Rafter Equipment Corp.
12430 Alameda Drive
Strongsville, OH 44149
Phone: 440-572-3700
Fax: 440-572-3703
Sales Contact
Mark Prasek
VP of Sales & Marketing
Email: sales@rafterequipment.com
Sales: 440-572-3700
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Rafter Equipment announces organization changes
Strongsville, Ohio-based tube mill and roll forming equipment manufacturer Rafter Equipment has announced a realignment of its commercial team. Dan Whitehill takes a more customer-facing role, responsible for inside sales. He has been with the company for more than 25 years in various leadership...
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Rafter Equipment launches new website
Rafter Equipment Corp., Strongsville, Ohio, has launched a new website featuring its tube mill and roll forming products and services. The company now offers proactive maintenance and training; mill alignment services; and a variety of consumables such as anticorrosion coatings, weld upset bead...
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Rafter announces mill alignment services
Rafter Equipment Corp., Strongsville, Ohio, has added roll former and tube mill alignments to its range of services. The service includes pre-alignment mill evaluation, equipment alignment to OEM specifications, check and correct mill level, check and correct mill flatness, check and correct mill...
Rafter forms partnership with Allied PhotoChemical
Strongsville, Ohio-based Rafter Equipment Corp. has announced it has entered into a strategic partnership with Allied PhotoChemical, Macomb, Mich., to promote and sell UV and water-based curable coatings to the pipe, tube, and roll forming markets. The UV-cured coatings can be applied and fully...
Rafter introduces proactive maintenance service
Strongsville, Ohio-based Rafter Equipment Corp. has introduced a new, proactive machine maintenance service program for tube mill and roll forming equipment owners. The program provides regularly scheduled service to solve common maintenance problems often found on mill equipment. It establishes an...
Rafter ships turkshead straightener with motor adjust to heavy-wall tube producer
Rafter Equipment Corp., a manufacturer of tube mills, pipe mills, roll forming machines, cutoff machines, and related tube and pipe mill machinery in Strongsville, Ohio, has shipped an RT-4000S single-sided turkshead straightener with 2-axis motorized adjustments to a North American heavy-wall tube...
Rafter ships driven reshaping roll stands
Strongsville, Ohio-based Rafter Equipment Corp. has shipped a pair of RT-2500S driven reshaping roll stands to a North American stainless steel tube manufacturer. The equipment was the final piece in a series of mill upgrades the customer used to reconfigure an old GTAW mill into a new HFI welded...
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Rafter, Camasi form strategic partnership
Rafter Equipment Corp., Strongsville, Ohio, has entered into an exclusive strategic partnership with Brazil-based Camasi Máquinas e Equipamentos to expand its offering of advanced roll forming equipment in North America. As a key component of the partnership, Rafter will be highly involved in the...
Rafter completes weld boxes and trimmer for welded profiles
Rafter Equipment Corp., Strongsville, Ohio, has completed an order for three RT-3000 weld squeeze boxes; one RT-2500 HFI five-roll weld squeeze box; and one RT-3000 heavy-duty, single-tool weld bead upset trimmer. The equipment will be used to produce direct-formed HSLA welded profiles for the...
Rafter adds two CNC machining centers
Rafter Equipment Corp. has added two CNC machining centers to its manufacturing facility in Strongsville, Ohio. The identical Haas VF series vertical machining centers expand the company’s in-house manufacturing capabilities. Each machine includes added fourth-axis machining capability. The...
Rafter upgrades tube mill for producer
Rafter Equipment Corp. has shipped a new RT-2000S strip entry table, HFI weld squeeze box, and double-sided Turk’s-head straightener to a North American tube producer. The equipment will replace equipment on a Yoder QVW-250 tube mill. The strip entry table was updated to use common parts from the...
Rafter receives order for quick-change tube mill
Rafter Equipment Corp., Strongsville, Ohio, has received an order for a new RT-2000S HFI tube mill that will incorporate the company's patented Mill-Flip® quick-change technology. The mill will be built for a North American tube producer that requires multiple changeovers per week for JIT...
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Rafter ships Turk’s-heads with 3-axis servo adjustment
Strongsville, Ohio-based Rafter Equipment Corp. has shipped three RT-2500 single-sided Turk’s-head straighteners, each with 3-axis servo motorized adjustments, to a North American custom roll former of direct-welded profiles. The new straighteners replace existing block-type and barrel...
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Rafter ships weld squeeze box and straightener to roll formed parts producer
Strongsville, Ohio-based Rafter Equipment Corp. has delivered an RT-3000 high-frequency induction five-roll weld squeeze box and an RT-3000 double-sided turkshead straightener to a North American custom roll formed parts producer. The equipment is used for the production of HSLA welded seam...
Rafter upgrades tube mill for automotive tube producer
Rafter Equipment Corp., Strongsville, Ohio, has shipped a new RT-3000 tube mill re-top and drive train upgrade for a North American automotive tube producer. The equipment will replace older tube mill equipment that is worn and difficult to maintain. The previous machine had integral roll stands...