Loop Control Tensioner: Slit coil tensioning is accomplished by a unique Loop Control Tensioner that allows the line operator to adjust the depth that individual slit strips hang into the looping pit. The Loop Control Tensioner allows lighter gauge large OD coils to be processed with a shallower looping pit than usual. The Loop Control Tensioner is capable of generating appropriate strip tension for processing light to heavy gauge slit coil.

Exit End Equipment: The Overarm Separator is firmly attached to the Exit Unit to eliminate Overarm deflection and resulting misalignment that can cause coil side-wall scuffing and oscillation. A unique side-adjust is incorporated to compensate for Overarm tooling set-up errors. 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 into the Recoiler gripper bar. A unique Recoiler drum is constructed from special hollow forged 2" thick segments heat-treated to Rc 58. A 3" diameter solid steel gripper bar grips the slit strips against a heat-treated serrated steel anvil. The Recoiler includes a massive single-unit parallel shaft helical gear reducer with a huge 14" diameter main shaft.

1/4" x 72" Hi-Pass Line Exit end Equipment.

Overarm Separator with "swing-out" quick change tooling arbor. The heate-treated tooling sleeve is quickly removed and exchanged with a pre-tooled Overarm sleeve.

Slit Coil Packaging: 1" wide to 24" wide x 10,000# slit coils are quickly and efficiently sorted and packaged for shipment by a Semi-Automatic Slit Coil Packaging Line. Individual slit coils are removed from the 4-Arm Exit Horn by a "Programmable Operatorless Downender" that automatically travels to a coil group, lifts one-coil off the arm, returns to the Conveyor line, and deposits the coil onto the Conveyor.

The Downender control can be programmed with up to 40-individual slit coil quantities and widths. Radial coil strapping is quickly accomplished by a Coiltech semi-automatic Strapping Machine equipped with an electronic load cell scale for individual coil weights.

Fully automatic, operatorless Programmable Slit Coil Downender.

Coiltech Semi-Automatic Strapping Machine and automatically controlled Power Conveyor feed the stacking equipment.

Heavy, mill-duty construction, bullet-proof reliability, experience from building more than 560 lines, and spuerb technical support made Ratner Steel's selection of a Braner/Loopco Slitting and Slit Coil Packaging Line a "no-brainer."

Ratner Steel Supply Company
2500 West County Road B
Roseville, MN 55113
phone: (800) 879-3237  fax: (651) 631-8512
www.ratnersteel.com