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If you're currently buying your raw material in full bars only to cut them down to more manageable billets, it may be worth considering our rod blanking options. We currently cut over two million billets a year and with volumes like that we able to employ scale-efficiencies that reduce our cutting costs to a minimum which we can pass on to our customers.

Each of our service centres is equipped with full rod blanking facilities but they're also backed-up by our ultra-high volume CNC machines located at our central cutting operation. We capable of handing solids, most sections and tubes without any marking or crushing. Our entire processing operation is ISO 9001:2000 approved.

If you think you should be taking advantage of our rod blanking facilities or you'd like to know more please contact us via the website contact form or by talking to your local service centre

Standard Blanking Programme

Min. dia./section ½” 12.70mm
Max. dia / section 16” 406.40mm
Min. wall thickness 1/16”– 1/8 1.5mm - 3mm
Blank tolerance ± 0.012” ± 0.30mm
Min. blank length ¼” 6mm
 
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