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Flat Out Brilliant

We are proud to announce that we have made the largest investment in the stainless steel industry in Australia since the mid 1990’s.

Laser cutters and fabricators demand flat material and Midway Metals can deliver. We have recently purchased and installed a state of the art precision blanking line from Red Bud in the US, with an in-line stretcher leveller, that produces superior flatness unsurpassed in our industry.

By stretching the material beyond it’s yield point, our stretcher leveller resets the material’s memory from the milling process. The material is stretched from top to bottom and edge to edge, releasing all internal stresses and producing a perfectly flat product.

Stretcher levelling is superior to other techniques currently used in Australia. It’s the only process guaranteed to flatten the material, without reducing the thickness (a common problem with temper passing). And, while temper passing and roller levelling can reduce the internal stresses in the material, they will not reset it. Only stretcher levelling can reset a material’s memory.

With our new precision blanking line, we can provide dead flat sheets and plates, cut to length up to 12 metres.

Absolutely Laser Flat Material isn’t the Only Benefit…

Benefits for Fabricators
• Material stays flat after folding and punching
• Need for rework from warping, eliminated
• No tensile springback. Fold/bend material just once to achieve desired angle
• Save time from unnecessary rework
• Process will not change mechanical properties

Benefits for Laser Cutters
• Midway’s Laser Flat material?
• Material doesn’t warp when laser cut with high heat
• Improved material quality allows for consistent cutting
• Material stays flat after laser cutting
• Likelihood of damage to laser heads decreased when cutting
• Ability to retain accuracy when cutting long, flat lengths
• Decreased cutting time with no changes in material during the cutting process

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