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Industry N ews
HERR-VOSS Stamco is a designer and
manufacturer of slitting, cut-to-length, tension
levelling, precision roller levelling and other
coil processing equipment. The company has
completed the commissioning of a 5/8" x 76"
wide slitting line for Atlas Tube at its Harrow,
Ontario facility.
The line was designed and fabricated in
Herr-Voss Stamco’s Pennsylvania facilities,
and is capable of running 5/8" thick 80,000psi
yield steel at speeds up to 300fpm. The line
also handles coils up to 80,000lb. Features
of the line include a quick change slitter head
injection system and quick load separator
arbors for efficient tooling set-up changes, as
well as Herr-Voss Stamco’s unique threading
clamp design that allows for rapid and easy
insertion of multiple strands into the recoiler
gripper slot.
The line will allow Atlas Tube to process
in-house the material it needs to feed its
existing tube mills. “As we investigated ways
to become more efficient in our production
of steel tube and improve our delivery of
service to our customers, we turned to Herr-
Voss Stamco,” commented John Higgins,
executive vice president, operations at Atlas
Tube. “We believe that their state-of-the-art
slitter will help us make the performance
improvements we desired.”
Atlas Tube, a division of the JMC Steel
Group, was founded in Harrow, Ontario in
1984 and has been manufacturing hollow
structural sections (HSS) for over three
decades. The company has five production
facilities, producing in excess of 1.4mn
tons of HSS tube annually. Its steel tubing
products are used in demanding applications
including commercial and industrial building
columns, solar support structures, sports
stadiums, bridges, mobile construction
equipment, railcars and oil rigs.
Herr-Voss Stamco – USA
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Atlas Tube – Canada
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5/8" slitting line commissioned
Unit L10, Telford Rd, Bicester,
Oxon, ENGLAND
Tel: +44 (0)1869 324424
Fax: +44 (0)1869 323273
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•PIPE JACK STANDS
•PIPE ALIGNMENT CLAMPS
•PIPE PURGING SYSTEMS
•PIPE BEVELLING MACHINES
•PIPE CUTTING MACHINES
•PLATE BEVELLING MACHINES
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