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AFCO Industries Continues to Upgrade with Granco Clark

Belding, Michigan — AFCO Industries has confirmed an order with Granco Clark to supply the second phase of a handling system upgrade for the extrusion press in the company’s Alexandria, Louisiana facility. The order covers equipment from the stretcher through the sawing system, and will complete a multi-year program initiated in 2006.

In the initial phase Granco Clark provided new handling system equipment from the press through the stretcher.

The new equipment replaces AFCO’s original handling system, which was installed many years ago along with the extrusion press. Process requirements have become more stringent, requiring updated technology to improve throughput, yield and surface quality. The company chose Granco Clark to provide that updated technology. The work is slated for completion in 2007.

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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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