Diseño y construcción de una máquina de copper plating para herramientas fabricadas en acero inoxidable basados en parámetro de Tenaris Hydrill en la planta de producción de SERTECPET base ciudad del Coca

Abstract

The objective of this technical proposal was to design and build a copper plating machine for tools made of stainless steel based on Tenaris Hydrill parameters at the SERTECPET Coca City base production plant, to reduce the damage caused to the tools generated by thread gearing and thread crossing, problems that arise at the time of assembling the set to which they belong. To achieve this goal, information is collected from pilot plants already carried out to find a similarity between them of all the components that our machine must be equipped with for proper operation, with the required components the selection of material and design was carried out based mainly on the type of environment in which our machine will be exposed in addition to allowing an easy relocation if necessary. With these considerations and the material selected; the structure was manufactured in stainless steel M 304-2B and AISI 201-2B for the protection of power elements. Once the structure was finished, the control and power elements were assembled to regulate certain values fundamental to the performance tests such as, electrolyte temperature, voltage and process time, with the latter, the operating tests was validated to be able to perform a working table where a constant voltage was poured and a time remained variable depending on the basic dimensions (long, external diameter, internal diameter) of the tools to be subjected to the copper coating, allowing us to reach a coating between 2 and 6 microns. With the completion of the tests, a maintenance manual was carried out for the operators explaining operating, use and care parameters.