TPT January 2012

I ndustry N ews

5 / 8 " slitting line commissioned

Atlas Tube – Canada Email: sales@atlastube.com Website: www.atlastube.com

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 Email: sales@herr-voss.com Website: www.herr-voss.com

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