IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF WELDED AND OTHER WROUGHT-IRON, STEEL, AND OTHER METAL TUBES
Year: 1877

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edward Peyton and Thomas Bourne, both of Bordesley,
in the County of Warwick, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY
FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF WELDED AND OTHER WROUGHT-IRON, STEEL, AND
OTHER METAL TUBES."
ed the 8th September 1877, and dated the 27th March 1871
Edward Peyton and
Thomas Bourne at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 27th
March 1877.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said
EDWARD PEYTON and THOMAS BOURNE, both of Bordesley, in the County of
Warwick.
WELDED
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY
THE MANUFACTURE OF
AND OTHER WROUGHT-IRON, STEEL, AND OTHER METAL TUBES."
FOR
The first part of this Invention relates to improvements in machinery for the
manufacture of welded, wrought-iron, and steel tubes wherein a series of successive
operations are combined in one machine, whereby a finished welded wrought-iron
or steel tube is produced from a heated plate or "skelp" in its passage through the
machine. For this purpose the heated plate or skelp, having one end bent up into
a U or trough shape, is fed or guided into the inachine between a set of three rolls,
the peripheries of which where they come together form a U or trough-shaped
passage or opening, into and through which the plate or skelp at a welding heat
is passed.
Two of the first set of rollers are mounted on vertical axes, the third roller being
mounted upon
the end of a horizontal axis, and the three rolls are driven by suitable
gearing so as to run at or near the same surface speed.
The trough-shaped plate or skelp is guided in its passage to a second set of four
rolls (or it may be a set of three), arranged in a similar manner to the first set of
rolls, a mandril advantageously formed with an enlarged tapering head being
mounted so that its end approaches the point where the peripheries of the rolls
come together to form a circular or other suitable form of passage or opening,
through which the plate or skelp is conducted, and where the upper rolls (or roll),
running freely, gather in the edges of the trough-shaped plate or skelp over and
upon the enlarged end of the mandril, and welds them together thereon. The
tube thus welded and formed in its progress is guided between a pair of grooved

page_text: rolls, by which it is further compressed and delivered from the machine in a
complete and finished condition, or, if desired, it may be passed through other pairs
or sets of finishing rolls.
may
In the manufacture of some descriptions of welded tubes the mandril
be
dispensed with, the welding being effected without internal resistance, and the
tubes may also be formed with lap in place of butt joints as previously described.
When a set of four welding rolls are employed we find it advantageous, in some
cases, to arrange a guide between the two upper rolls.
The machinery previously described may be employed for manufacturing iron,
steel, or other metal tubes (the joints of which are not welded), either from heated
or cold plates or strips of metal.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Edward Peyton and Thomas Bourne in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 27th September 1877.
EDWARD PEYTON and THOMAS BOURNE, both of Bordesley, in the County of
Warwick. IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY POR THE MANUFACTURE OF WELDED
AND OTHER WROUGHT-IRON, STEEL, AND OTHER METAL TUBES."
This Invention relates to improvements in machinery for the manufacture of
welded and other wrought-iron and steel and other tubes wherein a series of
successive operations are combined in one machine or set of machines, whereby a
finished welded or other wrought-iron or steel tube is produced from a heated
plate or "skelp" in its passage through the machine, or other tubes may be other-
wise produced.
In the manufacture of the welded tube ibe heated plate or skelp (which may
advantageously have one end, previously to its being heated, bent up into a U or
trough shape) is fed or guided into the machine between a set of three rolls, the
peripheries of which where they come together form a U or trough-shaped passage
or opening, into and through which the plate or skelp at a welding heat is passed.
Two of the first set of rollers are mounted on vertical axes, the third roller being
mounted upon the end of a horizontal axis, and the three rolls are driven by
suitable genring so as to run at or near the same surface speed.
The trough-shaped plate or skelp is guided in its passage to a second set of four
rolls arranged in connection with a mandril, as herein-after described and shown in
the Drawings annexed. The rolls force together the lips or edges of the trough-
shaped plate or skelp and weld them firmly together. The tube thus far welded
and formed in its progress is guided between a pair of grooved rolls, by which it
is further compressed and delivered from the machine in a complete and finished
condition, or, if desired, it may be passed through other pairs or sets of finishing
rolls.
