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Sapa Industrial Extrusions-Cressona Selects Granco Clark Equipment for New Large Capacity Press Line

Belding, MI — With plans to install an advanced, large capacity extrusion press, Sapa Industrial Extrusions – Cressona has selected Granco Clark to provide additional equipment to upgrade and complement the new installation. The 3600-Ton UBE direct extrusion press will feature Granco Clark billet heating equipment, air and standing wave quench systems, and a complete Granco Clark exit system with double pullers.

The addition will bring the number of presses operated at Sapa’s Cressona, Pennsylvania facility to a total of eight.

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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. The company was the first to introduce the integrated control system technology that has since developed into SCSExtrude—the next generation technology for optimizing automated extrusion line performance. In 2010, Granco Clark introduced its new, patented Spinning Log Welder that integrates with Hot Saw technology to eliminate two-piece billets and increase yield 2%-3%. The patented technology simultaneously cuts both the new log and the remaining billet as they emerge from the furnace to remove the oxide layer just prior to welding, then joins them together under controlled pressure and rotation. The result is a completely bonded single, uniform billet with near perfect alignment, oxidation elimination, and unquestionable weld strength without micro grain structure change.

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