Industrial Fabricators, Inc., Gastonia, NC, a supplier of carbon steel, aluminum and stainless-steel fabrications, and also a supplier of flat-rolled processing and metal-distribution services has installed a 72 by 1/2-in. Braner/Loopco stretch leveling cut-to-length line in its 700,000-sq.-ft. Gastonia facility. The line has the ability to convert carbon steel, aluminum and stainless coil, in gauges from 0.060 through 0.500 in. with mechanical properties ranging to 125,000 psi, into high-quality memory-free sheet and plate products. Coils to 84 in. OD are initially worked by a heavy flattener that corrects coil-set and cross-bow conditions.
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