Sugar Mill Tube Expanders and Tooling
Tools Designed for Heavy Duty Applications
From specialized tube expanders used in juice evaporators to heavy
duty cleaning equipment. We provide quality tooling which is priced
competitively and readily available.
This also include GE Steam Turbine tooling for power production plants.
Sugar Mill Tube Expanders
Many operations are having their copper juice tubes removed and
replaced with thin walled stainless steel tubes. These tubes can be
up to 4.1/2" OD or larger.
The expander uses a 5 roll configuration because of the usually thin
walled tubes. This counteracts the
spring back effect causing triangulation.
The bottom plate expansion is achieved from the top plate by an
extended tube expander
The
diagram on the left shows the two tube expanders required to
complete the operation from above. The longer of the two can be made
to any length as required.
Both tube expanders are are the five roll configuration for thin
walled tubes.
In most tube replacements the operators have to struggle to get
underneath the pan to roll the lower joint. This way all operations
are completed in the shortest down time possible and with a large
saving in labour costs.
Here
you can see the replacement of the evaporator tubes in progress. The
top joint is rolled by the above tube expanders and the bottom joint
is rolled by the tube expander featured below.Here
you can see the replacement of the evaporator tubes in progress. The
top joint is rolled by the above tube expanders and the bottom joint
is rolled by the tube expander featured below.