Astro Aluminum Heat-Treating

STRAIGHTENING DEPT.

Solution heat-treatment of aluminum alloys causes the material to distort. Astro's Straightening Department is available to provide this service to our customers. The Straightening Manager, Victor Neavez, has been with Astro since 1985. Our Check and Straightening Department occupies 12,000 square feet of floor space.

A listing of our straightening equipment follows.

Surface Tables:
1-36" x 72" 1-48" x 144" 1-58" x 80" 1-72" x 192"
Presses
2 - Arbor Presses	5 - Power hydraulic presses
1 - 17" ram height, 24" x 78" bed - 15 ton 1 - 20" ram height, 29" x 95" bed-15 ton 1 - manual hydraulic press, 71" ram height, 44" x 60" bed - 40 ton	1 - 20" ram height, 44" x 48" bed - 45 tons 1 - 58" ram height, 48" x 144" bed - 200 tons 1 - 32" ram height, 60" x 240" bed - 60 tons 1 - 36" ram height, 60" x 240" bed - 150 tons 1 - 40" ram height, 121" x 240" bed - 50 tons
2 - Stretch presses 1-30' & 1-40'
2 - Shrinking & Stretching Machines 1 - Horizontal press, 24 'A" ram x 72 Vi" wide x288 Vi" long 1 - 5 ton overhead crane