Laminazione realizes future concepts with Achenbach OPTIFOIL technology

<p>Laminazione Sottile, a major producer of aluminum, located in Caserta, Italy, has just placed an order for a new OPTIFOIL&reg; HeavySlit foil slitting machine, type HGS 18/08 with Achenbach Buschh&uuml;tten.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/Achenbach%20OPTIFOIL%20HeavySlit_.jpg" alt="News" width="517" height="226" /></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The objective of this investment is to expand production in the field of finstock products and flexible water pipes. In order to guarantee the known to be first-class quality of Laminazione Sottile&rsquo;s products the decision was made in favor of Achenbach OPTIFOIL&reg; technology and in particular relating to the innovative single contact roller technology which grant both, the reduction of scrap (loose side slits) and a better winding quality of narrow finished rolls.</p> <p>The new foil slitting machine will slit aluminum strip of different alloys, strip widths of up to 1,700 mm and strip thicknesses between 50 and 450 &micro;m into narrowest finished rolls. They will not only be used as primary material for starting material for heat exchangers (finstock) but also in the production of flexible, multilayer alu-pex water pipes and for automotive products such as heat shields or internal architectural mouldings. The Achenbach patented single contact roller system at the winder, a perfect removal handling system integrated into the logistics and if desired customized slitting technology rank among the outstanding features of this state-of-the-art slitter. They are the ones making first-class slitting results possible in the interplay with high quality of all single components of Achenbach machinery and its machine&rsquo;s overall concept.</p> <p>{googleAdsense}</p> <p>With this order the decade-long, trustful cooperation between the two family-owned companies in the field of rolling mill and air purification technology is confirmed once again and simultaneously extended to the field of foil slitting machinery.</p>