CSAPL is the industry leader for steel line pipe manufacturing and pipeline coatings in Pakistan, with the capacity to produce up to 200,000 tonnes of large diameter submerged arc welded helical seam carbon steel pipes and the capability of applying protective and flow efficient pipeline coatings.
The Spiral Pipe Plant is equipped to manufacture high quality steel line pipes in diameters ranging from 8.625 – 120 inches (219 mm – 3,048 mm), in wall thicknesses from 4 mm – 25.4 mm and material grades up to API 5L X-100.
The company began commercial production of steel line pipes in March 1987, enhancing product suite to add anti-corrosion/protective pipeline coatings in 1993 and has since contributed significantly to Pakistan's oil and gas networks.
Our laboratory is equipped with various mechanical and chemical testing machines for pipes, plates and welds. The laboratory also has the facility for verification of physical properties of plastic materials.
The fully computerized tensile testing machine provides a real time stress strain graph. It is used to carry out tensile, compression, bending and flattening tests on pipe, plates and welds. Additionally, it is also used to test the compressive strength of cement used for internal mortar pipe lining.
The Charpy V-Notch test is carried out in accordance with international standards, to determine the amount of energy absorbed by a material during fracture.
The universal hardness testing machine is capable of carrying out material tests in accordance with international standards. The machine offers results in Vickers, Rockwell and Brinell scales.
We have a state of the art Spectrometer for carrying out chemical analysis of metallic samples. The Spectrometer is capable of performing chemical analysis using the principle of spark emission spectroscopy as per international standards.
The melt flow index/melt flow rate (MFI/MFR) is a measure of the ease of flow of the melt of a thermoplastic polymer. We have a state of the art melt flow index tester which is used to test the melt flow rate or melt flow index of PE/PP granules as well as sections of PE/PP coating and adhesives as per international standards.
Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC) measures enthalpy, heat capacity, changes in enthalpy, glass transition in samples due to changes in their physical and chemical properties as a function of temperature or time. We have employed a DSC machine that can perform the thermal analysis as per international standards in order to determine the thermal characteristics of epoxy powder and film.
