Plate rolling machine

[ColonelSanders83]

Hello All,

I am a mechanical engineer at a pipe fab shop. Recently we have been implementing the use of reinforcment pads on the piping much more frequently than in the past.

Currently this involves either having a vendor roll repads for us or use a manual press to shape the pads to fit the pipe.

It occurs to me that a plate roller would be in order for us, but I am having a tough time finding a suitably small unit. I would like to be able to roll 1/2" thick plate up to 36" wide.

Any help or direction towards a munufacturer of suitable equipment (new or used) would be greatly appreciated.



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[unclesyd]

I would look for pyramid rolls similar to the 10' x 1" only 6' x 1" model shown in the first link. We did a lot of work with our 6' model for our fab shop.

http://www.surplusrecord.com/cgi-bin/adpop.pl?677156|P

http://www.surplusrecord.com/cgi-bin/adpop.pl?632321|P

 

[Millbo]

We used a WWII era machine for quite a while at my old fab shop. When it finally quit on us we purchased both a plate and pipe rolling machine from a swiss company named Roundo (see link)

http://www.roundo.com/index3.asp?siteid=1&pageid=27

It performed quite well. We bought the 4 roll model to roll closer to the pinch roll and eliminated the "drop" left on the ends to be cut off.

Cons: not as heavy made as the vintage stuff still out there on the resale markets.