The Application of Packaging
Lines to Coil Slitting Lines

By David Lowery, Founder of Avon Engineering

Packaging lines have often been referred to as a luxury rather than a necessity. After all, what do they do for a slitting operation?

A review of current slitting operations indicates:

1. Today's slitting lines have become increasingly sophisticated to achieve operating economics through greater productivity and to produce a higher quality product that is demanded in today's competitive market.

2. Depending on such factors as strip gauge, parent coil weight, mult width, frequency of setup changes, etc., many steel slitting lines can produce an average of 15 to 50 tons per hour, which translates to average mult production rates of 20 to 60 per hour and more. Of course, the average production rates are frequently exceeded for short periods since the nature of slitting is "batch" production.

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