And in order that our improvements may be clearly understood and readily
performed or carried into practice, we will proceed to describe the Drawings hereto
annexed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure shows an end view; Figure 2, a vertical section; Figure 3, a plan;
Figure 4, a plan in section; and Figure 5 a side view of a complete set of machinery,
arranged and constructed in accordance with our Invention for manufacturing
welded, wrought-iron, steel, or other tubes.
a, a, a, is the first set of three rolls between which the plate or skelp at a
welding heat for forming a tube is fed or guided, the end of the skelp should be
previously bent up into a U or trough shape, roughly corresponding with the space

page_text: formed by the peripheries of the rolls a, a, a*, where they come together. From
the rolls a, a, a, the plate, thus bent into a trough shape, is conducted by guiding
surfaces into and between the second set of four rolls b, b, and B, B, the edges or
lips of the plate or skelp are closed in upon and around the enlarged tapering head
of the mandril 6, carried by an arm fixed to the bracket 63 on the framing of the
nachine. The edges of the plate or skelp as it passes between the rolls b, b,
and B, B, are thus effectually welded together upon the mandril 6, so as to forin
a welded tube. The two upper rolls B, B, are set so as to act at an inclination to
one another, and they produce a very important effect on the lips or edges of the
bent plate or skelp. The sides of the skelp are so shaped and fed in by the feeding
rolls that they are relatively of the same shape and size, and when the lips or edges
are closed in and pressed by the inclined rolls B, B, the metal is confined and the
particles of one lip are forced into and among the particles of the other lip, so as
to produce a perfect weld in a manner that has not heretofore been practicable.
The tube so forined by the combined action of the four rolls b, b, and B, B, is further
compressed and finished in its passage between a third set or pair of vertical
rolls c, c, from which it passes on to and between the fourth set or pair of horizontal
rolls d, and is finished fit for use; other pairs of rolls may also be employed when
it is thought advisable to do so.
Motion is communicated to the four sets of rolls a, b, B, c, and d in the following
manner (1) is a bevil wheel fixed on the axis c¹, which receives motion from a
steam engine or other motive power; is a bevil wheel fixed on the upper end of
the axis c', which gives motion to a bevil wheel fixed on the axis of the lower
finishing roll c. The toothed wheel (2) fixed on the axis e¹ gives motion to the
toothed wheel (3) fixed on the axis of one of the horizontal rolls b, the toothed
wheel (3) also gives motion, to the toothed wheel (4) fixed on the axis of the other
horizontal roll to give motion thereto; (4x) is an intermediate toothed wheel
which gives motion to the toothed wheel (5) fixed on the axis of one of the hori-
zontal feed rolls, the toothed wheel (5) also gives motion to the toothed wheel (6)
fixed on the axis af of the other horizontal feed roll ; the vertical feed roll a* is
mounted on the horizontal axis a³, carried by the brackets on the slide «³, which
can be raised and lowered by the hand wheel a so as to adjust the position of the
vertical feed roller *, as required; the feed roller ax is driven by the bevil
wheel, fixed on the upper end of the axis a', taking into the bevil wheel a³, fixed
on the axis a³ of the roll a*; aº, a², are adjustable stops or guides arranged in front
of the feed rolls a; 10 is a guide roller for guiding the bent plate from the rolls a
to the rolls b, B; the two upper welding rolls B, B, placed at an angle are mounted,
and turn freely on studs carried by the sliding bracket which is capable of adjust-
ment, as shown.
A guide , as shown in Figure 6, may be arranged between the angle formed by
the upper pair of welding rolls b, if desired. The tube as it leaves the welding
rolls is conducted by the guides c between a pair of vertical finishing rolls c,
the lower one of which receives motion from the bevil wheel c on the axis c¹,
taking into the hevil wheel c³ fixed on the axis of the lower roller c, ns previously
described; from the rolls c the welded tube passes forward between the pair of
horizontal delivering rolls d, d, which are driven in the following manner-The
toothed wheel (2) on the axis c' takes into and drives the toothed wheel (7) fixed
on the vertical axis of one of the delivering rolls d, and the toothed wheel (7)
takes into and drives the toothed wheel (8) fixed on the axis of the other
delivering roll d, as will be readily understood on examining the Drawings.
