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Leading slitting and separating machine manufacturer, Midi has recently enjoyed the benefits of new orders from China and a successful exhibition at ALUMINIUM 2000 as John Conran explains:
Midi Machinery is a world leader in the design and manufacture of high performance slitting and separating machinery for aluminium foils.
Established in 1984 and with a central sales office based in Fribourg, Switzerland, Midi is part of Valmet Converting, one of the world's largest manufacturers of equipment and provider of solutions for the converting industry.
The design and manufacture of all Midi equipment takes place in extensive, modern premises in Bedford, England where the head office of Valmet Converting is also located.
Midi provides a wide range of advanced doubling, separating and slitting machinery for the aluminium foil industry. The equipment manufactured is commonly used in foil production plants, with applications immediately downstream of aluminium foil rolling mills.
The range includes aluminium foil doublers, foil separators, heavy and light gauge foil slitters and web texturising units. Machines are high speed, (up to 1400mpm), and are supplied with automatic coil handling equipment, loading and unloading equipment, shaft extraction devices, ultrasonic foil welding equipment, computer control, special winding systems for large rewind diameters and narrow cuts, as well as slitting units using cylindrical knives, circular shear knives or industrial razor blades.
SEPARATORS AND SLITTERS
Midimat separators and Midislit slitters handle foil between 5µp? and 6(X)/j,m in thickness. This range...