Cus tomers simply want an un damaged coil without any rust on it, Kaczmarek says. They don't care what the package looks like, as long as they can get rid of the material. AISI's packaging and loading committee has formed standards by which steelmakers package their products for their automotive customers. This has reduced the complexity of packaging. AGVs then transport them to a racked automatic storage system.
Coils sit on poly urethane skids and saddles to protect steel from foreign objects on the floor.
These make shift rubber mats protect the steel from any impurities on the floor. This will reduce dam age and allow the mill to handle lar ger coils. Bethlehem's Burns Harbor Div. AltaSteel of Edmonton, Alb., had been tying its bars by hand until it installed a Danieli automatic bundling, handling, and tying system early last year. Previously, as a bundle hung from a crane, a worker would wrap wire around the steel and tighten the bundle by hand with a knot.