We find it advantageous in some cases to shape the orifice formed by the peri-
pheries of the four welding rolls b, b, and B, B, (as indicated in Figure 2 of the
Drawings) whereby the thickness of the metal is somewhat increased at the joint
and a more perfect joint is thereby made at the welding point.
In the manufacture of some descriptions of welded tubes the mandril may be
dispensed with, the welding being effected without internal resistance, and the
tubes may also be formed with lap in place of butt joints, as previously described,

page_text: in which case one side of the trough-shaped skelp formed by the feeding rolls is
made somewhat higher than the other, and the welding rolls inust be modified so
as to form a lap joint.
The machinery previously described may be employed for manufacturing iron,
steel, or other metal tubes (the joints of which are not welded) either from heated
or cold plates or strips of metal.
Although we have described a combination of four welding rolls which we have
found may be most advantageously used with our feeding rolls, other combinations
of welding rolls, as, for instance, two horizontal and one vertical roll may in some
cases also be used therewith.
Having thus described the nature of our improvements and the manner of per-
forming or carrying the same into practice, we would remark that we do not
intend to claim separately any of the parts which are well known and in common
use, and we are aware that it is not new to employ welding rolls to weld the
joints of tubes, and we make no general claim to such rolls; but what we
claim is,
First. The combination of parts, consisting of our improved shaping and feeding
rolls a, a, and ax, and our improved welding rolls b, b, and B, B, constructed and
operating substantially as above described and represented in the annexed
Drawings.
Secondly. The improved arrangement and combination of the three feed rolls a, a,
and ax, for shaping the plate or skelp, and feeding it into welding rolls or machinery
for the manufacture of welded and other wrought-iron and steel or other tubes,
substantially as described.
Thirdly. We claim the improved arrangement and combination of the four
welding or closing rolls b, b, and B, B, two of them being inclined to one another
for welding or closing the joint in the manufacture of welded and other wrought-
ron or steel, or other tubes, substantially as herein-before described.
In witness whereof, we, the said Edward Peyton and Thomas Bourne, have
hereunto set our hand and seal, this Eighteenth day of September, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven.
EDWARD PEYTON. (L.S.)
THOMAS BOURNE. (L.S.)

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edward Peyton and Thomas Bourne, both of Bordesley,
in the County of Warwick, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY
FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF WELDED AND OTHER WROUGHT-IRON, STEEL, AND
OTHER METAL TUBES."
led the 8th September 1877, and dated the 27th March 1871
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edward Peyton and
Thomas Bourne at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 27th
March 1877.
EDWARD PEYTON and THOMAS BOURNE, both of Bordesley, in the County of
Warwick. IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF WELDED
AND OTHER WROUGHT-IRON, STEEL, AND OTHER METAL TUBES."
The first part of this Invention relates to improvements in machinery for the
manufacture of welded, wrought-iron, and steel tubes wherein a series of successive
operations are combined in one machine, whereby a finished welded wrought-iron
or steel tube is produced from a heated plate or "skelp" in its passage through the
machine. For this purpose the heated plate or skelp, having one end bent up into
a U or trough shape, is fed or guided into the machine between a set of three rolls,
the peripheries of which where they come together form a U or trough-shaped
passage or opening, into and through which the plate or skelp at a welding heat
is passed.
Two of the first set of rollers are mounted on vertical axes, the third roller being
mounted upon the end of a horizontal axis, and the three rolls are driven by suitable
gearing so as to run at or near the same surface speed.
The trough-shaped plate or skelp is guided in its passage to a second set of four
rolls (or it may be a set of three), arranged in a similar manner to the first set of
rolls, a mandril advantageously formed with an enlarged tapering head being
mounted so that its end approaches the point where the peripheries of the rolls
come together to form a circular or other suitable form of passage or opening,
through which the plate or skelp is conducted, and where the upper rolls (or roll),
running freely, gather in the edges of the trough-shaped plate or skelp over and
The
upon the enlarged end of the mandril, and welds them together thereon.
tube thus welded and formed in its progress is guided between a pair of grooved

page_text: rolls, by which it is further compressed and delivered from the machine in a
complete and finished condition, or, if desired, it may be passed through other pairs
or sets of finishing rolls.
