Breaking Down Mill, Rheola Works, Glynneath, 1981

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The sheets are passed through many times until down to the required thickness.

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This picture shows the 60" wide Davy 4 High Sheet Mill used for the cold cross rolling of AA2004 ( superplastic) sheet at Rheola, and subsequently moved to Aluminium Corporation at Dolgarrog for the same purpose at the end of 1981 when the Rheola(Resolven) Works was closed. The mill continued inoperation at Dolgarrog until 2007 when Dolgarrog Aluminium was forced into receivership. The alloy is still cast in the UK at the Luxfer MEL Technologies plant in Swinton, Manchester and finish rolled on a similar sized 4 high sheet mill in Madison, IL in the United States.

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Breaking Down Mill, Rheola Works, Glynneath, 1981

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Martyn Leonard Alderman

Photograph Collection of W.E. Bowen.

Photograph Collection of W.E. Bowen.

Photograph Collection of W.E. Bowen.

Breaking Down Mill, Rheola Works, Glynneath, 1981

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More Welsh history

Martyn Leonard Alderman

Photograph Collection of W.E. Bowen.

Photograph Collection of W.E. Bowen.

Photograph Collection of W.E. Bowen.