Pipe forming tools

Jean-Marc Haudin (1) , Michel Vincent (1) , Bruno Vergnes (1)

1 CEMEF - Centre de Mise en Forme des Matériaux

An extruder continuously feeds an axisymmetric die, by means of which the geometry of the pipe is obtained. At the die exit, the pipe passes through a calibrator, in order to cool down its surface and to freeze the outside diameter. Then, the pipe is pulled through different cooling baths, before being eventually cut and stored at the end of the extrusion line. In the present chapter, we will focus only on the die and the calibrator.

Domaines: Matériaux

Jean-Marc Haudin, Michel Vincent, Bruno Vergnes. Pipe forming tools. Edited by Olga Carneiro and Joao Miguel Nobrega. Design of Extrusion Forming Tools, Smithers Rapra, 63-112 - Chapter 3, 2012, 978-1-84735-517-1. ⟨hal-00831223⟩