Duplex Roll Tensioner

Tensioning Equipment: Two separate and distinct strip tension devices are incorporated into the line to generate winding tension for a wide variety of products. A Pad Tensioner, ideal for processing non-critical surface coils of all gauges, employs pneumatic cylinder positioned replaceable felt faced pads to generate winding resistance. A Roll Tensioner, utilized for processing surface critical coils, employs non-marking tension rolls to generate winding tension. The Roll Tensioner is a quick-change "Duplex" design equipped with two independent sets of tension rolls; polyurethane set with a special non-grooved "Suregrip" surface ideal for tensioning dry material, and a 3M set designed to provide the traction necessary for tensioning oily surface materials. The patented Duplex design exchanges roll sets in about one minute without the need for an overhead crane.

Push Button Tooling Lock-Up: The knives and spacers are secured on the triple head Turret Slitter with a new time saving pushbutton operated Power Tooling Lock-Up System. In place of the traditional "spin-on" tooling lock nut, a set of hydraulically actuated locking fingers is built into each arbor to lock and secure the slitter tooling onto the slitter arbors. The locking fingers disappear below the arbor periphery to allow quick tooling set-up, and after the tooling set-up is completed, the locking clamps are engaged to lock the tooling against the arbor shoulder. The system generates enormous force sufficient to flatten thin dished spacers and eliminates any gaps between the pieces of tooling. The new Power Tooling Lock-Up System reduces slitter set-up time, eliminates arbor thread and lock nut maintenance, provides consistent tooling locking force for uniform knife clearances, and eliminates messy grease guns and clean-up time.

Speed-Load Recoiler Fillers: The line is equipped with Braner/Loopco's patented "Magnetic Speed-Load Recoiler Filler", a super efficient apparatus that allows Lapham-Hickey to switch the Recoiler from16" ID to 20" ID in a matter of a few minutes, a huge improvement over the time required to deploy conventional "bolt-on" Recoiler fillers. Bolt-on Recoiler fillers normally consist of 3 or 4 difficult to handle segments that are attached to the Recoiler drum by a series of 18 or more bolts.

Locking Fingers Retracted

The mounting and dismounting process is extremely time consuming with 15-20 minutes of production time lost for every coil ID change. The new "Magnetic Speed-Load Filler" is a one-piece apparatus that is Coil Car loaded onto the Recoiler drum with one "draw bolt" that secures the Speed-Load Filler to the drum. One person can mount or dismount the Magnetic Speed Load Filler in less than 2 minutes.

20" Speed Load Fillers on 16" Drum

5500 West 73rd Street
Chicago, IL 60638
phone: 708-496-6111 fax: 708-498-8504
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