PRODUCT REVIEWS
Coil processing partners for North America
Fagor Arrasate and Butech Bliss have embarked upon a strategic partnership aimed at enhancing the combined ability of both companies to deliver advanced coil processing solutions worldwide. The collaboration merges Fagor Arrasate’ s global engineering expertise, automation technologies and advanced coilprocessing solutions with Butech Bliss’ s local presence, execution capability and lifecycle service support in the North American market.
Fagor Arrasate is a global supplier of metalforming and processing equipment. It offers slitting lines, stamping systems, automation and integrated production technologies that serve the automotive, appliance, metals processing and broader industrial sectors. Through this partnership, the two companies will combine Fagor Arrasate’ s technology with Butech Bliss’ s local engineering and service infrastructure, expanding their reach and delivering more complete solutions to customers across the United States.
“ Butech Bliss has a long history of designing, building and supporting coilprocessing systems for demanding applications,” said Jock Buta, CEO of Butech Bliss.“ This partnership allows us to complement our existing coil processing solutions with Fagor Arrasate’ s technologies, giving customers broader options to improve performance leveraging the engineering and service support they already trust.”
A key element of the collaboration is Fagor Arrasate’ s FASTR slitter tooling robot, an advanced automation system designed to improve safety, consistency and changeover
The Fagor Arrasate / Butech Bliss agreement.
Fagor Arrasate’ s FASTR slitter tooling robot.
Example of a Butech Bliss stretch leveller.
efficiency. FASTR will be offered as part of a broader slitting solution portfolio and can be applied to both new slitting lines and existing installations, regardless of the original equipment manufacturer.
As part of the agreement, Fagor Arrasate will also integrate Butech Bliss scrap choppers and stretch levellers into its global product offering. The partnership extends beyond new equipment sales to include service, aftermarket and rebuild support. The companies are also evaluating opportunities to localise manufacturing and service for select Fagor Arrasate spare parts in the United States, complementing the company’ s existing service infrastructure with Butech Bliss’ s field service organisation and“ offering customers enhanced lifecycle support and fast response times.”
Fagor Arrasate is a global supplier of advanced metal forming and processing solutions, including slitting and cut-to-length lines, stamping systems, automation and integrated production technologies. Butech Bliss is a supplier of advanced coilprocessing equipment for metals producers and processors around the world. Its portfolio includes cut-to-length lines, levelling and stretch levelling systems; slitting lines; automation and material handling solutions. n
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Mould and die changing cart
The new Elmo RW 850 mould and die changing cart will be launched at MACH 2026.
At MACH 2026 in the UK this April, Roemheld will launch the Elmo RW 850, a compact addition to the company’ s line of mould- and die-changing carts. It is designed for environments where space is at a premium.
“ Unlike larger models in the range, the 850 variant is especially manoeuvrable. With its tight turning radius, it can negotiate narrow aisles and cramped production floors that often make changing injection moulds and punching dies arduous or logistically difficult. Movement of the cart is electrically powered under manual control,” said Roemheld.
“ The Elmo cart integrates ergonomic safety measures and precision control. It features an electro-hydraulically actuated scissor lift with precise height adjustment and a table equipped with hydraulic ball bars,
allowing near-frictionless positioning of tools weighing up to 850kg. For security, the table has protection rails around the periphery and the ball inserts automatically lower during transport, ensuring that the tool sits firmly on the table,” it added.
While Roemheld’ s RW range is for entrylevel mould and die changing, where the operator manually slides the tool onto the machine bed, its QDC( quick die change) range features integrated push-pull chain drives for medium to heavy tools. These systems grasp the tool, pull it into position and push it out again after use, negating physical effort needed from the operator.
An example from this range will be on Roemheld’ s stand( 6-450) at MACH 2026 in the form of a station that can be loaded ergonomically with a tool from the front or from either side. QDC systems enable manufacturers to handle smaller batch production more economically, while significantly reducing strain and injury risks. Other tool-handling and workholding products from Roemheld will also be on display at the trade show. n
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