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Coil a whole day's run of PEX pipe.


A new drum coiling and curing system for PEX pipe is said to reduce labor cost dramatically and raise production rate. It reportedly also makes pipe that doesn't have ceil memory built in from being cured in small bundles, se it's easier for plumbers to handle. Instead of coiling pipe at the extruder, which requires one operator per extruder, pipe is coiled coil 1  
n.
1.
a. A series of connected spirals or concentric rings formed by gathering or winding: a coil of rope; long coils of hair.

b.
 inside a 12-ft-diam. drum lying on its side, which holds 18 hr of production. Pipe line speed is said to be nearly twice as fast--up to 500 ft/min--as with manual roll removal. The drum of pipe is cured in a steam room; afterward af·ter·ward   also af·ter·wards
adv.
At a later time; subsequently.

Adv. 1. afterward - happening at a time subsequent to a reference time; "he apologized subsequently"; "he's going to the store but he'll be back here
, the pipe is rewound re·wound  
v.
Past tense and past participle of rewind.
 into individual coils.

Pipe Coil Technology Ltd. in the U.K. (represented here by Kraloy Inc. in Dallas) has built 10 drum winding 1. (Elec.) A method of armature winding in which the wire is wound upon the outer surface of a cylinder or drum from end to end of the cylinder; - distinguished from ring winding, etc.  systems over the past two years for U.S. PEX producers, including one 5 meters in diam. Tel: (972) 385-8755, www.pipecoil.co.uk

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Title Annotation:Extrusion
Publication:Plastics Technology
Date:Nov 1, 2004
Words:159
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