Downlayers

A Downlayer is usually the first part of a coil banding line that is designed to grab a metal coil off of a turnstile or a recoiler on a slitting line. The coil is either pushed onto the downlayer from a turnstile or a recoiler’s push off plate, or a newer design, such as a pick and place downlayer, will slide onto a turnstile to grab the slit coil. Once the slit coil is on the downlayer, the downlayer lays down flat so it is symmetrical with the banding line and then will discharge the coil down the rest of the line. Usually a downlayer is hydraulically operated.