Understanding the Operation of the Granco Clark Double Puller System.

by Roger A.P. Fielding, Benchmarks

You don’t have to travel far to find businesses where extrusions are still being manufactured in a series of disconnected steps, where production is entirely dependent on people for the completion of each step, and for moving the extrusions from step to step. Read more. 

Preventive maintenance or extra service calls: it’s your call.

In the previous issue of Profiles, we discussed the importance of maintaining an inventory of selected parts in reducing downtime. This time, we’d like to focus on an issue that might be even more important: maintaining your extrusion equipment properly. A little extra commitment in this area may not only head off the need for a service call, but also maximize your productivity in the process. Read more. 

Furnace efficiency moves to the front burner.

Minimizing scrap has always been important to extruders. But with fuel costs rising dramatically, many have also started paying more attention to minimizing the waste not just of metal, but of the considerable dollars spent to heat it. So it’s only logical that furnace manufacturers have developed technologies that capture heat that would otherwise be lost, and return as much of it as possible for re-use in heating the log or billet. Read more. 

President's Message

Still the one.

Short Profiles

Short Profiles presents brief highlights including Granco Clark’s latest news, special announcements, new installations, event and trade show information, Granco Clark people in the news, and more. Read more.

Volume 13 Issue 3

BENCHMARKS: Understanding the Operation of the Granco Clark Double Puller System.

Preventive maintenance or extra service calls: it's your call.

Furnace efficiency moves to the front burner.

President's Message: Still the One.

Short Profiles

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