INTERVIEW WITH SARONNI

Saronni Srl is one of the major players in the world market for coil feed lines for presses and cut to length lines. With more than 4500 lines installed all over the world, thanks to his continuous innovation and hi quality products, Saronni is reputed one of the leaders in this field.

Easy Engineering: What are the main areas of activity of the company?

SARONNI: Automotive and Householding appliances industries all over the world are the main areas of activities.

E.E: What’s the news for 2021 about new products?

SARONNI: „COMBI” COIL FEED LINE STUDIED ON PURPOSE TO PROCESS (unwinding/levelling/feeding) HI STRENGHT STEEL AND ALUMINIUM:

This line is equipped with the following devices and functions:

  • Automatic coils preparation in masked time and in full safety;
  • Strip perfect tension between decoiler and straightener thanks to a proprietary software „Synchronamics”;
  • 6 hi leveller with small diameter levelling rolls and increased distance to enhance the penetration;
  • A.S.A. (Automatic straightening adjustment) a proprietary software that allows the straightening/levelling in a completely automatic way achieving a plasticization rate higher 80%;
  • Straightening rolls cassette automatic change – allows to switch from steel to aluminium and vice versa automatically and without operator intervention;
  • Special coating for contact parts to avoid marks or shadow on aluminium surface;
  • High accelerations even with lubricated strips.

E.E: What are the ranges of products?

SARONNI: Coil feeding and cut to length lines for strips width from 100 to 2150mm and thickness from 0,1 to 17mm.

E.E: At what stage is the market where you are currently active?

SARONNI: Quite good stage especially the automotive one.

E.E: What can you tell us about market trends?

SARONNI: Despite the pandemic that continues to threaten our lives and living habitudes, in our field the market demand is still good especially for new application in automotive sector. The emission reduction obliges the car manufacturer to reduce the vehicles weight, and this means to use aluminium and hi-strength materials for vehicle bodies and structures, so the market is going in this direction asking turn key solutions for these new challenges.

E.E: What are the most innovative products marketed?

SARONNI: Coil feed lines for magnetic strip, combi straightener/levellers, high performance cut to length and stacking lines.

E.E: What estimations do you have for 2021?

SARONNI: According to our situation, we are quite positive, the current orders income will grant us for 2021 a good turnover like 2020 and the intensive commercial activity make us think to a positive 2022.