Application of Edge Planer to Spiral Welded Pipe Mill

The paper involves the edge planer used by Huabei Petroleum Steel Tube Plant for the spiral welded pipe mill, covering such aspects as operation and typical mechanical faults. In addition, suitability of the planing blade was assessed, and factors responsible for weakening the performance were analyzed, and accordingly countermeasures were taken, which successfully improved the performance of the planing blade.