Hot Off the Press
Provider of Coil-Processing Systems
Sets Up Shop in Brazil
Friday, December 10, 2010
Delta Brands Inc. (DBI), Irving, TX, a designer and builder of custom coil-processing lines, cut-to-length lines, slitting, shearing and other systems, has established a sales and service center in Itajai, Santa Catarina, Brazil. The location will provide sales, marketing, engineering services, and after-sales and spare-parts support. DBI specializes in lines able to run high-strength carbon steel in thicknesses from 0.060 to 1 in., and widths from 24 to 96 in.;
www.dbimfg.com.
Braner/Loopco Slitting Line Headed to Rio
Friday, December 10, 2010
Material processor Dova, SA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, has ordered its second slitting line from Braner/Loopco, Schiller Park, IL, to process surface-critical coated coil. The line will be able to process 1525- by 6.3- mm material (as thin as 0.38 mm) and features a single-loop turret head and slit-coil packaging line. Also included is non-marking roll tensioning and a shape-correction cluster leveler. Packaging capacity: 5-ton slit coils. More at
www.braner.com.
Precision Blanking Line
Headed to KC Service Center
Wednesday, December 08, 2010
Phoenix Metals, Norcross Georgia, has ordered a precision blanking line from Red Bud Industries, Red Bud, IL, for its steel service center in Kansas City, KS. The line, Phoenix Metals’ seventh from Red Bud, is rated for processing stainless steel to ¼ in., as well as for cold-rolled, prepainted, hot-rolled and pickled-and-oiled steel, and aluminum alloys. Coil capacity: 50,000 lb., 72 in. wide. More at
www.redbudindustries.com; Phoenix Metals, a subsidiary of Reliance Steel and Aluminum, is online at
www.phoenixmetals.net.
