Automatic tube unloading and packing

Eliminating Steps in Production With A Rotating-Head Cutoff Machine

Fred Hautau Custom Systems, Dual-Blade Tube Cutoff, Tube Handling

One of the biggest problems producers face in processing metal tubes, particularly if they want to finish as well as cut, is excessive steps.  Every time production stops for changeovers or recalculations, time is wasted unnecessarily.  The ideal system is streamlined, offering producers seamless loading, cutting, finishing, and unloading or packaging options. But for many producers, this process is cumbersome.  …

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How Automation Changes Your Creative Process

Caldiatech RC Compact Tube Cutoffs, Tube Handling, Tube Loading Systems

In the world of manufacturing, automation is often the key to productivity increases.  While productivity is important, it is also important not to lose sight of the creativity required to produce excellent materials.  While some claim that automation can destroy creativity, turning every manufacturing process into a “cookie cutter” operation, this is not necessarily true.  With the right machines, your …

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Why The Right Tools Maximize Efficiency in Tube Cutting

Caldiatech Dual-Blade Tube Cutoff, Tube Handling, Tube Loading Systems

The old saying, “There is a perfect tool for every job,” is particularly true when discussing the efficiency of tube fabricating plants.  How you manage your workers’ time and effort can often determine whether you are making money or losing it.  Therefore, having the right equipment is not just a matter of making work easier for everyone; it may also …

Tube Cutting and MES Integration to Improve Efficiency

Caldiatech Custom Systems, Dual-Blade Tube Cutoff, Tube Handling, Tube Loading Systems

Efficient production is the key to profitability for any manufacturing company.  As manufacturing plants work to improve efficiency, many are utilizing a Manufacturing Execution System (MES), which is a computerized solution on the manufacturing floor to process raw material into finished goods.  An MES monitors and controls the complex data surrounding these processes with the goal of ensuring efficient output. …

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The Advantages of Loading/Unloading Systems with Tube Cutoff Machines

Fred Hautau Custom Systems, Tube Handling, Tube Loading Systems

A typical tube cutoff machine is built on a relatively simple and straightforward concept.  The machine is loaded by a worker with a number of metal tubes, the cutting mechanism cuts them to length, and the tubes are unloaded by a worker.  This setup is fine for small batches and for a company with plenty of low-cost labor, but what …

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Automatic Tube Loading Options

Fred Hautau Custom Systems, Tube Handling, Tube Loading Systems

Tube fabricators and processors are always looking for ways to increase production and reduce costs. With any high-volume tube fabricating operation, the first steps in the process are handling tube bundles, cutting tubes to length and then moving the cutoff tubes to the next operation. This tube cutting process is required for all your raw tube material, and it can …

Tube cutting machine is ideal for short runs

Fred Hautau Custom Systems, Dual-Blade Tube Cutoff, Tube Handling

A fabricator of hydraulic tube assemblies needed a more efficient way to cut and chamfer tubing for crimp fittings. Their tube saws left burrs and small shavings, and their lathe-type cutoff machines couldn’t chamfer all tube ends. As a result, tube chamfering and de-burring operations were needed.  Production runs were often small, and they cut many different tube sizes, so …

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How Hautau Pipe Cutting Solutions Can Completely Change the Way You Do Business

Fred Hautau Dual-Blade Tube Cutoff, RC Compact Tube Cutoffs, Tube Handling

For many businesses, selecting a Hautau solution for their pipe cutting needs has meant an increase in efficiency and an equally impressive increase in their bottom line. Whether you choose from our complete line of Rotating-Head Tube Cutoff Machines or require a custom solution, Hautau engineers have established a reputation for satisfying their customers’ needs and providing ongoing expert technical …

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Rotary-head Lathe vs Rotating Tube Lathe

Caldiatech Custom Systems, Dual-Blade Tube Cutoff, Tube Handling

Before Hautau unveiled its innovative rotary head lathe, the conventional method of close-tolerance tube and pipe cutting centered upon lathes with a fixed, stationary tool that would cut one end as the workpiece rotated – the rotating tube lathe approach. For many years these conventional lathes were the only game in town, but they had drawbacks. The workpiece could not …