CUT YOUR LENGTH ACCORDING TO THE BAR

Recent changes in the market place have made it difficult to sell assorted length bars. Mixed lengths were getting generated in the Merchant Mill, since unequal sizes were cut by the cooling bed shear following haphazard alignment of the bars on the cooling beds as well as limitations in the cold shear (No.2) cradles to accomodate 12 metre bars. Problems, problems and more problems  - at a time when the customer is the King.

The cold shears and four chain conveyors are available for cutting the finished bars to the lengths required by the market. The cold shears receive the finished stock from the cooling beds via a table drive. In order to meet the customers' demand for bars of fixed lengths, several improvement initiatives were taken up. The cooling bed PLC programmes were modifiedin order to optimise the cutting length. PLC based controls were introduced in the cold shear chain conveyors for better reliability, and the length of the(No.2) cradles was increased to accomodate 12 metre pieces. One, two three -   areal "three-in-one" solution to leave a sweet taste in the mouth of the customers. Three cheers. Hip, hip, hurrah!

These innovations have led to a reduction in the generation of assorted length bars from 30% to less than 10%. This has not only ensured that the Merchant Mill is able to satisfy customer demand, but has also saved unwanted materials being made by Company.

Cutting your coat (bar) according to the cloth (total stock length) is an old adage valid even in today's hep world. Ha - Ha!