| Specification | Description |
|---|---|
| Manufacture | B&K, GFG, etc. / 1970 |
| Continuous upgrades | |
| Decommissioned Nov 2006 | |
| Dismantled fall 2007 | |
| Line Speed | 315 fpm max |
| Strip Thickness | .0075 - .060" / 0.020 - 1.5mm |
| Strip Width | 17.5 - 48" / 444 - 1219mm |
| Line Size | 600' L x 50' W x 40' H |
| Line Limitation Factor | 1.8 |
| Materials Processed | Steel - CR, galv, aluminized |
| Aluminum | |
| Entry Coil Size | ID 16-24" / OD 60" / 25,000lbs |
| Exit Coil Size | ID 20&24" / OD 60" / 25,000lbs |
| Equipment | |
| - Uncoiler 1 | Mandrel type / 1998 |
| Sleeveless expansion | |
| Floor mounted coil car | |
| 3-arm turnstile | |
| - Uncoiler 2 | Mandrel type / 1998 |
| Sleeveless expansion | |
| Floor mounted coil car | |
| 3-arm turnstile | |
| - Pinch Roll | |
| - Shear | |
| - Strip Joiner | Behlen, double die |
| - Strip Guide | |
| - Bridle #1 - 10hp-10hp | Reliance SR3 analog drive |
| - Entry Accumulator | 6 rolls over 7 |
| 220ft of storage | |
| (= 42 seconds at max speed) | |
| Hydr. cylinders, chain drive | |
| Chains & sprockets new 2000 | |
| - Cleaning Section (Horizontal 6-stage) | High-pressure wash |
| 2 stage clean | |
| 3 stage hot water rinse | |
| - Strip Guide | |
| - Electro-Galvanizing Section | Zinc sulfate process |
| - Sulfuric acid pickling | 25 ft long |
| - 3 stage water rinse | |
| - Vertical plating Section | 12 conductor rolls |
| Powered by 6 rectifiers | |
| Exhaust w/ mist elimination | |
| Heat removal from plate sol'n | |
| 3-stage counter-flow H2O rinse | |
| 4 scrubbers w/ exhaust system | |
| - Dual Chem Coaters (1996) | 1 for chrome, 1 for non-chrome |
| Pull through design | |
| Shuttle type for offline | |
| cleaning and roll changes | |
| - Infra-Red Oven | 20ft section to cure chem coat |
| - Strip Guide | |
| - Bridle #1A - 15hp, 15hp | Reliance SR6 analog drive |
| - Primer Coater | GFG S-wrap / 1982 |
| 3-roll top side head | |
| 2-roll bottom side head | |
| Lift roll allows stitch pass | |
| Rolls have eddy current drives | |
| ACmotors/brake = speed control | |
| Forward & reverse coating mode | |
| Water mist & CO2 fire protect. | |
| - Prime Oven | 55 ft long / 1982 |
| 2-zone gas fired | |
| Catenary type | |
| 2 burners per zone | |
| One combustion air blower | |
| per zone and dual vari-speed | |
| recirculation fans. | |
| Temp control by AB SLC500 | |
| Max temp 1000F | |
| 12,000 scfm exhaust rate | |
| - Prime Quench | Common system with finish |
| - Strip Guide | |
| - Bridle #2 - 10hp, 15hp | Reliance SR3 analog drive |
| - Finish Coater | B&K / 1970 |
| 3-roll top side head | |
| 3-roll bottom side head | |
| Liftroll allows stitch to pass | |
| Water mist & CO2 fire protect. | |
| - Finish Coater Drives | New 1982 |
| Reliance DC vari-speed | |
| Forward and reverse | |
| - Finish Oven | 102 ft long - 4 zone |
| Gas fired, Catenary type | |
| 2 burners per zone | |
| 800F max temp | |
| 18,000scfm exhaust rate | |
| - Bridle #3 - 30hp, 30hp | Reliance DPS SD3000 automax |
| digital drive. Sets line speed | |
| - Finish Quench | Common system with primer |
| - Thermal Oxidizer | Common to both prime & finish |
| Controlled dampers | |
| 28,000scfm exhaust rate | |
| Digital controlled combustion | |
| - Tension Leveler | |
| - Entry Bridle | 3-roll / 30-50-100hp motors |
| Reliance digital drives | |
| - Flex-Roll Section | 3 bottom cassettes |
| 2 top cassettes | |
| 2 % elongation design | |
| - Exit Bridle | 3-roll / 100-50-30hp motors |
| Reliance digital drives | |
| - Exit Accumulator | 6 rolls over 7 |
| 220ft of storage | |
| (= 42 seconds at max speed) | |
| New chains & sprockets - 2006 | |
| - #4 Bridle - 20hp, 20hp | Reliance SR3 analog drive |
| - Exit Shear | |
| - Feed Rolls | |
| - Recoiler | Mandrel type |
| Belt wrapper | |
| Floor mounted coil car | |
| 3-arm turnstile | |
| 75hp motor | |
| Reliance digital drives | |
| Hyd. traversing base,edgeguide | |
| Sold "as is, where is" installed under power. | |
| Trial can be made for extremely serious customers. |





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