TPT January 2017

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Rattunde hosts technology open house and ten-year anniversary celebration

RATTUNDE Corporation, a builder of metal tube and bar processing machinery, celebrated its ten-year anniversary in September with a technology open house. The celebration attracted a large crowd of customers and business associates. On display were several live machine demonstrations featuring the newest technology and a fully operational production system for metal tubing. On- site technical discussions were held, and personal meetings with Rattunde technology experts were available. Ulrich Rattunde and Martin Proksch, owner of Rattunde & Co GmbH (the German parent company) gave welcoming speeches. Rick Stadler, president of Rattunde Corp, said, “Rattunde Corporation is excited to celebrate ten years of growth. These milestone events give us the opportunity to come together with the many companies and individuals that have been critical to our survival and growth. We take this time to not only

Rick Stadler (right) receives signed picture of staff in Germany

Rattunde ACS production systems are fully automatic and suited to re-cut mill length tube and bar, re-cut and brush, re- cut and end-finish or re-cut and machine complex features, including threading. Rattunde Corp – USA Fax: +1 616 940 2771 Email: company@rattunde-corp.com Website: www.rattunde-corp.com

reflect on where we have been, but more importantly to share the plans for where we are going.” Mr Stadler received a signed picture of the staff in Germany as a commemorative gift. Guests enjoyed a catered lunch and were given customised travel mugs as a parting gift. Rattunde designs and builds solutions for tube and bar sawing, and post-cut-off, value-added processes.

Higher cutting speed and more throughput SMS GROUP has received the go- ahead from Daehan Steel for the mod- ernisation of an existing shear no 3 in the VCC ® -line (Vertical Compact Coiler) of a rebar mill in Pyeongtaek, South Korea. The modernisation project involved the replacement of the switch and the scrap guiding system of the existing shear no 3 by new equipment. Thanks to a newly developed high-speed switch

and the upgrade of the automation system it was possible to implement head and tail end cropping at speeds of up to 35m per second without any major modification to the adjacent plant parts. The rolling mill supplied in 2011 was originally designed for maximum cropping speeds of 15m per second. Due to the modernisation of the VCC ® -line, Daehan Steel is now able to increase the throughput to 70 tons per hour. For this plant the new switch was constructed and delivered in just five weeks, and only three days were needed for subsequent assembly and commissioning. The solution is based on the plug-and-work principle with reduced investment costs and a short delivery time, which were decisive factors in the implementation of the project. SMS Group GmbH – Germany Fax: +49 211 881 4902 Email: communications@sms-group.com Website: www.sms-group.com

The mill in South Korea

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