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Expansion of aluminum thick plate manufacturing system and sale of a new product

April 3, 2012
Nippon Light Metal Co., Ltd.
 

Expansion of aluminum thick plate manufacturing system and sale of a new product

Nippon Light Metal Co., Ltd., (Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo; President: Takashi Ishiyama; hereafter Nikkeikin) expanded the manufacturing system for aluminum thick plate products and successfully developed a new product N-FLAT, of which sales will start in April. (N-FLAT is the trademark of Nikkeikin.)
The aluminum thick plates of Nikkeikin, mainly general material such as 5052, 2017, and 6061, are manufactured and sold to the over-the-counter sales markets all over Japan as key commodities of rolling products from our company. Aluminum thick plates are mainly used for parts in liquid crystal and semiconductor manufacturing equipment, parts for precision machines, high-strength dies, parts relating to transportation, etc., in particular, a large number of plates are sold in areas relating to manufacturing facilities.
In the markets relating to liquid crystal and semiconductor components, the level of technology progresses very rapidly, and the functions and characteristics required for aluminum raw materials are daily upgraded. Especially in this market where the fluctuation in demand is significant, the delivery deadline must be strictly met during high demand periods. In order to satisfy these requirements, our company will realize the further improvement of aluminum plate quality (thickness accuracy, flatness and surface appearance) and the reinforcement of the production system to expand the supply system and will contribute to the creation of added value for customer products and cost reductions by decreasing the labor for machining and the amount of corrective work after machining.

In addition, the great concern to traceability in recent years increases the expectations of Japanese enterprise brands. In this situation, in order to satisfy these requirements of the thick plate market, we announced our activity for the improvement of accuracy in June 2008, and we then developed the new product N-FLAT where the accuracy was raised to a level comparable to conventional high precision plates in the main plate thickness region, and we have promoted the joint evaluation of the product with Namekawa Keido Co., Ltd. As a result, since we obtained a good evaluation, we decided to sell N-FLAT to the domestic and overseas customers as general materials.



[Description of production system expansion]
  ・Additional installation of plate saws increased production rate and manufacturing range.

  ⇒Production: increased by 50% per month
  ⇒Plate: thickness of max. 500 mm available



[Specifications of N-FLAT]

 ・ Material: A5052P (JIS Standard)
 ・ Plate thickness: 4.0mm~100.0mm
 ・ Tolerance of plate thickness: approx. ±0.8% to 1.0%
 ・ Size: 1000×2000、1250×2500 and 1525×3050
 ・ Flatness: Plate thickness of 4.0 to less than 12.0 mm ⇒ 0.5 mm/m
Plate thickness of 12.0 to 30.0 mm ⇒ 0.4 mm/m

Inquiry for release: Publicity and IR section, Nippon Light Metal Co., Ltd.
Tel: +81-3-5461-9333
Inquiry for products: Thick Plate Business Unit, Plate Division, Nippon Light Metal Co., Ltd.
Tel: +81-3-5461-9400
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