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ASKO knives for Long product mills

ASKO knives: Premium manufacturing & reconditioning

We manufacture knives for hot and cold cutting on all types of long product mills, including:

Heavy Bar
Heavy Section
Light Section
Medium Section
Merchant Bar
Rebar
Wire Rod

Knives include:

Cooling Bed Cutting-to-Length
Crop Cobble & Emergency Shears
Hot Bloom & Billet Cutting
Test Shears

For maximum performance, ANDRITZ offers a variety of knife grades, such as high temperature super alloy and hot work tool steel. For large special section hot cutting, we manufacture knives in composite super alloy designs.

When it comes to cold work applications, ASKO knives are available in a wide range of grades and tailored to each application whether shock or wear is the source of knife edge ending.

Additionally, we regrind and refurbish every type of bar, rod, section and wire knife. Knives and/or knife cassettes are processed at our facilities for expert reconditioning to original specifications. Our reconditioning programs are designed to support every mill operator’s demands.

For roughing and finishing stands, ANDRITZ manufactures housing and chock liners and wear plates including:

Bed Plates
Chock Liners
Housing Liners
Hydraliners
Mae West Liners
Pressure Blocks
Rocker Plates
Sled Plates
Stacker Plates

To match every technical requirement and budget, liners and wear plates are available in compound (clad) steel, solid alloy tool steel, and solid surface hardened steel.

ANDRITZ also offers cast, profile & edger rolls and rolling rings for heavy section, medium section, rail, and hot strip mills through its partner Coswig and rail mill rolls through its partner Bowers & Jones Ltd.

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ASKO Rolling mills products

ANDRITZ Metals USA produces and supplies ASKO knives and essential wear products for hot mills, cold mills, cold mill processing lines and heavy plate mills.

ASKO Service center knives & tooling

ANDRITZ Metals USA manufactures and delivers ASKO knives and tooling products for ferrous and non-ferrous coil processing. As a trusted partner for all your coil slitting needs, ANDRITZ provides ASKO slitter tooling systems and spare parts for ferrous and non-ferrous coil slitting.