end portions of tubes, arranged in a horizontal plane, comprises a support body which can be rotatively driven about a pivot axis (X) and supporting pairs of drum brushes rotating about a drum brush pivot axis arranged perpendicular to the support body pivot axis (X), the support body and drum brushes being adapted to be controllably driven on a plane coinciding with a tube end portion to be deburred.

Abstract: A debeading tool capable of internally debeading butt-welded pipe made of PVC and similarly hard plastics has a work head that can be coupled to a distal end of a torque tube. The work head includes a motor carrying a cutter which is oriented at an angle, e.g., 12 degrees, to the interior pipe wall for cutting the weld bead as the tool is rotated inside the pipe. The work head cutter can be moved between an insertion/removal position away from the side wall and a cutting position against the bead on the side wall. A locator assembly that contacts the bead during insertion of the work head aids in positioning the cutter to straddle the weld bead. A pipe cleaner can be prepositioned in the pipe before butt-welding to be engaged upon removal of the work head to pull weld bead chips and fines from the pipe.

Abstract: A device for deburring the inside of a longitudinally seam-welded pipe includes a retention arm secured outside the pipe in the area of the pipe that is not yet closed and having an end zone which is located behind the welding spot. Arranged on the retention arm is a frame part which is tiltable in longitudinal direction of the pipe about a tilt axis and provided with a scraping tool. The tilt axis of the frame part is hereby located, as viewed in advancing direction, behind the scraping point at the end of the frame part. An adjustment mechanism is provided on the forward end of the frame part for adjusting the tilt angle.

Abstract: A device for deburring the inside of a longitudinally seam-welded pipe includes a retention arm secured outside the pipe in the area of the pipe that is not yet closed and having an end zone which is located behind the welding spot. Arranged on the retention arm is a frame part which is tiltable in longitudinal direction of the pipe about a tilt axis and provided with a scraping tool. The tilt axis of the frame part is hereby located, as viewed in advancing direction, behind the scraping point at the end of the frame part. An adjustment mechanism is provided on the forward end of the frame part for adjusting the tilt angle.

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods are implemented for machining a longitudinally extending slot in a bore of a component. The component is gripped in a gripping device of a workholding device. A cutting operation is performed in order to cut the slot in the bore by a cutting tool. The cutting operation forms burred slot edges. The edges are further machined by inserting a deburring device into the bore. Relative angular reciprocation for a limited angle is imparted between the deburring device and the component.

Abstract: A device for the inside scarfing of tubes or profiles longitudinally welded in a tube welding line consists of a tool carrier guided on guide rollers inside the tube to which a cutting ring is attached. The cutting ring is clamped in a cutting ring holder and can be rotated about its central axis which is inclined at an acute angle to the longitudinal axis of the tube. The cutting ring can be retracted from the cut, whereby at the same time as the retraction of the cutting ring, the clamp can be released and the cutting ring can be turned further by a defined angle. The device is controlled by at least one hydraulic or electric line leading out from the welding point of the tube or profile in the tube welding line.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for broaching a series of axially aligned and spaced bores in which a first broach is provided for broaching in an initial operation. The first broach has circumferentially extending cutting teeth. The first broach also has arcuately spaced, longitudinally extending grooves which cross the cutting teeth and divide the cutting teeth into arcuate segments. Broach guides in the spaces between bores have ribs arranged in the same arcuately spaced relation as the grooves about an axis coinciding with the aligned axes of the bores. The first broach is advanced through the bores with the ribs slidably received in the grooves to guide the first broach and the cutting segments, broaching arcuately spaced sectors of the bores but leaving unbroached ridges therebetween. A second broach broaches the ridges left by the first broach.

Abstract: The invention comprises a method and apparatus for handling the weld bead scarfed from the interior surface of continuous seam welded metal tube or pipe incident to its manufacture. A section of tube of predetermined length is cut from the lead and of the advancing continuous tube, having the scarfed weld bead therein, by a rotary cutter. The speed of the individual section is increased to create a gap between the individual section and the continuous tube, and a scissor mechanism severs the weld bead within the gap. The severed section of weld bead is then conveyed within the associated individual section of tube to a tube accumulation or storage area for removal and disposal.

Abstract: An arrangement for trimming short shavings from a seam inside a longitudinally welded pipe having a longitudinal axis, in which an inside shaving is scraped off continuously with a stationary blade by moving the pipe relative to the blade. The inside shaving is then cut up discontinuously with an actuated knife inside the pipe. The scraping procedure is carried out with scraping forces having a resultant force vector lying substantially in a plane through the longitudinal axis of the pipe and the seam. The scraping procedure is dependent on the speed of the moving pipe, whereas the cutting procedure is independent of the speed of the moving pipe.

