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Indalex Taps Granco Clark for Expansion Needs

Belding, Michigan — Indalex Aluminum Solutions, of Lincolnshire, IL, has big expansion plans, and is calling upon Granco Clark to help, with an order for a complete heating and handling system to support the new 6000-ton press in its Connersville, IN, facility. The new line will enhance the company’s capabilities in serving customers in the commercial, rail, and automotive sectors of the transportation market along with those in the metal distribution market.

Granco Clark will supply a Hot Jet Log Furnace with HBCS Hot Log Saw capable of sawing billets up to 63” long and 16” in diameter. The scope of supply also includes a 1200 GPM High Pressure Spray Profile Quench with dedicated cooling tower, a full- length, dedicated, integral cooling-duct system, and over-table duct cooling with imbedded misting capabilities and airflow control.

Also included is a 2500 lb. Double Puller capable of handling 35 lb/ft profiles up to 14” high, a traversing-beam cooling table with timing belts throughout the system, an auto-sample cut saw located on the cooling table, and a 350-ton automated cam-style stretcher.

The offload system will feature a unique profile rotator, enabling cut metal to be rotated 180 degrees for inspection, an inline auto-scrap conveyor and saw system, and a fork-style stacking system for loading to age racks directly into packing jigs.

The system will incorporate unique scrap-handling capabilities; all scrap will be consolidated into a single area through an “enhanced chip collection system” for the double puller and advanced chip collection for three saws; an advanced underground end-scrap conveyor will also handle butt scrap off the press and advance all scrap out of the building onto a waiting truck.

The press is expected to be operational by spring, 2008.

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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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