Two kinds of accumulators for steel pipe welding machine

An accumulator is designed to store the strip steel material before it is delivered to carbon  steel pipe welding machine, thus ensuring continuous operation. 

There are two kinds of accumulators : cage loop and horizontal spiral ones. 

Cage loop accumulator has been used as the material-storage device in carbon steel pipe making machine. It is simple and easy for making with vertical cage structure. The strip steel materials are stored in it in folded manner.  It is cheaper.while the cage loop accumulator is only suitable for store steel strips coming with of thickness less than 3mm. 

Horizontal spiral accumulator is more suitable for storage of strip steel materials with a thickness of 6mm or above. It can store very long materials and boasts no surface damage to strip steel materials. Meanwhile, the horizontal spiral accumulator requires smaller engine power as compared with cage loop one.