The Electronic Servo Feed is driven by a high-cyclic rate AC servo motor drive, which feeds and meters strip to precise length tolerances. The Servo-Feed draws the leveled strip from the free-loop and feeds the strip to a pre-determined length through the Hi-Speed cut-off Shear. Part lengths are precisely measured by an electronic encoder, while a microprocessor automatically establishes ideal acceleration/deceleration rates. Part length and batch count are quickly entered into the digital operating system. Servo Feeds compare favorably to "reciprocating hitch feeders" in productivity and reliability. Grabbing, releasing, sliding backwards, and re-grabbing consumes the majority of a reciprocating hitch feeder cycle time. By comparison the Servo Feed runs in one-direction...forward. The Servo-Feed's quick non-reciprocating operation, low acceleration/deceleration, an absence of chains, screws, clamps, slides, and related parts, makes it an outstanding performer with consistent close-tolerance accuracy, low operating cost, and bullet-proof reliability.

Russel Metals' CTL Line is equipped with Braner/Loopco's powerful and reliable Hi-Speed Hydraulic CTL Shear. In order to maximize performance through a wide product and gauge range, the Shear is equipped with pushbutton blade gap adjustment and a pushbutton controlled "variable blade rake". Pushbutton blade gap adjustment allows Russel Metals to quickly and easily establish the ideal blade clearance for shearing carbon steel, stainless, and aluminum in gauges up to 1/2". The variable blade rake control allows adjustment of the Shear blade cutting angle and the stroke, a critical feature necessary for efficiently shearing thin and heavy gauge coil through a wide mechanical property range. Side benefits of the Hydraulic Shear is the absence of noise while shearing, and exceptional reliability.

Straight-sided sheet packs are produced by the Automatic Sheet Stacker that efficiently handles surface-critical coated steel, aluminum, and stainless sheets without surface damage. The Stacker is able to stack sheets onto pallets or runners.

Top-quality panel-flat sheets of 1/2" hot rolled, bare and coated cold rolled carbon steel; plus aluminum and stainless with and without laminated PVC and paper interleaving, assembled into straight-sided packages is the product of Russel Metals' new Cassette Leveler/Servo Feed CTL Line.

Precise tolerance, panel-flat sheets, solid-block packages, outstanding performance, and bullet proof reliability made Russel Metals' choice of a new Braner/Loopco Cut-to-Length Line a "no-brainer."

Russel Metals
1359 St. James St., P.O. Box 39
Winnpeg, MB R3C 2G3
phone: (204) 772-0321  fax: (204) 774-5732
www.russelmetals.com