Manufacturing Solutions Blog

Precision Flange & Machine located in Houston, TX is a manufacturing company focused on quality, precision machined and fabricated products made from carbon, stainless, and a variety of other alloys. One of the products they fabricate is a pipe lateral for the petro-chemical industry. A lateral is a pipe with a hole cut in it that allows another section of pipe to be welded on at a 45 degree angle creating a splitter.  Read More

Atro Engineered Systems, located in Sullivan, MO, is a leader in polyurethane suspension parts for heavy-duty trucks, trailers, buses and military vehicles and equipment. One of their most popular products is a torque rod for trucks. This part has a center tube that requires weld prep beveling on both ends. The forged eyes are then pressed and welded onto both ends of the center steel tube.  Read More

We proudly manufacture the ChamferMate line of high production chamfering machines and pipe beveling machines, which are designed for easy setup and operation. Heavy duty construction and quality components are utilized to provide our customers with years of dependable service. The ChamferMate line is available in a number of models that offer a wide range of diameters and applications, which is why we are excited to announce a new ChamferMate machine specification comparison table.  Read More

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Safety is a crucial factor in choosing an automated pipe bevelling machine. Compared to a hand operated automated pipe beveler: The metal chips are contained within the machine for safe and easy /blog/bid/44752/What-is-Pipe-Beveling-Why-would-you-use-a-pipe-beveling-machinedisposal. The cutting area is totally enclosed. Automatic shut offs prevent the machine from being operated without guards. With an automated pipe beveler: You have the versatility to cut different types of bevels with the same machine. You have the ability to bevel large ranges of pipe sizes. You can expect accurate bevels every time. With an MSI automated pipe beveler you will get a quality machine, built in the USA, which will last for many years. Our customers expect low maintenance and low operating costs. Efficiency increases profitability. Efficiency boosts productivity and lowers costs. With an automated pipe beveler: The cycle times are quick (5-20 seconds). The machine is easy to operate and doesn’t require skilled labor. An automated pipe beveler delivers a strong ROI over a long period of time along withe efficiency and safety benefits.  Read More

Tex-Fin Inc. of Houston, TX had a problem. They sold a large job to a South American company that required finned pipe 180 degree return bends to be beveled at a consistent and reliable angle. This was also a large quantity job and the usual hand beveler would not keep up. Besides the typical hand beveler is slow, low quality, somewhat hazardous for the operator, and is not reliable in terms of delivering a consistent bevel. Manufacturing Solutions Inc. of Beaumont, TX had the solution. Tex-Fin purchased a C5H ChamferMate® to automatically add the bevel to the 180 degree return bends. Tommy Hall, Owner and President of Tex-Fin, says, "MSI was a great asset to us as we needed a tool to handle this large job. Their expertise and engineering know-how made it easy to deliver the quality and consistency our South American customer required, as well as meet our through put requirements." "We have only had the C5H ChamferMate® for three months and we are still exploring ways to use this flexible tool" states Mr. Hall. Tex-Fin is building a long rack to handle tubes up to 20 feet long that will significantly reduce the time to bevel the ends of these long tubes and pipes. "We have a number of large quantity long tube jobs with diameters ranging from 1.25 inch to 4 inch diameter that we can produce more efficiently using the C5H ChamferMate® than was possible before - and more profitably for us too!" Perhaps the most exciting new use for the C5H is that Tex-Fin now has the ability to J-Bevel pipe. Tex-fin is currently bidding on a very large job to produce tube stock for condensers. The customer requires a J Bevel on the tubing return bends so they can use their automated welding system. "The C5H allows us to bid competitively on this type of job. The flexible tooling we can use with the C5H is enabling us to add more variation to out tubing and compete for more orders." says Mr. Hall. Tex-Fin is in the business of manufacturing finned pipe/tube and provides related services for the heat transfer industry.  Read More

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Conklin & Conklin Inc. located in Union City, CA manufactures threaded rods, anchor bolts, washers & fasteners primarily used in building construction. These threaded rods and other anchoring products are required in earthquake prone areas to reinforce building walls and foundations in order to meet building codes. Electrical and plumbing companies also use these threaded rods to hang piping, fire suppression systems, and duct work. When they need robust rod and bolt processing equipment they turn to Manufacturing Solutions Inc (MSI) of Beaumont, TX for the answers. Conklin & Conklin use a number of different MSI systems. Jim Conklin, President, says that "MSI equipment gets the job done the way it is supposed to be done and the systems last forever. Our uptime with MSI equipment is outstanding." Conklin & Conklin uses the MSI-100 Bar Shear to cut round bar stock to length for use as threaded rod. Typically the material is low carbon steel or B7 steel.  Read More

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What is pipe beveling? 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 pipe beveling machines.  Read More