Complete Fastener & Cold Forming Manufacturing Facility: American Screw

Location: Santiago, Chile

AssetBuilt is proud to present an extensive online industrial auction event featuring complete cold forming, bolt making, nut manufacturing, wire drawing, heat treating, and toolroom machinery surplus to the operations of American Screw, located in Chile.

Purpose-built for high-volume fastener production, this facility represents decades of investment in precision manufacturing, wire processing, and thermal processing equipment. Available assets span every stage of cold heading, thread rolling, heat treating, wire drawing, and plant utility infrastructure.

This offering provides fastener manufacturers, cold heading specialists, wire processors, equipment dealers, and global exporters a rare opportunity to acquire complete production lines or individual high-value machines from a premier South American manufacturing operation.

Key Equipment Highlights

Cold Headers & Boltmakers

National Boltmakers & Progressive Headers: Extensive line of National multi-die/multi-stroke cold formers and boltmakers, including Models 11B-5S, 14B-5S, 30B-5S (5-Die/5-Blow), and 2-Die/4-Die configurations.
Waterbury Farrel & Manville Headers: Single and multi-die cold headers ranging from 1/8" up to 1-1/8" capacity.
P&E & Sacma Headers: High-speed cold heading and forming units.

Nut Formers & Hot Forging

Nut Formers: Multi-station nut formers by S. Shing, Waterbury Farrel, and P&E.
Hot Forging Line: Vaccari Friction Press, I.E.H. Induction Heater, and Ultrasolda Resistance Heater.

Thread Rollers & Secondary Machinery

Thread Rollers: Large selection of flat die and cylindrical thread rolling machines by Waterbury Farrel, Warren, Harford, and Lian Feng.
Nut Tappers & Slotters: Automated nut tapping machines by Nutap, S. Shing, Snow, and Onoe; Warren and Waterbury Farrel slotters.
Pointers & Trimmers: Economy pointers, Waterbury Farrel and P&E bolt head trimming machines.

Wire Drawing & Preparation Lines

In-Line & Monoblock Wire Drawers: Extensive selection of RMG and Fastener Engineers in-line wire drawers, plus multi-block drawing lines by Koch, Morgan, Temeca, and T. Cheng.
Straighteners & Capstans: Coil-to-bar straighteners (Tainan Cheng, Koch, Fastener Eng.) and capstan wire handling units.

Heat Treat & Surface Treatment Lines

Ebner Continuous Heat Treat Line: Complete Continuous Belt Type Furnace Line (CQTL #1) including heating, quenching, washing, and tempering stations, complete with Ebner gas generator.
Batch & Bell Annealing Furnaces: Rad-Con High Con H2 Bell Type Annealing Furnace, Lee Wilson Bell Furnace, and Cheng I Pit Type Batch Furnace.
Plating & Acid Lines: Schlötter Zinc Plating Line, Sulphuric Acid Recovery & Treatment Line, and automated Coil Cleaning Line (CCL #2).

Toolroom, Maintenance & Plant Support

Toolroom Lathes & Grinders: LeBlond, Tovaglieri, Turri, and Wecheco manual lathes; Cincinnati centerless, DoAll surface, and Sundstrand cylindrical grinders.
Plant Infrastructure: Overhead bridge cranes (Konecranes, Abus, Overhead Cranes up to 16T capacity), industrial steam boilers (Paradies, Schuster), process chillers, cooling towers, and Alcon pickling hooks.

Important Auction Information

Auction Format: Timed Online Industrial Auction
Location: Santiago, Chile (FOB / Rigging, Ocean Containerizing & Export Logistics Available)
Inspection: On-site inspection available strictly by appointment.
Catalog & Bidding: Complete lot catalog, high-resolution photo galleries, and online registration will be published shortly.

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