OIL FIELD TURNING
“Technology helps on two fronts,” said Paul Markwell, vice president of upstream oil and gas consulting and research at IHS Energy (www.ihs. com). “The fi rst is in raising short-term production, the key denominator in the cost per barrel equation. The other involves attacking capital costs and op- erating expenses head on. Both place an emphasis on effi ciency.” High on the list of innovations are au- tomation (robotic), tooling that can squeeze the best performance out of new equipment, and machine tool designs that deliver the rigidity and stiffness so prized in machining tough oil industry parts.
Robots On Board ProvideSpace-Saving Automation The ANW Series twin-spindle automated CNC
lathes from Fuji Machine America Corp. (Vernon Hills, IL) are designed for machining high-volume families of precision parts for the oil fi eld, as well as the automotive industry. The ANW machines
Fuji Model ANW-4100 dual-spindle, dual-turret turning cell ready for shipment is shown with John Hammond (left), a Fuji distributor, and Bill Gore, regional manager-North America. Check chute on left allows parts to be inspected; stocker on right can accommodate laser marking station, auto gage measurement, and other peripheral processes within the machine’s compact footprint.
LASER CALIBRATION SYSTEMS
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feature Fuji Machine’s integrated and engineered swing-arm robots and workholding, providing automation on board in a small footprint machine. “Our machines typically take up a third of the space that machines with external ro- bots do, and there isn’t any risk of fl uid leaks on the shop fl oor or need for any fences to protect operators,” said Bill Gore, regional manager-North America. “We are basically fi nishing projects up and quoting new ones for the new- est families of parts for well drilling, including directional horizontal drilling, bearing components, and frack pump wear replacement parts. Wear parts for couplings, valves and valve seats, and pistons to 20" [508-mm] diameter—re- main in some degree of demand,” said Gore. “The majority of components are 8620 alloy steel forgings or saw-cut bar, a metal that tends not to want to break a chip readily so we use high- pressure 1000 psi [6,89 MPa] coolant through the spindle.” “It isn’t unusual that shops run- ning low volumes for valves and seats
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