COMPLETE BRASS ROD MANUFACTURING PLANT FOR IMMEDIATE SALE (7375)

COMPLETE PLANT LIQUIDATION

SACRIFICE PRICES

EVERYTHING MUST GO WITHIN NEXT TWO MONTHS

MCMILLAN CONROY MACHINERY has available for sale the following brass rod
manufacturing plant. The equipment (except the continuous caster, which is in
Sydney, Australia) is located in New Zealand.

The total plant available is sufficient to construct a rod plant capable of
producing 10,000 tons per annum of solid brass rounds, hexagons, octagons
and shaped extrusions within the size range 3.18 mm Dia. to 62 mm Dia.

The detail of the total plant available is as follows:

1) CONTINUOUS CASTER (6645)

Make: Technica Guss
Year: 1973
Type: 250 DR 111 SNE
Serial No: R73.08.200
No of stands: 3 (independent)
Strand Dia: 2 x 8" - 1 x 10"
Holding Furnace Capacity: Usage ~ 6200 kg
HEEL ~ 2000 kg
Electrical Specification:

415 V 3 Phase - Two Inductor Coils (two spare coils)

Holding Furnace: 300 KW 400 A
3 Flying Saws - Each: 22 KW 93 A total
3 Drives - Each: 11 KW 54 A total
1 Hydraulic tilt Unit: 7.5 KW 15 A
3 Fans: 5.5 - 1.5 - 2.2 KW 20 A total
Total Connected Load: 580 A

One Holding Furnace (3 Strands)

Including:
One spare Body (bare)
One spare Inductor (ready)
Two spare Coils
Three spare Front Plates (including Coolers)
One spare W-Channel Mould
One Withdrawal Unit (3 Strands)

Including:
One spare Gear Box (ready
Two spare Hydraulic Drives (ready)
Three Flying Saws

Including:
One spare Unit (ready)
Three Billet Runways
Three Billet stillages

2) CASTHOUSE EQUIPMENT

One (1) Ajax Channel furnaces, 600kW, 5t capacity, 2.5t heel. Melt rate 2 tons
per hour. Comes complete with spare body mounted ready to go on a wheelable
transfer frame as well as having two spare inductors (7387)

One (1) Ajax Channel furnaces, 300 kW, 3 ton capacity, 1 ton heel. Melt rate
600kg/hr. Complete with spare body mounted with inductor ready to go. Also
has two other spare inductors

Two (2) vibratory feeders for loading furnaces complete with hydraulically
actuated infeed tipping buckets

Two (2) x 3 strand static casting pits with moulds for 150mm Dia. and 200mm
dia.

One (1) 5t Monorail crane for unloading the casting pits

One (1) vibratory dross sieve

One (1) ingot casting conveyor

One (1) 2t metal weigh scale with (approx.) 2m x 1.5m platform and electronic
indicator

One (1) only Rushworth alligator shear

One(1) only hydraulic shear

One (1) only Noble and Lund Billet saw - 15Hp 30" blade Maximum 9" capacity,
3m table

3) EXTRUSION EQUIPMENT (7378)

Billet heater
Make: Maker unknown but utilizes all North
American burner equipment. All gas
train equipment fitted during recent
refurbishment
Year: Manufactured in 1973 and had a major
refurbishment in 1987.
Type: Natural Gas Fired Reverberator Furnace
Current Operating Rate: 1.64 tons/hr. (150 mm Dia. Billet)
Electrical Specification: 415 Volt 3 Phase 50 Hz

Extrusion Press
Maker: Lombard
Type: 4 column, Gatelock type Rod Press
Year: 1958 and refurbished in 1997 with new
PLC, controls and video monitoring
Rating:
Extrusion 1800 US tons @ 3000psi
Closing 134 US tons @ 3000 psi
Return 80 US tons @ 3000 psi
Container Seal 80 US tons @ 3000 psi
Container Open 134 US tons @ 3000 psi
Butt Shear 67 US tons @ 3000 psi
Extrusion speed 1.5 to 38mm/sec
Billet Size : Currently configured for 150mm and
203mm billet. Maximum size available
is 203mm.
Billet Length (maximum): 584mm
Hydraulics: Oilgear
3 main pumps Variable Delivery Oilgear
DV 150. 3 x 200 HP main drive motors.
Electrical Connection: 415 V 3 Phase 50 Hz
Container Heating 30kW
Die Stack: 305mm dia x 213 thick
Electrical Control Omron PLC with PC graphics screen
and press monitor
Major Tools: 3 x Containers and 3 x stems for
150mm billets.
1 x Container and 2 x stems for
203mm dia billet.

Please note that this press is suitable for extrusion of both aluminum and
brass.

