Braner/Loopco has installed a precision Hi-Performance Turret Head Slitting and Packaging Line for Ulbrich of Illinois designed to process surface-critical stainless coil in gauges from .020” through .187”. The Slitting Line features a Precision Quick-Change Turret Head Slitter with threadless CloverNut tooling lock-up, a Recoiler Drum that can change from 16” to 20” ID coils in 5-minutes, PVC Film Laminating, Paper Interleaving, discrete heavy-gauge Hi-Torque and thin gauge Hi-Speed Cruise Control operating modes, an Exit Car that presents slit coils CW and CCW to the Packaging Line, and Automatic ANDIAMO coil threading. The Automatic Slit Coil Pack Line can handle coils to 10,000# and includes automatic operatorless slit coil downending and stacking. The new Slitting Line is the third Braner/Loopco Slitter operating in the Ulbrich of Illinois plant.
Ray Sistino, General Manager of Ulbrich of Illinois states, “Our new line is designed to expand our capabilities as one of the top precision strip service centers in the Midwest”.
