The Xiris Blog

30 Aug 2023

Tube and Pipe welding thermal camera

2 min

Stories from the field: Monitoring the Weld V Temperature on a HF Tube Mill

In this edition of "Stories from the field," we present a fascinating case...
Cameron Serles
Inspecting Large Diameter Pipe for Weld and Geometry Defects 6 Dec 2022

Tube and Pipe welding tubedefects

3 min

Inspecting Large Diameter Pipe for Weld and Geometry Defects

The large diameter pipe (LDP) market is usually defined as including all pipes...
David Garrard
Weld with proper fusion 6 Apr 2022

quality control Tube and Pipe welding laser-based monitoring

3 min

Weld Profile Monitoring of High Frequency Tube and Pipe Production

Weld profile monitoring using laser-based 3D imaging technology has recently...
Cameron Serles
Xiris Weld Inspection Software Screen 14 Oct 2021

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2 min

3 Ways to Improve Tube and Pipe Mill Changeover

Cornelius Sawatzky
19 Aug 2021

welding Tube and Pipe welding GMAW pipe

2 min

Using Xiris Welding Cameras with Advanced GMAW Welding Systems

For years, manufacturing industries that do fabrication have been working to...
Cameron Serles
Detecting hair-like scratches on coated tubing 17 Jun 2021

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1 min

Detecting Hairlike Scratches on Coated Tubing

Several industries, such as automotive, oil and gas, and agriculture, use...
Aishani Mehra
Screenshot Showing Part of the Surface Inspection with a Detected Defect Highlighted 21 Jul 2020

Tube and Pipe welding

2 min

Inspection of Extruded Coatings on Liquid Fuel Tubes

A multinational Tier 1 automotive parts manufacturer had a problem. They make ...
Cameron Serles
The Heat Zone or “Spot” seen from the backside of the weld 28 May 2020

weld camera Tube and Pipe welding weld seam

2 min

Thermally Enhanced Weld Camera Improves Productivity in HSAW

A challenge most fabricators face when using Helical Submerged Arc Welding...
Cameron Serles
Seam Tracking 9 Jul 2019

Laser welding Tube and Pipe welding tubedefects tube mill mill

1 min

Xiris Seam Tracking for Laser Welding on Tube Mills

Laser welding offers several advantages over conventional TIG or Plasma welding...
Greg Cooke
Support Center Screenshot cropped 2 19 Jun 2019

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1 min

Xiris Launches New Support Center

Our team at Xiris has always been dedicated towards providing an excellent...
Robin Montgomery
fabtech mexico 10 May 2019

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1 min

Reflecting on Spring 2019 Trade Shows

The past couple of weeks have been busy for the Xiris Automation team as we’ve...
Robin Montgomery
Various High Voltage Cable Samples 20 Feb 2019

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1 min

Inspecting Metal Sheath on High Voltage Cables

High Voltage Cable is a multi-layer cable used for running high voltages...
Cameron Serles
Bead Ripple 5 Oct 2018

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1 min

Detecting Bead Ripple During Tube Manufacturing

Lighter wall mild steel pipe production requires bead height monitoring for...
Cameron Serles
tech support 13 Sep 2018

Tube and Pipe welding productivity color weld camera weld camera system

1 min

Xiris Automation: Let Our Customers Do the Talking!

Our weld camera and tube & pipe inspection systems are only part of the...
Margaret Montgomery
coil joining 4 Sep 2018

Tube and Pipe welding tubedefects coil joining tube mill mill

1 min

Seam Monitoring for Coil Joining

Monitoring the welding process during coil joining at the front end of a tube...
Cornelius Sawatzky
audit logs 3 21 Jun 2018

Tube and Pipe welding pipe tube defects WI-2000p tubedefects

1 min

Tracking Tube Production Using the WI2000 and WI3000 systems

Xiris' WeldInspection System Helps Identify the Root Cause of Variations in...
Cornelius Sawatzky
Xiris Tradeshow Booth 4 May 2018

Tube and Pipe welding weld Tube Dusseldorf conference weld monitoring XVC Weld Camera color weld camera

1 min

April 2018: Looking Back

April was an extremely successful month for Xiris Automation! Read below for a...
Margaret Montgomery
2018_4_3 - SPC Data Logging Utility Display, Xiris WI2000.jpg 10 Apr 2018

weld inspection Tube and Pipe welding

1 min

SPC Measurements on a Tube Mill

Statistical Process Control (SPC) is the use of inspection data to determine...
Cameron Serles
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High Dynamic Range Tube and Pipe welding submerged arc welding

