Coil Supply for Electronics and Precision Hardware
Below about 0.3 mm the supply problem changes character. Ordinary service centres stop carrying stock, tolerance and flatness start to govern whether a progressive die runs at all, and the parts are usually narrow enough that buying wide coil means paying for scrap.
Where It Goes Wrong
- Stock below 0.3 mm is not held locally and mill minimums are far above annual usage
- Strip arrives out of flat and jams a high speed progressive die
- Springback varies between deliveries because temper was never specified
- Narrow parts are blanked from wide coil and most of the strip becomes skeleton scrap
What the Sector Actually Needs
- Reliable supply below 0.3 mm and down to 0.05 mm
- Defined temper so springback is repeatable
- Slit width matched to the die rather than to a stock size
- Flatness good enough to feed at speed
Grades We Supply Into Electronics and Precision Hardware
Precision Stainless300 Series Precision Stainless Steel Strip
Austenitic stainless strip including 304 and 316 families, 0.05 to 1.0 mm, slit 5 to 1250 mm.
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Precision Stainless200 Series Precision Stainless Steel Strip
Manganese bearing austenitic stainless strip, 0.05 to 1.0 mm, slit 5 to 1250 mm.
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Cold Rolled CarbonDC01 to DC06 Cold Rolled Steel Strip
The full cold rolled drawing quality ladder, 0.05 to 1.0 mm, slit 5 to 1500 mm.
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Aluminum CoilAnodized Aluminum Coil
Continuously anodized aluminum coil, 3000 to 6000 series, 0.15 to 1.0 mm, slit 5 to 1500 mm.
View SpecificationTypical Applications
- Shielding cans and frames stamped from thin stainless
- Contacts, clips and springs at a defined hard temper
- Shims and spacers below 0.2 mm
- Anodized aluminum bezels and visible trim
How We Deliver Into This Sector
- Gauge from 0.05 mm on stainless and on the DC ladder
- Slit width from 5 mm, so narrow parts stop generating skeleton scrap
- Temper specified per order rather than inherited from stock
Guides for This Sector
Buying GuideThin Gauge Coil Tolerance and Flatness a Buyers Checklist
Below about 0.3 mm, shape stops being cosmetic and starts deciding whether a line runs. Here is what to look at before the coil is on the decoiler.
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Buying GuideNarrow Width Slitting What to Check Before You Order
Slitting from 5 mm removes a lot of scrap, but only if the order carries the right information. These are the fields that decide whether the coil runs on arrival.
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Material GuideAnnealed to Full Hard Stainless Steel Strip Tempers Explained
Two coils of the same stainless grade can behave completely differently in a press. The variable is temper, and it is the field most often left blank on an enquiry.
Read The GuideElectronics and Precision Hardware Questions
What is the thinnest strip you can slit narrow?
How do I get repeatable springback?
Why does flatness matter more at thin gauge?
Material Advice for Electronics and Precision Hardware
Tell us the part, the process and the environment. Grade selection in this sector is usually settled in one conversation.