April 1, 2012

TOYOTA USA trusts in FAGOR ARRASATE

TOYOTA in the US has awarded FAGOR ARRASATE for the design and supply of a new slitting line

Fagor Arrasate event: TOYOTA USA trusts in FAGOR ARRASATE

One of the facilities of TOYOTA  in the US has awarded FAGOR ARRASATE for the design and supply of a new slitting line that will be installed in Georgetown. This new slitting line  will process high strength material of up to 900 megapascal of strength in coils of 30 ton. The width of the strip will be 1880 mm and the thickness will vary from 0.6 to 4 mm. It is a high speed line.
The new system, among other machines, includes an electrically controlled uncoiler, tensioning device with two pair of tensioning rolls, slitter with automatic quick of cutting tooling, system for taking out the coils without banding and a powerful control system that includes Level 2. Fagor Arrasate is a world specialist in manufacturing slitting lines able to process the delicate steel used in the body of the cars , having numerous references in the field. During negotiations a team of experts of the customer, both from the US and Japan, visited us here in Spain.