Automatic Roll Changes Increase Throughput

Margins are tight these days and the used equipment market is booming because so many of the smaller shops have gone out of business. "You can pick up a used press for a good price, but you're still looking at situations where short runs of 1,200 to 1,800 feet on a conventional press will generate 600 to 700 feet of waste (about 40 percent of the run). With newer technology you're only scrapping only about 70 feet of materials and that makes your margins considerably better. Newer technology is simply better for business and better for the environment," notes Gerardo.