The Turret Head™ Slitter design is more rigid and precise than any other slitter design, and because the arbors are easily accessed with no obstructions, re-tooling and head changes are accomplished faster than can be accomplished with any other slitter design.

Completely exposed and accessible arbors re-tool faster with less strain. No frames or bases obstruct the removal or installation of the slitter tooling. Heads are exchanged in less than 2-minutes.

Quick-Change Strip Tensioner: The Maverick Tube Strip Tensioner generates strip tension necessary top rewind tight straight-wall slit coils. Rewind tension is adjustable and regulated from the main operator console. Entry strip separator tooling is mounted on a lightweight aluminum alloy arbor that can be exchanged with arbors that are pre-tooled off-line in 60-seconds. Multiple sets of Tension Pads allow pad re-covering off-line while the Slitting Line is running. Tension Pads can be removed and replaced in 60-seconds.

Quick-Change Tensioner can setup with new separators and tension pads in 2-minutes.

Exit End Equipment: The Overarm Separator is solidly attached to the Exit Unit frame to eliminate frame deflection and resulting misalignment that causes coil side-wall scuffing and coil oscillation. A "swing-out" arbor that supports a heat-treated tooling "sleeve" allows a pre-tooled arbor to be installed in 2-minutes. The Overarm is adjustable sideways to compensate for minor Overarm setup misalignment. This unique feature consistently generates non-scuffed straight side-wall coils. A Hydraulic Feed Table acts in concert with an Overarm mounted deflector plate to form a threading "funnel" that guides slit strips directly from the Exit Pass Line Roll to the Recoiler gripper bar.

The massive Recoiler drum is manufactured from custom forged 2" thick segments hardened to Rc 58. A huge 3" diameter solid steel gripper bar "bites" the slit strips against a heat-treated serrated steel anvil. A massive one-piece 250-HP parallel shaft helical gear reducer with integral 2-ratio gearing and a 14" diameter main shaft drives the Recoiler.

Exit End view. "Wireless" control Exit Car unloads coil.

Productivity, Product Quality & Reliability: Heavy mill-duty construction, bullet-proof reliability, experience from building more than 560-Slitting Lines, and superb technical support make Braner/Loopco Slitting Lines the "no-brainer" choice for coil processors that require high-tonnage productivity without daily parts replacement and down-time.

New Compact Hi-Pass Line Turret Head™ Slitter joins 72" x 1/2" and 84" x 5/8" Slitters at Maverick Tube.

Maverick Tube Corporation
7301 Logistics Drive
Louisville, KY 40258
phone: (800) 840-8823  fax: (636) 733-1677
www.mavericktube.com