Spiral Facility
API-5L Spiral Weld Operation
Location
Baton Rouge, LA, covering 12.5 acres of 125 acre facility with over 40 acres of pipe storage area.
Size Range
- OD: 24" to 60"
- Walls: 0.250" to 1.00"
- Length: Maximum 80'
- API-5L Grades: through X-80
Milestones
- Groundbreaking - 4th Qtr 2007
- Construction Completion - 4th Qtr 2008
- Custom Steel Spiral Weld Pipe Production - 2nd Qtr 2009
Coating
- Bayou Pipe Coating LLC will be upgraded to accommodate the new product line.
Pipe manufacturing equipment will be secured from a major European supplier with extensive experience in spiral weld pipe operations.
The manufacturing process will handle 80" wide coils weighing up to 50 tons. The coils will be conveyed through a continuous spiral weld process while edge milling will provide precise edge profiles to the two-step welding operation.
The same integrity and commitment to excellence that is evident in the Stupp ERW Pipe will be integrated into all aspects of this new Spiral Weld product.