Properzi Aluminum Rod Casting Line
Manufacture Properzi
Models Casting Wheel = model 7C
Rolling Mill = model 8
Cast Rod Specs 3/8" diam (.375", 9.525mm)
1350 alloy = 99% of production
Other alloys 8176, 8177
The mill can cast .470" diam (15/32", 11.938mm)
Small production runs made but never
commercially qualified
Equipment
- Melting Furnace
- Holding Furnace
- In-line Degasser and filtration
- Tundish and Molten Level Sensor Arm
- Casting Wheel
- Shear Pinch Roll
- 13 stand Rolling Mill
- Quench
- Rod Shear
- Coiler #1 Type B29 traversing
- Coiler #2 Type B29 traversing
Complete line with all electrics, controls, pumps, motors, hydraulics, emulsion supply, water supply, etc.
Modification and Upgrade History
- 1999 Complete line reconditioning
- casting wheel
- sensor arm
- cast bar shear
- bar quench chamber
- rolling mill
- mill transmission lube system
- mill emulsion system
- rod quench system(aftercooler)
- both coilers
- exit shear
- 2009 Install 70,000lb melt furnace
Install Metaullics STAR 3000 rotary degasser
- 2012 Install 70,000lb hold furnace
- 2014 Upgrade mill motor drives and Rockwell HMI interfaces
Production Average 2012-2015 149,000 lbs/day

Ref. No. BPMB61915