Manufacturing Solutions Blog

by: Wayne Moncla on Sep 18, 2014

While there are many ways to create an angle at the end of a pipe or tube, know as pipe facing or pipe beveling, automation offers a number of advantages over other options. Pipe facing options like hand grinding, flame cutting, hand held bevelers, and lathes are all time consuming, labor intensive processes. Automatic pipe facing, on the other hand, is a consistent, safe, and clean process that makes large volume applications much simpler.  Read More

Posted in: beveling machine

by: Wayne Moncla on Sep 04, 2014

A rebar shearing machine, or hydraulic bar shear, is a machine used for cutting solid round parts. Often used for cutting bolt blanks, hydraulic bar shears can be found in a wide variety of industries and applications. MSI carries two types of rebar shearing machines the MSI-100 and the MSI-70.  Read More

Posted in: Bar Shear, rebar

by: Wayne Moncla on Aug 26, 2014

There are many ways to create a bevel, an angle between the edge of the end of a pipe or tube and a plane perpendicular to the surface, like hand grinding, flame cutting, hand held bevelers, a lathe, or a pipe beveler. Hand grinding, flame cutting, hand held bevelers, and lathes are all time consuming processes, so they aren't well suited to high volume applications. Hand grinding and flame cutting also present a couple of other issues, most importantly they are dirty, inconsistent processes and so are really only an option for very low volume applications.  Read More

Posted in: beveling, beveling machine

by: Wayne Moncla on Aug 19, 2014

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Posted in: bolt cross drill

by: Wayne Moncla on Aug 13, 2014

MSI offers two distinct options for those looking for a rebar shear solution. Although each machine offers distinct differences, both machines offer the best in dependability, ease of use, and clean cuts.  Read More

Posted in: Bar Shear, bar chamfering machine, rebar

by: Wayne Moncla on Jun 17, 2014

Pipe beveling is the process where an angle is formed between the edge of the end of a pipe or tube and a plane perpendicular to the surface. A standard pipe bevel angle for welding is 37.5 degrees. Other angles and special forms such as J-Bevels can also be produced on the ends of pipe or tube using automatic beveling machines.  Read More

Posted in: beveling, beveling machine

by: Wayne Moncla on Jun 10, 2014

Sometimes, no matter how hard you look or how much research you do, you just can't find the one machine that will fit your exact application. For some applications there simply is no exact match in the machine world that will meet all of your needs. When this is the case, it can be hard to try and make a machine that is only a partial fit for your job work. Which is why we offer machine design services.  Read More

Posted in: machine design

by: Wayne Moncla on Jun 03, 2014

A hydraulic bar shear, otherwise known as a steel bar cropper, is an indispensible piece of equipment in many set up. Designed to cut bolt blanks, bars, or other round objects MSI offers two types of hydraulic bar shears.  Read More

Posted in: Bar Shear

by: Wayne Moncla on May 22, 2014

Earlier this month, MSI was lucky enough to be demonstrating at The OTC. The Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) has been around since 1969, and is the world's foremost event for the development of offshore resources in drilling, exploration, production, and environmental protection.  Read More

Posted in: pipe beveling, beveling, beveling machine

Posted in: ChamferMate, chamfer rod