DCM Workshop Pipe Cutting & Beveling Station — hero shot

DCM water-cooled cutter head and pipe support

DCM workshop pipe cutter machining a large pipe end, chips and coolant at the cutter

Close-up of a pipe clamped in the DCM jaws with the machined end face and bore

Pipe end cut and machined on the DCM, resting on support rollers

Machined pipe end face checked with a steel square

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DCM Series · Workshop ASME B16.25 EN ISO 9692-1

DCM Workshop Pipe Cutting & Beveling Station

Name: DCM Workshop Pipe Cutting & Beveling Station
Brand: Kedes Machine
SKU: DCM Series · Workshop

Floor-standing pipe spool cutting and beveling station. Holds the pipe stationary in a 4- or 6-jaw electric self-centering clamp while the tool head orbits around it — cutting and beveling in a single pass for pipe Ø 50 – 630 mm, wall up to 38 mm. The workhorse for prefab shop production.

Pipe OD range

Ø 50 – 630 mm (2" – 24")

Wall thickness

Up to 38 mm (DCM-325)

Operations

Cut + bevel in one pass

Cooling

Circulating water

TYPICAL REPLY · 1 WORKING SHIFT (GMT+8)

01 Model Comparison

Pick your size — 3 models in the series.

	DCM-325 Standard · up to 12" pipe	DCM-426 Medium · up to 16" pipe	DCM-630 Heavy-duty · up to 24" pipe
Pipe OD range	50 – 325 mm (2" – 12")	108 – 426 mm (4" – 16")	325 – 630 mm (12" – 24")
Wall thickness	3 – 38 mm	5 – 25 mm	3 – 25 mm
Motor power	4000 W	5500 W	7500 W
Spindle speed	0 – 35 r/min	0 – 35 r/min	0 – 17 r/min
Clamping	4-jaw electric	4-jaw electric	6-jaw electric
Feed rate	0.1 – 0.2 mm/rev	0.1 – 0.2 mm/rev	0.1 – 0.2 mm/rev
Net weight	700 kg	1200 kg	2000 kg
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02 Working Principle

How a workshop cutting & beveling station works

The pipe is held stationary in an electric self-centering chuck on the machine's floor-mounted frame. The cutting head — a parting wheel paired with a bevel tool — orbits the pipe on a ring gear, performing cut and bevel in the same pass. Because the pipe never moves, support rollers can carry long stock without crane work between cuts, which is what makes the DCM the production heart of a pipe-spool fabrication shop. A circulating water-cooling loop keeps the tooling at temperature for long production runs on stainless and Cr-Mo pipe, extending insert life and preserving the cold-cut surface quality.

DCM Series · Workshop working principle diagram

03 Key Features

Built for the job site.

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Simultaneous cut + bevel — one setup per joint

Dual radial tool slides cut the pipe to length and prep the weld bevel in one cycle. Roughly halves cycle time versus separate cut-and-then-bevel stations.

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Electric self-centering clamp — 4 or 6 jaw

4-jaw on DCM-325 / 426 for wall up to 38 mm; 6-jaw on DCM-630 distributes grip force on large diameters. Concentric clamping is the requirement for square ends without re-indication.

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Floor-standing rigidity

700 – 2000 kg base damps cutting chatter completely. The surface finish stays consistent across a long production run — important for code piping where every bevel must come off identical.

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Circulating water cooling

Closed-loop coolant keeps carbide / HSS tooling at temperature. Critical on stainless and Cr-Mo where work-hardening accelerates insert wear, and on long production runs that would otherwise stop for tool change.

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7.5 kW drive on DCM-630

High torque density for heavy-wall (≤ 25 mm) Sch 80 / 160 carbon and alloy pipe up to 24" OD. Standard machine for power-plant fabrication.

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Automatic feed

Adjustable 0.1 – 0.2 mm/rev mechanical feed. Operator loads the pipe, starts the cycle, and walks away — typical operator-to-machine ratio of 3:1 in a prefab shop.

04 Industry Applications

Where this series earns its keep.

Pipe spool prefabrication shops

Batch cutting and beveling of pipe segments for spool assembly. The DCM is the central machine on most production-spool floors — sized to handle the spool sizes assembled there.

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Boiler & heat-exchanger fabrication

Length cutting and bevel preparation of tube bundles and header sections during boiler and exchanger manufacturing — DCM-630 sized for HP steam header work.

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Refinery & chemical-plant fab

Stainless and corrosion-resistant pipe prep for process piping. Cold cut + water cooling preserves the passive surface required for corrosion-service welds.

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06 FAQ

Common questions about the DCM Series · Workshop.

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How is this different from a portable beveler like the cam-type or split-frame?

The DCM is a stationary production station — the pipe comes to the machine. Portable bevelers (cam-type, SOC chuck, split-frame OC) go to the pipe, typically for on-site or in-situ work. For high-volume shop production, the DCM is faster per joint and more consistent because the pipe is rigidly held and operator skill drops out of the equation.

Why a 6-jaw chuck on the DCM-630 but 4-jaw on the smaller models?

Large-diameter (≥ 12") pipe is more prone to ovality from mill rolling and handling. A 6-jaw chuck distributes grip force at 60° intervals instead of 90°, reducing localized deformation and improving concentricity on out-of-round stock. On smaller pipe, 4-jaw is sufficient.

What pipe wall is realistic in one pass?

Up to 3 mm depth per pass on carbon steel; less on stainless and Cr-Mo to keep within carbide insert life. A typical DCM-325 cycle on Sch 80 carbon pipe (wall ≈ 11 mm) runs about 4 – 6 passes per joint, including the parting cut.

Does the same machine handle stainless, alloy and carbon?

Yes — change the carbide insert grade per material (K-grade for cast, P-grade for carbon and low-alloy, M-grade for stainless and Inconel). The water-cooling system runs continuously and is critical for stainless and alloy work where work-hardening would otherwise destroy insert life.

07 Related Series

Other pipe cutting machines.

All pipe cutting machines

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