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Almag To Upgrade Press Line with Granco Clark Heating Equipment

Belding, Michigan—Almag Aluminum, Inc., of Brampton, Ontario, Canada has selected Granco Clark to provide a Model 69 Hot Jet Log Furnace and a Model HBCS69 hot Log Saw. The purchase also includes equipment for billet-to-press transport.

The new furnace/log saw combo will provide accurate and consistent length billets to the extrusion press, and eliminating the deformation caused by the existing 80’s-era log shear design. The system also offers a “no-scrap” cycle that will create two-piece billets at log junctions, providing maximum utilization of the entire log.

Founded in 1947, Granco Clark has evolved into a global, single-source supplier and leading equipment manufacturer to the aluminum extrusion industry. Quality is engineered into every Granco Clark extrusion system and technology, and its unmatched parts and service capabilities help ensure maximum productivity. The company fabricates components ranging from furnaces, log shears and hot saws to pullers, stretchers, age ovens and handling and stacking equipment.

Granco Clark’s advanced quenching options include the all-new Flex2, designed to be the most efficient combination quench in the industry. SCSExtrude, Granco Clark’s industry standard control system, adds enhanced efficiency to automated extrusion lines by improving line management and reducing equipment downtime.

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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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