Abstract: A train apparatus for removing thick blister buildups from an underground fiber conduit used for housing power cables. The train apparatus includes three or more cutting units including an initial, a middle and a final cutting unit having smallest, medium and largest overall cutting diameters respectively. Each cutting unit having a lead guide and six cutting stars each having four cutting blades where the cutting blades on one cutting star are offset with the cutting blades on the other cutting stars. When pulled through the fiber conduit, the lead guide of the cutting units will prevent the cutting unit from going off the center of the conduit and digging itself into the interior sidewall of the conduit. The initial, middle and final cutting units will remove respectively the surface, the intermediate and the underneath portions sequentially.

Abstract: A scraper tool particularly useful for hand deburring internal rounded corners, holes an concave surfaces includes a scraper blade integrally formed with a front part having a scraping edge, and a back part joined to a shank at the back end fixed to the handle. The front face of the front part is of circular configuration and is cut at an oblique angle to the plane passing perpendicularly to the scraper blade to define a continuous oblong scraping edge.

Abstract: A device for deburring the inner longitudinal welding seam of longitudinally moving, seam welded conduits. The device includes an elongated frame with a trailing head on which there is mounted a cutting ring positioned to cut or deburr such seam. The cutting ring dimensions and position effects enhanced deburring. Superior spring structure and hydraulic means effect improved positioning of the device within the conduit. Also an improved dovetail connection between the head and the frame avoids breakdowns.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for cutting off the beads of seam-welded pipes are disclosed, in which the skew angle of a freely rotatable circular cutting tool is 25.degree.-35.degree., and the tilt angle is 15.degree.-25.degree.. The apparatus comprises a double-walled holder, a double-walled impeder, and a head portion on which the cutting tool is mounted.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a cutting tool for removing upset from inside a tube and which does not force splatter into the inside surface of the tube. The cutting tool comprises a holder and means for enabling the tube to move along the holder. The enabling means is connected to the holder. The cutting tool is also comprised of means for removing the upset inside the tube. The removing means is connected to the holder such that as the tube moves along the holder, the removing means removes the upset from the inside of the tube. There is also means for preventing splatter from being forced into the inside of the tube by the enabling means as the tube moves along the holder.

Abstract: An internal flash removal unit which radially cuts flash while it is still hot and relatively soft. A drive motor and reduction gearbox mounted in a housing drive a tooling plate rotatably mounted on the housing. A cutting assembly is mounted on an arm which is pivotally mounted on the tooling plate. A hydraulic actuator causes the arm to move outward and place the cutting assembly into cutting position as rotation of the tooling plate begins.

Abstract: A scarfing tool for scarfing the inside of a tube-like member in which an elongated body is adapted for attachment to the end of an impeder rod. The body includes a cutting tool and a pair of spaced apart rollers aligned with the cutting tool. A thrust roller is pivotably mounted to the side of the body opposite from the cutting tool and rollers to force the cutting tool against the inner area of the tube member to be scarfed. A pair of first and second hydraulic means having associated pistons which are connected to a common source of hydraulic fluid. The first hydraulic piston is operably connected to said thrust roller for actuating said roller into extended contact with the inner tube member and the second piston is operably connected to a bias means to work against said means as the thrust roller is extended by the first hydraulic piston.

Abstract: A tool for deburring the inside wall of welded tubes includes a tool body carrying a cutter, and a lower roller is linked to the body, being urged at a constant force against the tube wall; the body carries an upper roller linked to a rod that is accessible externally to a tube receiving the tool for urging the upper roller against the tube diametrically opposed to the lower roller. The pressure differential effective on the upper roller and the lower roller is measured for determining any drop in effective cutting forces, variation in cutting depth or the like.

Abstract: An apparatus comprises a body having V-shaped two-arm levers mounted thereon. Around the periphery of the body there are mounted cutting tool holders pivoted each to one arm of each of the levers. Secured to the body are drives for turning the levers and each connected with the other arm of each of the levers. On the front and rear ends of the cutting tool holders there are mounted rollers in contact with the inside surface of the pipe. Rigidly attached to the cutting tool holders are cutting tools.

Abstract: A device for internally deburring tubes and the like welded along a longitudinal seam includes an elongated main support body. A cutting ring is mounted in the main body adjacent to one of its ends and the ring projects outwardly from one surface on the body. Guide rollers are mounted in the main support body with two of the guide rollers spaced apart in the elongated direction of the body and projecting outwardly from the same surface as the cutting ring. Three additional rollers are located between the other two guide rollers and project outwardly from the surface of the main body opposite the one surface.

Abstract: A tubular cutter with flared end and circular edge is obliquely held and centered by resilient guide elements, one in line (axially) with the edge, the other one acting radially opposite and axially between the first one and the edge. The edge has a larger diameter than the cutter is long (axially), and the latter has its interior contoured for smooth burr removal.