Used Bronx Tube Annealing Line With Straightener | Galaxie Corporation, Wayne, Michigan, USA

This used Bronx tube annealing line with in-line straightening and packaging is available from Galaxie Corporation. It is a complete line that heat treats tube, straightens it, tests it and bundles it for despatch.

The Birlec annealing furnace has four temperature zones and gas burners, with generated atmosphere gas to control the furnace atmosphere. The line can normalise, soft anneal or stress relieve. The page lists a rebuild in 2012 and new controls in 2020.

Key Features

• Complete line from entry furnace feed conveyor through to exit bundle conveyor
• Birlec drying oven ahead of the annealing furnace
• Exothermic gas generators and drier for atmosphere control
• Cooling section and preservation bath with blow-out section
• Bronx 10-roll straightener with digital roll positioning and quick roll opening
• Foerster Defectomat CP 2842 NDT testing station and de-magnetising section
• Automatic packaging line with tube bundling and Itipack banding
• Siemens PLC and touch screen controls with SEW Movitrac digital drives

Technical Specifications

• Make: Bronx
• Machine type: Tube annealing furnace line
• Heat treatment processes: Normalising, soft annealing, stress relieving
• CNC control: Yes
• Furnace: Birlec annealing furnace with 30 WS / Rekumat S150 S FLOX gas burners
• Flame temperature: 950 °C
• Zone 1 temperature: 780–870 °C
• Zone 2 temperature: 790–880 °C
• Zone 3 temperature: 810–910 °C
• Zone 4 temperature: 830–920 °C
• Furnace load width: 12–80 mm
• Furnace pack size: 9–50 tubes
• Furnace load length: 5,220–9,000 mm
• Gas generator model: XCFGB-604 exothermic
• Gas generator output: 382 Nm³/h at 1 bar.g
• Straightener diameter range: 20–140 mm
• Straightener max wall thickness: 11 mm
• Straightening speed: 120 m/min
• Straightener drive motors: 2 × 30 kW
• Packaging round tube: 31.8–63.5 mm diameter
• Packaging square tube: 20–50 mm
• Packaging rectangular tube: 30 × 20 mm to 70 × 30 mm
• Packaging tube length: 4,000–12,000 mm
• Bundle dimensions: Round 250–500 mm; rectangular 600–500 mm; hexagonal 150–300 mm
• Bundle weight: 3,500 kg
• Controls: Siemens Simatic touch screens, Siemens S7-300 / ET 200M PLC, SEW Movitrac drives

Applications

• Annealing, normalising and stress relieving of metal tube
• Straightening and non-destructive testing of finished tube
• Bundling round, square, rectangular and hexagonal tube for despatch
• Tube production plants needing heat treatment and packing in one line

Commercial Details

• Make: Bronx
• Condition: Used
• Location: Wayne, Michigan, USA
• Seller: Galaxie Corporation

Frequently Asked Questions

• What heat treatments can this line perform? It is equipped for normalising, soft annealing and stress relieving.
• What tube sizes does the straightener handle? The Bronx 10-roll straightener takes 20–140 mm diameter with a maximum wall thickness of 11 mm, at up to 120 m/min.
• What controls does the line use? It uses Siemens Simatic touch screens and an S7-300 / ET 200M PLC with SEW Movitrac drives, with new controls listed in 2020.
• What should I ask when enquiring? Ask for photos or video of the line under power, inspection arrangements, which components are included, the condition of the furnace and burners, control and electrics details, and dismantling, loading and shipping arrangements.