SAISC TECHNICAL
History in the making with Red Bud ’ s new heavy-gauge cut-to-length / stretcher leveling line
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Copy and images supplied by Sian Clarke and Dean Linders
“ The new Red Bud line is rated for 1-inch ( 25.4mm ) material at 77 inches ( 1 955mm ) wide and has an 80 000-pound ( 36mt ) coil capacity , with a maximum speed of 200 FPM ( 60mpm ). It can handle high-strength , 72-inch-wide ( 1 829mm ) coils from 16 gauge ( 1.6mm ) up to three-fourths of an inch ( 19mm ) thick at 80 000 psi ( 551N / mm 2 ) yield .”
24 Steel Construction Vol . 40 No . 3 2016