Extrusions Australia Selects Granco Clark to Build Handling System for Press Expansion

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Contact: Lloyd Fisher
Granco Clark
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Extrusions Australia Selects Granco Clark to Build Handling System for Press Expansion

Belding, MI — Extrusions Australia Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Australia has awarded Granco Clark the order to build their handling system on their 2500 Ton Press Expansion. This system will feature the Hot Jet Log Furnace and Hot Log Saw capable of cutting 9” diameter logs. This is Extrusions Australia second Granco Clark Hot Log Saw.

The new handling system will feature the Granco Clark Double Puller, CAM style auto-stretcher and also feature an extrusion stacker. The stacker is designed to support individual layers of profiles without the layers above lying on layers underneath, avoiding the potential for damage to profiles.

This order is in conjunction with an aging system, die oven supplied by Furnace Engineering Pty Ltd, Notting Hill, Victoria, a Granco Clark licensee for nearly two decades. This system is expected to become operational in the First Quarter, 2011.

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Founded in 1947, Granco Clark began manufacturing billet furnaces and has evolved into a global, single-source supplier and leading equipment manufacturer to the aluminum extrusion industry. Quality is a key component in every extrusion system the company fabricates—from billet log furnaces and log shears to age ovens and stacking equipment. The company was the first to introduce the integrated control system technology that has since developed into SCSExtrude—the next generation technology for optimizing automated extrusion line performance. In 2010, Granco Clark introduced its new, patented Spinning Log Welder that integrates with Hot Saw technology to eliminate two-piece billets and increase yield 2%-3%. The patented technology simultaneously cuts both the new log and the remaining billet as they emerge from the furnace to remove the oxide layer just prior to welding, then joins them together under controlled pressure and rotation. The result is a completely bonded single, uniform billet with near perfect alignment, oxidation elimination, and unquestionable weld strength without micro grain structure change.

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