Strongsville, Ohio, USA, November 1, 2019 – Rafter Equipment Corporation has completed an order for a RT-3000 HFI Weld Squeeze Box (4-Roll), a RT-3000 Heavy-Duty Single-Tool Weld Upset Bead Trimmer and a RT-3000 Double-Sided Turkshead Straightener for major North American custom roll formed profile supplier. The equipment will be used for the production of direct-formed and [...]
Strongsville, Ohio, USA, May 1, 2019 – Rafter Equipment Corporation has shipped four (4) RT-1500 laser weld squeeze boxes to a major North American automotive parts supplier. The boxes incorporate a 14-roll design that securely holds the HSLA profile shape for optimum laser welding. The boxes are to be installed on a [...]
Strongsville, Ohio, USA, February 18, 2019 – Rafter Equipment Corporation has shipped an RT-4000 HFI weld squeeze box to a major North American DOM tube producer. The new 4-roll design continues with the company's preference for "dead spindle" weld roll shafts whereby the bearings are pressed within the roll tools. This unit [...]
Strongsville, Ohio, USA, February 1, 2019 – Rafter Equipment Corporation has shipped a RT-2000L 2-roll HFI weld squeeze box to a North American tube producer. The weld box is a retrofit to an existing Yoder M-1-1/2 tube mill that is being converted from ERW to HFI welding. The product mix on this mill is perfect for a simple 2-roll solution. RT-2000L HFI Weld Squeeze Box (2-Roll) [...]
Strongsville, Ohio, USA, November 11, 2018 – Rafter Equipment Corporation has supplied a retrofit RT-2500S 2-roll HFI weld squeeze box to a major North American mechanical tubing producer. A new design was required to replace an inadequate 2-roll design from another supplier while still utilizing the existing roll tooling. The weld box is sized for up to 4.500" OD x 0.160" wall HSLA tube. It is significantly more robust than the unit it replaced. Operator feedback on the new unit ha [...]
Strongsville, Ohio, USA, February 5, 2018 – Rafter Equipment Corporation continues to please customers with the company's robust 3-roll HFI weld squeeze boxes. The unique heavy-duty design has successfully replaced scroll-chuck and other various designs because of its ability to handle both heavier wall thickness and/or high strength, low alloy (HSLA) steels. In this design, all operat [...]
Strongsville, Ohio, USA, August 25, 2017 – Rafter Equipment Corporation has completed an order for three (3) RT-3000 and one (1) RT-2500 HFI weld squeeze boxes and one (1) RT-3000 heavy-duty, single-tool weld bead upset trimmer. The equipment will be used for the production of direct-formed HSLA welded profiles for the automotive industry. Rafter was chosen for this project because of the company's strong reputation for provid [...]