The printing industry is special.  However, we also know that with our long history of innovation and expertise in machine build and automation, we can off added value to customers across a variety of industries – we also love to solve technical challenges.

We are working with one of the worlds largest Aluminium producers, based in the USA, to help improve their Continuous Annealing & Processing Line.

What we did:

• Automation upgrades to improve quality & productivity
• Automation of chemical preparation processes to reduce raw material waste
• Upgraded control of Passivation Spray Bars for improved product quality
• Improvement to warnings and fault diagnostics
• Product tracking and batch labelling to reduce waste
• Automated smart scheduling of preventative maintenance tasks
• Additional automation features of re-winders to allow back to back operation
• Installation of redundant backup shear