Question

Bull block drawing equipment is mainly used for drawing tubes of very long length.

(a) True

(b) False

The question was posed to me in an international level competition.

My doubt stems from Tube Making topic in section Miscellaneous Forming Processes of Casting-Forming-Welding II

Answer 1

Right answer is (a) True

To explain: In general, the drawing equipment can be of draw bench or bull block type, depending on the purpose or required features in the tube. Bull block drawing equipment design is very similar to a rotating drum, and this equipment is mainly used for drawing the tubes or rods of very long length, which cannot be performed easily by having draw bench design of drawing equipment.