Phoenix Metals of Norcross, Georgia, recently installed another Red Bud Industries’ Precision Multi-Blanking Line, their sixth 72" Red Bud Line overall. Installations span several of their locations throughout the Southeast including a 3/8" - 24 gage stainless steel line in North Carolina, a 1/4" - 24 gage stainless steel line in Tennessee, 10 gage lines in Alabama and Florida, a Precision Multi-Blanking Line in Georgia, and now their new line operating in their new facility in Middletown, Ohio. The line can process mild steel up to .135" (3.5 mm) or stainless up to .105" (2.7 mm) as presently configured. Space is being left in the line to add an additional Leveler at a later date to allow Phoenix to process stainless steel material up to .250" (6.3 mm).

Featured in the line are Red Bud’s Precision Grip Feed System and CNC Programmable Slitter. This combination of machines gives Phoenix the capability of producing blanks with width and length tolerances of ± .005" (.127 mm). The CNC Slitter can be set up in less than two minutes per cut thus eliminating costly downtime that can occur when using conventional Packed Arbor Slitters. An additional advantage to the system is the Automatic Strip Divider Positioning. While the operator is setting up the Slitting Head, the Strip Divider Positioning System automatically sets up the dividers in the Strip Stacker. When the operator has finished setting up the Slitting Head, the Strip Stacker is ready to run blanks.

The new line can process coils up to 50,000 lb (22,680 kg) at widths up to 72" (1829 mm) and thicknesses up to .135" (3.5 mm). The new line consists of a Coil Stage & Load System, Uncoiler, Peeler Breaker, Crop Shear, Roller Leveler, “Pop Up” Flatness Inspection Table, Top and Bottom side PVC Applicator, “Hands Free” Thread System, Dual Motor Heavy Gage Grip Feed, CNC Programmable Slitter, Scrap Winders, Shear, Combination Drop/Strip Stacker, Part Diverter, Automatically Lowering Stack Table, and Side Discharge Rollouts.