Pipe-welding mill for production of coiled pipes

In a pipe-welding mill for the production of coiled pipes from coiled strips including a coil preparation section;

• an arrangement for unwinding coils prepared in said section;
• means for displacing said arrangement in a direction perpendicular to the direction of movement of the pipe in said mill;
• a magazine including a reel containing said coils, said magazine being mounted on said unwinding arrangement;
• a strip coupler installed behind said coil preparation section in the direction of movement of the pipe;
• a shaping stand installed behind said strip coupler;
• a welding stand installed behind said shaping stand;
• a drawing stand installed behind said welding stand;
• a coiling arrangement installed behind said drawing stand in the direction of movement of the pipe, said coiling arrangement including bending rollers a receiving arrangement including receiving rollers;
• common drive means for driving both said bending and receiving rollers;
• and a cutting arrangement, the improvement comprising:
• said receiving arrangement includes a platform mounted for tilting movement with respect to the axes of said bending rollers;
• means for tilting said platform;
• said receiving rollers of said receiving arrangement being mounted for rotation on said tiltable platform;
• universal joint means for coupling said receiving rollers to said common drive means of the bending rollers so that said receiving rollers tilt together with said platform;
• and wherein said cutting arrangement is installed behind said bending rollers in the path of a turn of the pipe being received in said receiving arrangement.