Runout Equipment
Comprising:
Initial Table
Single Coiler
Runout Table
Cross transfer table
Saw feed conveyor
Cold product cut to length saw
Coil conveyor
Coil final quench tank
Back end testing device for coil (Nick and Break)
Coil removal capstan
Runout Table: Effective length 30m
Width 400mm
Cast Iron cooling plates
Cooling Table: Effective length 30m
Width of Cooling table 2700mm
Saw Charge Table: Length 25m
Width 400mm
Cutting saw : Donaldson Saw
Range 150mm h x 75mm w (approx.)
Motor 10 HP
Saw Gauge Table: Length 6300mm
Width 400mm
Cutting length range 1600mm- 6300mm
Coiler: Single unit
Drum Size 905mm OD x 618mm ID
Depth 250mm
Drive 1x_.kW MicroDrive variable
speed AC motor drive
Coiler to suit Wire 3.6mm - 20mm dia
Flat to 25.4mm x 3.2mm

Complete with coil off-take conveyor, final water quench unit and nick and
break back end test unit

Electrical Connection: 415V 3 Phase 50 Hz

Ancillary Press Equipment

Comprising : Electric Die Oven - ___kW
1 t electric jib hoist for
tool loading
Die grit blasting machine
Pedestal drill
Tool assembly tables
Tool racks
Cooling towers

4) ROD PICKLE (7379)

4 x 600mm wide x 8m long x 750mm deep pickle tanks. Two units stainless
steel, one (1) mild steel and one unit lead and brick lined. One (1)
1.5t overhead travelling crane to service pickle area.

5) ROD DRAWING EQUIPMENT
Brookes single chain rod drawbench complete integral push pointer (7380)
Draw load 25t
Bed length 13m
Speeds 3 speeds electrically switchable.
Pointer load t, 10 HP motor
Motor power 100 HP
Size range 11.11mm to 57.15mm

Bigwood single chain rod and forming drawbench (7381)
Draw load - 20t
Bed length 9 m
Speeds 3 (by gearbox selector)
Motor power 35 HP
Size range 14.58mm to 62mm
Features Has backbench and fittings for use
of single mandrel rod

Schumag combined drawbench (7382)
Size 0
Year - Approx. 1935
Comprising:
Pre-straightener
Drawbench - Speed 30m/min.
Two plane straightener with coiler attachment
Shear
Runout
Overhead coil hoist for coil removal

Schumag combined drawbench (7383)
- Size 1
- Year - Approx. 1954
- Comprising:
Driven payoff
Pre-straightener
Drawbench - Speed 40m/min.
Two plane straightener
Shear
Polishing box
Runout
Attached double recut saw and single chamfer unit (manual operation)
Assorted tooling to manufacture rod in range 3.96mm to 14.84mm.

Preparation Equipment
One (1) bar miller
One (1) machine pointer - maximum 2" capacity
One (1) Roll pointer 1/16" to " for Schumag
One (1) Welder for Schumag
One (1) Micro Products welder for Schumag
One (1) small machine pointer
One (1) large machine pointer
One (1) Back End Testing station featuring feed racks and Nick
and Break tester and cutoff saw.

6) ROD FINISHING EQUIPMENT
Straightening and Cutting
One (1) Bigwood reeler Model number RMT complete with infeed table and
in line radial Arm cutoff saw, outfeed conveyor and box conveyor.
Capable of 101.6 dia rod. (7384)
One Keiserling and Albrecht reeler (2 work rolls and 5 back up rolls)
with closeable inlet table, kined exit table and suitable for up to
50mm rod.(7385)
One (1) Bigwood Model RS 2 8 roll single plane straightener rated to
1.375" Sq Steel. Complete with infeed table, outfeed rack, roller
conveyor to in-line cutoff saw (7386)
One (1) only 20ton stretcher with integrated inspection table and in
line cutoff saw and packing conveyor.

7) PACKING EQUIPMENT
One (1) Packing station w/1.25m square floor scale & digital indicator

8) HANDLING EQUIPMENT
One (1) 3t capacity side loader forklifts manufactured by Lees.

9) TOOLING
Approximately 1000 Extrusion dies, 50 Extrusion die holders, 400 Extrusion
support tools and an array of drawing and forming dies for finishing of
standard rounds, hexagons, squares, & octagons in ranges 3.96mm to 62mm.

10) SPARE PARTS
The complete inventory of operating spare parts for the above equipment
is included in the sale.

11) CORECO SWARF DRYER (7408)
Manufacturer: College Research Corp of
Butler, Wisconsin
Year of Installation: 1977
Model No.: 1231
Afterburner Model No.: 5003
Dryer Rated Capacity: 2000 Lbs./Hr.

Dryer Specifications:
Size: 1830mm W x 2590mm H x 5030mm L
Weight: 5000 Kg
Fuel: Natural Gas
Elec Demand: 4.6 kW
Zones: Two (2)

Afterburner Specifications:
Size: 1500mm Dia. x 2640mm H
Weight: 8000 Lbs.
Fuel: Natural Gas
Fuel Demand: 2,700,000 BTU/Hr. (maximum)
Capacity: 141 Cubic m/Min.
Retention Time: 0.5 sec @ maximum flow

* * * * All Specifications Are Subject to Buyer's Verification * * * *

PRICE LIST:

M/C # PRICE (U.S. DOLLARS)

7378 $95,000.

7379 $4,000.

7380 $28,000.

7381 $25,000.

7382 $17,000.

7383 $35,000.

7384 $27,500.

7385 $15,000.

7386 $8,500.

7387 $17,000.

7408 $37,500.