Material GuideCold Rolled or Galvanized Choosing the Right Substrate
Uncoated cold rolled strip is cheaper per tonne, but the comparison only makes sense once the cost of coating the finished part is included. This guide sets out where each one belongs.
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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.
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Material GuideStainless Steel Strip Surface Finishes 2B BA and 2H Explained
Finish is specified in the same breath as grade and temper, and getting it wrong is expensive because it is only visible once the part is formed.
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Material GuideZinc Coating Weight Guide for Hot Dipped Galvanized Strip
Coating weight decides both how long a part survives outdoors and how tightly it can be bent. Those two pull in opposite directions, which is the whole problem.
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Comparison GuidePainted or Anodized Aluminum Coil Which Finish to Specify
Both arrive finished on the coil. They fail in different ways and they cost differently, so the choice is worth making deliberately.
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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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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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