1 min

Using Cameras When Welding Spiral Pipe Part 3: Post Weld Inspection

Following sub arc welding on the inside and outside of a helically welded pipe,...
Cornelius Sawatzky
operator-remote-monitoring-sub-arc-welding-process.jpg 3 Oct 2017

High Dynamic Range Tube and Pipe welding submerged arc welding

2 min

Using Cameras When Welding Spiral Pipe Part 2: Helical Sub Arc Welding

One-step Helical (or Spiral) Submerged Arc Welding (HSAW) processes do not use...
Peter Serles
XVC-1000e with Seam Tracker Software.png 16 Aug 2017

Tube and Pipe welding submerged arc welding weld seam alignment

2 min

Using Cameras When Welding Spiral Pipe: Processing and Tacking

Helical (or Spiral) Submerged Arc Welding (HSAW) allows for larger,...
Cameron Serles
WI3000 System.jpg 14 Jun 2017

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2 min

Post Scarf Inspection of Automotive Fuel Line Tubing

Fuel line tubing is typically manufactured on an ERW welding mill similar to...
Cornelius Sawatzky
Weld operator in dangerous position 3 Apr 2017

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1 min

Why Weld Cameras are Essential when Welding Large Pipe

Cameron Serles
Tube mill photo 14 Feb 2017

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1 min

How to Reduce Customer Returns from your Tube Mill

When a customer refuses to accept a shipment because of a quality problem, the...
Cameron Serles
Typical Scrap Generated from a Tube Mill 21 Dec 2016

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1 min

How to Find Defects Sooner and Reduce Scrap on a Tube Mill

In a tube mill, production scrap can come from just about anywhere: tooling...
Cameron Serles
Image of a Sample Micrograph 23 Nov 2016

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1 min

Reducing Tube Mill Downtime with Weld Inspection

Tube mills require a large capital investment that often gets amortized over...
Cameron Serles
Image of a Sample Micrograph 26 Oct 2016

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1 min

How to Reduce Quality Lab Time Associated with a Tube Mill

Lab time is a precious commodity. As part of the changeover process on a tube...
Cameron Serles
27 Sep 2016

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1 min

How to Reduce Set-Up Time on a Tube Mill

Every time a tube mill is changed over to run a new product, a set-up process...
Cameron Serles
Xiris WI-3000 Product photo 30 Aug 2016

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1 min

Free ROI Calculator for Tube Weld Inspection Systems

Two of the most important competitive advantages in tube production are the...
Karen Serles
Photos of Xiris Weld Cameras in Long-Distance Pipeline Manufacturing 10 May 2016

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1 min

Xiris Weld Cameras in Long-Distance Pipeline Manufacturing

The manufacturing of long-distance pipelines for the oil and gas industry uses...
Dean Zhao
Image of an Ideal Scarf Zone from the Xiris WI-2000p 30 Jun 2015

weld inspection Tube and Pipe welding scarfing WI-2000p

1 min

Post Scarf Inspection on Tube and Pipe Mills

Scarfing is a process of removing excess weld bead on a pipe or tube to create...
Cameron Serles
Drawing of the Bead Slope Angle or Toe Angle 2 Sep 2014

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2 min

Monitoring Tube and Pipe Production to Find the TOE ANGLE

Recent advancements in machine vision technology have made a new type of...
Cameron Serles
Xiris Scarf Width Defect Drawing 17 Jun 2014

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2 min

Monitoring Tube and Pipe Production to Find SCARFING Defects

Recent advancements in machine vision technology have made a new type of...
Cornelius Sawatzky
Xiris Freeze Line Defect Drawing 3 Jun 2014

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2 min

Monitoring Tube and Pipe Production to Find FREEZE LINE Defects

Recent advancements in machine vision technology have made a new type of...
Cornelius Sawatzky
Xiris Bead Roll Defect Drawing 13 May 2014

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2 min

Monitoring Tube and Pipe Production to Detect BEAD ROLL

Recent advancements in machine vision technology have made a new type of...
Cornelius Sawatzky
Xiris Rolling Defect Drawing 29 Apr 2014