In the manufacture of some descriptions of welded tubes the mandril may be
dispensed with, the welding being effected without internal resistance, and the
Lubes may also be formed with lap in place of butt joints as previously described.
When a set of four welding rolls are employed we find it advantageous, in some
cases, to arrange a guide between the two upper rolls.
The machinery previously described inay be employed for manufacturing iron,
steel, or other metal tubes (the joints of which are not welded), either from heated
or cold plates or strips of metal.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Edward Peyton and Thomas Bourne in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 27th September 1877.
EDWARD PEYTON and THOMAS BOURNE, both of Bordesley, in the County of
Warwick. IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF WELDED
AND OTHER WROUGHT-IRON, STEEL, AND OTHER METAL TUBES."
This Invention relates to improvements in machinery for the manufacture of
welded and other wrought-iron and steel and other tubes wherein a series of
successive operations are combined in one machine or set of machines, whereby a
finished welded or other wrought-iron or steel tube is produced from a heated
plate or skelp" in its passage through the machine, or other tubes may be other-
wise produced.
In the manufacture of the welded tube the heated plate or skelp (which may
advantageously have one end, previously to its being heated, bent up into a U or
trough shape) is fed or guided into the machine between a set of three rolls, the
peripheries of which where they come together form a U or trough-shaped passage
or opening, into and through which the plate or skelp at a welding heat is passed.
Two of the first set of rollers are mounted on vertical axes, the third roller being
mounted upon the end of a horizontal axis, and the three rolls are driven by
suitable gearing so as to run at or near the same surface speed.
The trough-shaped plate or skelp is guided in its passage to a second set of four
rolls arranged in connection with a mandril, ns herein-after described and shown in
the Drawings annexed. The rolls force together the lips or edges of the trough-
shaped plate or skelp and weld them firmly together. The tube thus far welded
and formed in its progress is guided between a pair of grooved rolls, by which it
is further compressed and delivered from the machine in a complete and finished
condition, or, if desired, it may be passed through other pairs or sets of finishing
rolls.
And in order that our improvements may be clearly understood and readily
perforined or carried into practice, we will proceed to describe the Drawings hereto
annexed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS,
Figure 1 shows an end view; Figure 2, a vertical section; Figure 3, a plan ;
Figure 4, a plan in section; and Figure 5 a side view of a complete set of machinery,
arranged and constructed in accordance with our Invention for manufacturing
welded, wrought-iron, steel, or other tubes.
a, a, a, is the first set of three rolls between which the plate or skelp at a
welding heat for forming a tube is fed or guided, the end of the skelp should be
previously bent up into a U or trough shape, roughly corresponding with the space

page_text: formed by the peripheries of the rolls a, a,
ax, where they come together. From
the rolls a, e, x, the plate, thus bent into a trough shape, is conducted by guiding
surfaces into and between the second set of four rolls b, b, and B, B, the edges or
lips of the plate or skelp are closed in upon and around the enlarged tapering head
of the mandril 6, carried by an arm fixed to the bracket 63 on the fraining of the
machine. The edges of the plate or skelp as it passes between the rolls b, b,
and B, B, are thus effectually welded together upon the mandril 6, so as to form
a welded tube. The two upper rolls B, B, are set so as to act at an inclination to
one another, and they produce a very important effect on the lips or edges of the
bent plate or skelp. The sides of the skelp are so shaped and fed in by the feeding
rolls that they are relatively of the same shape and size, and when the lips or edges
are closed in and pressed by the inclined rolls B, B, the metal is confined and the
particies of one lip are forced into and among the particles of the other lip, so as
10 produce a perfect weld in a manner that has not heretofore been practicable.
The tube so forined by the combined action of the four rolls b, b, and B, B, is further
compressed and finished in its passage. between a third set or pair of vertical
rolls c, c, from which it passes on to and between the fourth set or pair of horizontal
rolls d, and is finished fit for use; other pairs of rolls may also be employed when
it is thought advisable to do so.
