A mobile factory of steel sheet coil helical pipe includes a factory for the production of helical pipes that can be mounted on trailers, rafts, or container-type structures that is distinguished by its high production speed and use of steel sheet coils of up to 1 possible thanks to the use of an optional coil driver, a beveler and a wire welding system that may contain two, three, four, or five welding wires per pass (internal and external).

A pipe cutting system (40) and method for cutting a helically wound steel pipe while the pipe is being moved in a direction (12) of its longitudinal axis uses a plasma torch (50) supported to be reciprocally movable parallel to the longitudinal axis and at an orientation relative to the pipe so that a plasma jet emitted by the plasma torch is directed upwardly toward the pipe. The plasma torch is arranged move at a speed that is synchronised with a speed at which the pipe is being moved in the direction of the longitudinal axis. The pipe is rotated during cutting so that the plasma torch circumferentially cuts the pipe while the pipe is being moved.

Devices, systems, and methods are directed to formation of tubular structures, such as spirally formed structures, having spirally extending reinforcing material. In particular, tubular structures can be formed in a continuous process in which a first material is spiral formed along a first spiral and a second material is joined to the first material along a second spiral to reinforce the spirally formed first material. As compared to manual application of reinforcing material, such a continuous process can facilitate producing tubular structures at rates suitable for high-volume, commercial fabrication. Further, or instead, as compared to the use of circumferentially extending reinforcing material to support a spiral formed tube, reinforcing the spirally formed first material with a spiral of the second material may offer certain structural advantages, such as improved resistance to buckling.

A method for cutting a wound hose (1), made from mutually engaging windings (11, 12, 13, 14) of a metallic tape (2), with the wound hose (1) being welded in a predetermined axial area (10) and then cut within the area (10) essentially in a plane (6) extending radially, with the wound hose (1) being axially compressed in the predetermined area prior to welding such that in the area (10) a mutual contacting of the windings (11, 12, 13, 14) occurs. The welding is performed along a predetermined number of windings (11-14) in the area (10), and the welding energy required for welding the windings is introduced via the area of the winding hose into it. Additionally, an accordingly produced wound hose (1) is provided and a device suitable for its production.

The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for manufacturing an interlocking pipe obtained by easily and precisely shaping a pipe with a circular cross section or with the edges of the cross section nearly forming a circle in a non-loose manner, so as to provide excellent machining performance when the interlocking pipe is cut off and provide excellent operation efficiency for the apparatus itself. A metal band plate is helically wound onto a core member with a circular cross section or with the edges of the cross section nearly forming a circle. Clamping device is freely assembled at a front end of the code member in a detachable and switchable manner, and synchronously rotate in accordance with instructions from a main computing-controlling member, so as to prevent the metal band plate from being loosened, thereby to manufacture the interlocking pipe efficiently.