Focus on coil processing
Left: B&K 36-
inch leveler
with custom
consolidated
control
package
it had installed in June 2003. The system
Any press feed system equipped with a
had the same requirements as the previous
corrective leveler is able to offer added
system and needed to process material from
flexibility to the overall facility offerings.
0.021”- 0.120” thick with a yield strength
These systems can feed the conventional
of 135,000psi. A B&K36/2.25/17/3/1-4HI
progressive die applications as well as sup-
machine was provided for the application.
ply quality blanks cut within the press. The
The leveler (as seen above) was 36” wide
tooling within the press can provide stand-
with roll diameters of 2.250”, seventeen
ard rectangular blanks or, with the right tool,
work rolls, three backup flights, one adjust-
custom-shaped blanks. These blanks can
able backup flight and was a 4 HI design
be used to feed transfer operations in other
for non-surface-critical finish applications. It
locations within the facility or allow the
had a 40 HP AC vector drive with encoder
option of supplying quality blanks to other
feedback to regulate line speed at 150FPM
facilities. ISMR
and reduce coil clock springing within the
looping area. CONTACT:
A custom-consolidated control package,
including push-button controlled thread-
FORMTEK Europe B&K — a division of
up, was included. A multi-colour diagnos-
Route du Petit Moncor 1 Formtek Maine
CH-1752 Villars-sur-Glane 76 Hinckley Road
tic HMI (touch screen) interface provided
Switzerland Clinton, ME 04927, USA
operator prompting of threading proce-
Tel: +41 26 400 07 70 Tel: 1-800-247-2645
dures, a maintenance schedule with serv-
Fax: +41 26 400 07 73 Fax: 207-426-8868
ice points for the entire system, on-screen
E-mail: Email: sales@bklevelers.com
digital roll position readouts and in-depth
formtek.eu.ms@bluewin.ch Website:
diagnostic fault messages with recom-
Website: www.formtek.eu www.bklevelers.com
mended remedies.
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