Process Facts & Figures
"PIMS": Product Information Management System
- Developed internally by Spectra for Spectra, our PIMS system provides important data to the operator at each station, including recipe information and non-conformance history.
- Digital pictures of every issue are taken and stored. Accountability by the Operator is ensured through diligent following of the PIMS system.
Easy Alloy Selection and Specification
- Computer controlled flexible scheduling
Billet Scrubbing
- To reduce contaminants in the end product
Largest Billet Length Variance Known
- 300mm to 1300mm
Tapered Billet Heating
- For uniform exit temperature (Isothermal), consistent temper and profile dimensions
"Short Stroke" Press Design
- Not readily seen in North America but accepted as the finest design
- More rigid structure due to closer platens
- More consistent tooling performance
- Improved delivery performance
Quick-Change Container with Pre-Heat Ability
- Multiple heating zones (isothermal)
- Multiple cooling zones (isothermal)
The Best Extrusion Exit Quench System Available
- Rarely seen in North America
- Water quenching with over 100 hp & 800 gpm
- Air quenching with over 325 hp & 114,700 cfm
- Computer controlled, customized to the profile, data-logged and recipe based
- Recipe based and data-logged every second for full traceability
- Patented droplet size
- Air & Water - get both!
Double Runout and "Passing Pullers"
- Extrusions cooled under tension
- Reduces twist and bow and/or scratches between cavities
Extra-wide Batching Table
- Reduces chance of material contact and scratches
Automated stretching
- Camera controls from both ends
End Flow Age Oven
- Indirect burner tubes provides the ultimate in uniform heating