Motion is communicated to the four sets of rolls a, b, B, c, and d in the following
manner (1) is a hevil wheel fixed on the axis c¹, which receives motion from a
steam engine or other motive power; e² is a bevil wheel fixed on the upper end of
the axis c', which gives inotion to a bevil wheel c³ fixed on the axis of the lower
finishing roll c. The toothed wheel (2) fixed on the axis c¹ gives motion to the
toothed wheel (3) fixed en the axis b' of one of the horizontal rolls b, the toothed
wheel (3) also gives motion to the toothed wheel (4) fixed on the axis of the other
horizontal roll to give motion thereto; (4x) is an intermediate toothed wheel
which gives motion to the toothed wheel (5) fixed on the axis a' of one of the hori-
zontal feed rolls a, the toothed wheel (5) also gives motion to the toothed wheel (6)
fixed on the axis of the other horizontal feed roll a; the vertical feed roll a is
mounted on the horizontal axis, carried by the brackets a' on the slide ', which
can be raised and lowered by the hand wheel so as to adjust the position of the
vertical feed roller *, ns required: the feed roller a is driven by the bevil
wheel as, fixed on the upper end of the axis a', taking into the hevil wheel as, fixed
on the axis a³ of the roll ax; a, a, are adjustable stops or guides arranged in front
of the feed rolls ; a is a guide roller for guiding the bent plate from the roils a
to the rolls b, B; the two upper welding rolls B, B, placed at an angle are mounted,
and turn freely on studs carried by the sliding bracket which is capable of adjust-
ment, as shown.
A guide , as shown in Figure 6, may be arranged between the angle formed by
the upper pair of welding rolls b, if desired. The tube as it leaves the welding
rolls is conducted by the guides ex between a pair of vertical finishing rolls e,
the lower one of which receives motion from the bevil wheel c on the axis c¹,
taking into the bevil wheel e fixed on the axis of the lower roller c, as previously
described; from the rolls c the welded tube passes forward between the pair of
horizontal delivering rolls d, d, which are driven in the following manner :-The
toothed wheel (2) on the axis c' takes into and drives the toothed wheel (7) fixed
on the vertical axis d¹ of one of the delivering rolls d, and the toothed wheel (7)
takes into and drives the toothed wheel (S) fixed on the axis of the other
delivering roll d, as will be readily understood on examining the Drawings.
We find it advantageous in some cases to shape the orifice formed by the peri-
pheries of the four welding rolls b, b, and B, B, (as indicated in Figure 2 of the
Drawings) whereby the thickness of the metal is somewhat increased at the joint
and a more perfect joint is thereby made at the welding point.
In the manufacture of some descriptions of welded tubes the mandril may be
dispensed with, the welding being effected without internal resistance, and the
tubes may also be formed with lap in place of butt joints, as previously described,

page_text: in which case one side of the trough-shaped skelp formed by the feeding rolls is
made somewhat higher than the other, and the welding rolls inust be modified so
as to form a lap joint.
The machinery previously described may be employed for manufacturing iron,
steel, or other metal tubes (the joints of which are not welded) either from heated
or cold plates or strips of metal.
Although we have described a combination of four welding rolls which we have
found may be most advantageously used with our feeding rolls, other combinations
of welding rolls, as, for instance, two horizontal and one vertical roll may in some
cases also be used therewith.
Having thus described the nature of our improvements and the manner of per-
forming or carrying the same into practice, we would remark that we do not
intend to claim separately any of the parts which are well known and in common
use, and we are aware that it is not new to employ welding rolls to weld the
joints of tubes, and we make no general claim to such rolls; but what we
claim is,
First. The combination of parts, consisting of our improved shaping and feeding
rolls a, a, and ax, and our improved welding rolls b, b, and B, B, constructed and
operating substantially as above described and represented in the annexed
Drawings.
Secondly. The improved arrangement and combination of the three feed rolls a, a,
and ax, for shaping the plate or skelp, and feeding it into welding rolls or machinery
for the manufacture of welded and other wrought-iron and steel or other tubes,
substantially as described.
Thirdly. We claim the improved arrangement and combination of the four
welding or closing rolls b, b, and B, B, two of them being inclined to one another
for welding or closing the joint in the manufacture of welded and other wrought-
ron or steel, or other tubes, substantially as herein-before described.
In witness whereof, we, the said Edward Peyton and Thomas Bourne, have
hereunto set our hand and seal, this Eighteenth day of September, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven.
EDWARD PEYTON. (L.S.)
THOMAS BOURNE. (L.S.)