Hendrick Manufacturing shows how improvements in the production process can be consistently realised with the right machine equipment to secure and expand market positions.
The Hendrick Corporation in Carbondale in the coal belt of Pennsylvania (USA) has been producing perforated sheets in various designs. Initially only screens for the separation of coal, later other markets are added, such as perforated sheets for medical technology, the automotive industry, water and air filtration and architecture.
The demands on the precision of perforated sheet panels for cladding exterior walls are high. The highest precision and evenness are mandatory for leveling these perforated sheets. Leveling prevents time-consuming manual reworking.
To ensure that Hendrick Manufacturing can continue to meet the demand for highly flat perforated sheets in the future, the company decided to purchase a high-precision leveler from Schnutz.
The high-precision leveler is designed for perforated metal sheets up to 1600mm wide with a thickness of 0,5 to 0,3mm. These values depend on the yield strength (here 300 MPa) and the open cross-section. The speed can be between 2 and 20 m/min.
