SMS group awarded contract to supply aluminium extrusion press to Constellium

SMS group has been awarded a contract to supply an extrusion press to Constellium Singen GmbH in Germany.  SMS group will install a 45-MN aluminium extrusion press in a newly established production hall at the Singen site.

The extrusion press will expand the company’s production capacity of high-quality aluminium profiles. Commissioning of the extrusion press is scheduled for summer 2020.

“The 45-MN front-loading extrusion press will be built to SMS group’s latest design and be equipped with the highly precise linear guidance system for all moving main components of the press, with servo drive technology for all auxiliary functions as well as the proven EcoDraulic concept to reduce energy consumption of the hydraulic pumps,” according to SMS group.

Another feature of the press is the self-adjusting, moving discard shear. The shear automatically adapts to the height of the tool package and ensures optimum and clean cuts. The scope of supply will include further crucial auxiliaries such as billet loader and dummy block lubrication system. An electrically operated linear billet loader will make sure the aluminium billets are safely and quickly fed to the press.

“The new extrusion press will be equipped with the most modern soft- and hardware package. The smart press control system PICOS.NET (Process Information and Control System) visualizes and coordinates the control of the individual plant areas and provides an array of further useful functions, for example billet length optimization, billet recording as well as fault diagnosis,” SMS group said.

“The process software CADEX (Computer Aided Direct Extrusion) serves for the optimization of the extrusion process. It simulates the process and provides best possible extrusion parameters for isothermal and isobaric extruding.”

SMS group is a group of companies internationally active in plant construction and mechanical engineering for the steel and nonferrous metals industry.