Pressing safety issues resolved
August 1st 2007

Automotive steel processor Steel & Alloy selected Transicon to update the control system on one of its press lines.

Transicon designed all control elements and panels based on a fully integrated system, with a zonal safety PLC that allows safe access to the machine when required.

The line comprises a decoiler which can be controlled via its own free standing console, a pair of levellers for straightening the strip, followed by a slitting head to trim raw material to the desired width. The strip then passes through a looping pit which acts as an accumulator to accommodate variations in the press feed rate while allowing the steel strip to be continually levelled, freebefore passing through the measuring/ feed rolls immediately ahead of the press, where the line's main control station is positioned.