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NanShan Aluminum is adding a 9,000-ton SMS press to their facility in Shandong Province, China. Granco Clark was selected as the supplier for all of the heating and handling equipment for the press line, including an aging system and the die ovens.
The heating system consists of a Hot Jet Furnace and integrated Hot Log Saw capable of processing 19” (490mm) diameter logs and billets.
The handling system is specified to accommodate a 16.5” (420mm) high profile. The High Pressure Spray Quench, “flying cut” Double Puller, 350-ton Stretcher and Extrusion Cutoff Saw will all be designed to this profile height.
This is the second major project where NanShan has selected Granco Clark. The earlier project (two press lines) was commissioned in 2007. One year of operation with those lines demonstrated the reliability of the Granco Clark equipment and directly influenced this latest decision.
LPSK Aluminum of Suzhou, China has selected Granco Clark to supply several components for its new 2750-ton press line. The order includes the well-respected Granco Clark Double Puller—the first “cut-on-the-fly” puller ever operated by LPSK.
Granco Clark will also provide the heating technology with a Model 69 Hot Jet Log Furnace, and a Model 7/9 Hot Log Saw. The order also includes transport equipment to deliver the billet to the press. Profiles will be cooled by a Granco Clark High Pressure Spray Quench.
The new line will provide LPSK with a high production system for 9” diameter billets. This will enable the company to enhance its offerings to both the architectural and industrial profile sectors.
Postle Distributors Inc. has chosen Granco Clark to supply the complete heating and handling system for its new 2000-ton press line.
The heating system consists of a model 69-30-3 Hot-Jet log furnace with an integral model HBSC 6/9 Hot Billet Saw.
The handling system will feature a 150’ cooling table with undertable air cooling duct. It will also be equipped with the proven Granco Clark Double Puller with an enhanced chip collection system, a 25-ton one-man/no-man stretcher, and a Granco Clark finish saw with automated gauge system.
Granco Clark will also supply a double end-flow age oven complete with automatic conveyor system, and two chest-style die ovens. All of the Granco Clark equipment will be controlled by the ‘SCSExtrude’ supervisory computer system.
Sapa Extrusions, L.L.C. has selected Granco Clark to provide equipment to upgrade the heating and handling systems on two existing press lines to make them more efficient, reduce handling, and reduce scrap.
One press will get a Model 69 Hot Jet Log Furnace and Model HBCS 69 Hot Log Saw; the other will receive an 812 Furnace/Hot Saw combination. In each case, the saw will permit accurate and consistent-length billets to be sent to the press, without the deformation caused by older log shear designs. Each system will also include a “no-scrap” cycle that will use the entire log by creating two-piece billets at log junctions.
Both lines will also be upgraded with Granco Clark Double Pullers with cut-on-the-fly capability. One will replace an outdated single-puller /dead cycle saw arrangement, increasing its productivity to the limits of its handling system.
The other Double Puller goes to a press line that previously had no puller; it will optimize the system capacity and gain the scrap reduction and process control benefits that are realized with the introduction of a puller.
Sapa Extrusions-Delhi produces soft alloy extruded aluminum products for a variety of aluminum applications, including automotive, construction, industrial, consumer, and specialty products.
Indalex Aluminum Solutions has purchased an auto saw gauge with discharge and inspection table from Granco Clark for its extrusion facility in Elkhart, Indiana. With headquarters in Lincolnshire, IL, Indalex is one of the world’s largest aluminum extrusion companies, with 14 manufacturing facilities covering America coast-to-coast.
Almag Aluminum, Inc. 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, 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.
Alco Hellas SA, a member of the Alco Group of companies, is replacing the log furnace on one of its extrusion lines, and has chosen Granco Clark to supply the new equipment. It will be a Model 69-25-2 log furnace, designed with a special low pass line.
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