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2 min

Monitoring Tube and Pipe Production to Find FORMING Defects

Recent advancements in machine vision technology have made a new type of...
Cornelius Sawatzky
Xiris Weld Inspection Systems on display at Tube 2016 22 Apr 2014

welding automation Trade Show Tube and Pipe welding undercut Tube Dusseldorf

1 min

Tube Düsseldorf Recap

As the organizers of Wire & Tube Düsseldorf promised, the show held at the...
Cameron Serles
15 Apr 2014

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2 min

Case Study: Cinter S.A. - Tube Weld Inspection

Selling over great distances is never easy. Even if the customer knows about...
Cameron Serles
Xiris Bead Height Defect Drawing 8 Apr 2014

quality control weld camera weld inspection Laser welding image processing High Dynamic Range Tube and Pipe welding laser-based monitoring Pipe Cladding welding defect bead height

2 min

Monitoring Tube and Pipe Production to Find BEAD HEIGHT Defects

Recent advancements in machine vision technology have made a new type of...
Cornelius Sawatzky
Xiris Undercut Defect Drawing 18 Mar 2014

quality control weld camera weld inspection Laser welding image processing High Dynamic Range Tube and Pipe welding laser-based monitoring Pipe Cladding welding defect undercut

2 min

Monitoring Tube and Pipe Production to Find UNDERCUT Defects

Recent advancements in machine vision technology have made a new type of...
Cornelius Sawatzky
4 Mar 2014

quality control weld camera weld inspection Laser welding image processing High Dynamic Range Tube and Pipe welding laser-based monitoring Pipe Cladding

2 min

Monitoring Tube and Pipe Production to Find MISMATCH Defects

Recent advancements in machine vision technology have made a new type of...
Cornelius Sawatzky
18 Dec 2013

weld inspection welding automation Tube and Pipe welding Electric Resistance Welding

2 min

Inspecting Tube Welds After the Scarfing Process

Electric Resistance Welding (“ERW”) is a welding process used in the...
Cameron Serles
Thermometer 29 Nov 2013

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1 min

Using a Weld Camera for High-Temperature Pipe Cladding

For certain types of pipe cladding operations, fabricators have to preheat the...
Cameron Serles
ID pipe cladding shown using Xiris Weld Camera with High Dynamic Range imaging. 15 Nov 2013

remote monitoring weld camera weld environment Tube and Pipe welding

2 min

Using Weld Cameras to Monitor Pipe Cladding

Thanks to new developments in electronics and sensor technology, fabricators...
Lisa Colling
Fabtech 2013 logo 12 Nov 2013

camera selection weld camera High Dynamic Range Tube and Pipe welding

1 min

Don't Miss the Latest Weld Camera Technology at Fabtech 2013

At Xiris, we love new technology. As engineers, we get excited when we see...
Lisa Colling
22 Oct 2013

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2 min

Why Cameras Are Needed for Fiber Laser Beam Welding

The emergence of fiber lasers as a viable alternative to CO2 lasers in laser...
Cameron Serles
17 Oct 2013

weld camera Tube and Pipe welding GTAW Narrow Groove Welding

2 min

Using a Weld Camera to Monitor Narrow Groove Welding

In the past few years, Narrow Groove Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW/TIG) has...
Cameron Serles
19 Sep 2013

weld inspection welding automation Tube and Pipe welding laser-based monitoring

2 min

Improving Tube and Pipe Welding with Laser Monitoring

As a supplement to eddy current and ultrasonic testing, a laser weld...
Cornelius Sawatzky
29 Aug 2013

remote monitoring welding automation Tube and Pipe welding

2 min

3 Tube and Pipe Trends Leading to Better Weld Monitoring

Three cost-cutting trends in tube and pipe fabrication have coincided to put...
Cornelius Sawatzky
23 Aug 2013

remote monitoring weld inspection welding automation Tube and Pipe welding

2 min

Monitoring Skelp in Tube and Pipe Welding

In tube and pipe fabrication, it’s essential to inspect for defects in the...
Cornelius Sawatzky
2 May 2013

remote monitoring weld camera Tube and Pipe welding

2 min

Using a Weld Camera to Monitor Pipe Cladding

In some demanding Pipe welding applications, special materials need to be used...
Cameron Serles
1 May 2013

weld camera High Dynamic Range Tube and Pipe welding

2 min

Using a Weld Camera for Tube and Pipe Production

A view of the weld tip and its immediate environment on a Tube or Pipe mill is...
Cameron Serles
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