The new line developed by SAT will provide high level of productivity with a reduction of downtime.
Sierra Aluminum and SAT have announced that, in July 2022, the companies have signed a joint agreement to design, produce and install a fully-automatic anodizing line in the North American production site of Sierra.
Sierra Aluminum – which is a division of Samuel, Son & Co. – is a vertically integrated aluminium extrusion mill
providing both standard and custom products for several sectors. In order to identify the best solutions for its needs, Sierra had chosen to visit several production and operational plants throughout Europe.
It has then witnessed the advantages offered by the technologies of SAT (Surface Aluminium Tech), an Italian company part of the American group Graco Inc., and decided to request a Fully Automatic Anodizing line.
“SAT was the most reliable partner for a highly automated solution which allows us to maintain strict control of all the process parameters,” has stated Robert Smith, the director of Manufacturing and Growth Strategy at Sierra Aluminium.
The anodizing line has a high degree of automation, resulting from the close synergy between software and hardware internally developed by SAT. The automatic management of the whole process will guarantee a high level of productivity with a reduction of downtime, fine-tuned dosing of chemical products, constant monitoring and thermoregulation of the process tanks.
“Thanks to the customized Supervision Software, it will be possible to constantly check and collect all data from the working tanks, and then link this information to each anodic bar. In this way at the end of the process every load will be accompanied by a specific and thorough production history. We’re very proud to announce this new partnership between SAT and Sierra for this first SAT Anodizing Line in North America. We are sure this collaboration represents a fundamental step for both companies and I really look forward to seeing the line in operations,” has declared Andrea Trevisan, the CEO of SAT.