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Kawneer Chooses Granco Clark for Heating System Upgrade

Belding, Michigan— The Kawneer Company of Lethbridge, Ontario, will upgrade the heating system on its existing pres line with new equipment from Granco Clark, including a Model 69 Hot Jet Furnace, a Model HBCS 69 Hot Log Saw, and transport equipment to deliver billets to the press.

The saw will eliminate the deformation caused by the existing 80s-era log shear, and provide accurate and consistent length billets to the extrusion press. It also features a “no scrap” cycle which automatically creates two-piece billets at log junctions, enhancing productivity by using the entire log.

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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.  In 1986, the company introduced the Granco Clark Supervisory Computer System (SCS) to enhance efficiency by developing schedules, loading equipment parameters, tracking faults, and logging production and downtime data.  This integrated control system has since developed into SCSExtrude—the next generation nerve center for automated extrusion lines.  SCSExtrude helps Granco Clark customers improve extrusion line management and reduces equipment downtime.

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