McNeilus Steel Installs Fourth Red Bud Stretcher Leveling Line
03/10/2014 - McNeilus Steel recently installed a .500-in. (12.7-mm) cut-to-length line with a stretcher leveler with SUREGRIP® technology from Red Bud Industries at its Fond Du Lac, Wis., facility.
This is the fourth stretcher leveling line that McNeilus has installed from Red Bud. It joins the two lines at their Dodge Center, Minn., facility and the line at their Fargo, N.D., service center.
The new line features a number of new innovations that increase line speed and throughput. The system can run in both start/stop and looping modes of operation. In looping mode, output is increased by almost 80% over start/stop mode. The line also features a heavy gage drop stacker that mounts directly to a variable rake shear. This configuration fully supports and neatly stacks heavy gage material. The drop stacker can process heavy gage sheets up to 480 in. (12,192 mm) in length.
McNeilus Steel’s new line can process coils up to 72 in. (1830 mm) wide with a maximum weight of 80,000 lb (36,287 kg). The line consists of an in-line stage & load system, dual stub uncoiler, heavy gage peeler/breaker, crop shear, dual cassette roller leveler, roller inspection area, dust collection system, stretcher leveler, heavy gage grip feed, variable rake shear, and a heavy gage drop stacker with end discharge rollouts.
Serving the upper Midwest region for more than 60 years, McNeilus Steel is a family-owned full line steel distributor and processor dedicated to providing its customers with the best in material quality, responsive customer service, and on-time delivery.
Red Bud Industries builds a full line of cut-to-length, blanking, multi-blanking, slitting, coil-to-coil leveling, acidless pickle systems (EPS®) as well as stretcher levelers. It offers heavy gage cut-to-length plate lines and stretcher levelers with capacities up to .750 inches (19 mm) and slitting line capacities up to .500 inches (13 mm).
The new line features a number of new innovations that increase line speed and throughput. The system can run in both start/stop and looping modes of operation. In looping mode, output is increased by almost 80% over start/stop mode. The line also features a heavy gage drop stacker that mounts directly to a variable rake shear. This configuration fully supports and neatly stacks heavy gage material. The drop stacker can process heavy gage sheets up to 480 in. (12,192 mm) in length.
McNeilus Steel’s new line can process coils up to 72 in. (1830 mm) wide with a maximum weight of 80,000 lb (36,287 kg). The line consists of an in-line stage & load system, dual stub uncoiler, heavy gage peeler/breaker, crop shear, dual cassette roller leveler, roller inspection area, dust collection system, stretcher leveler, heavy gage grip feed, variable rake shear, and a heavy gage drop stacker with end discharge rollouts.
Serving the upper Midwest region for more than 60 years, McNeilus Steel is a family-owned full line steel distributor and processor dedicated to providing its customers with the best in material quality, responsive customer service, and on-time delivery.
Red Bud Industries builds a full line of cut-to-length, blanking, multi-blanking, slitting, coil-to-coil leveling, acidless pickle systems (EPS®) as well as stretcher levelers. It offers heavy gage cut-to-length plate lines and stretcher levelers with capacities up to .750 inches (19 mm) and slitting line capacities up to .500 inches (13 mm).
