by admin | Sep 28, 2021 | Steel Slitting
Here at Consolidated Metal, our first priority is to provide the highest quality precision slit flat rolled steel that meets our customers needs. In our quest to achieve this, we’ve spent the past few decades focusing on cultivating the ideal hot rolled pickled...
by Wes Stafford | Jan 8, 2020 | Steel Slitting
Every year, Consolidated Metal Service (CMS) has a Christmas party. In 2019, we decided to celebrate the holidays another way — by volunteering at the Cleveland Food Bank. “We thought it would be a better way to spend our time,” says Wes Stafford, Operations Manager...
by Wes Stafford | Jan 6, 2020 | Steel Slitting
When National Band & Tag Company hired Consolidated Metal Service in 1992, it couldn’t have foreseen the longtime relationship that would develop. But more than 25 years after their initial meeting, leaders at both companies share a deep mutual respect that has...
by Wes Stafford | Dec 8, 2013 | Steel Slitting
We recently had a great opportunity to help a customer of ours. We generally slit flat rolled steel, but in this case a customer had a need for something very rare, especially to us. They needed .187” thick flat wire. But not only that, it had to be chrome vanadium...
by Wes Stafford | Dec 8, 2013 | Steel Slitting
It always feels good to get a good report from a new customer. A couple days ago we had a new buyer tell us that he wishes he’d have heard about us 15 years ago! He also told us the he was extremely pleased with how quickly we got back to him with a price and how...
by Wes Stafford | Nov 26, 2013 | Steel Slitting
Hot Rolled Pickled and Oiled Steel is required when a flat, uniform and clean surface is needed for an application. Hot Rolled Pickled and Oiled Steel first go through the process called Hot Rolling. Rolling is a forming process where metal materials are passed...
by Wes Stafford | Apr 9, 2012 | Steel Slitting
The process of steel slitting or simply cutting steel is a testament to our advancement in technology and science. Here at Consolidated Metals Service, Inc., we have the ability to cut a multitude of large metals coils made of different materials at various lengths....
by Wes Stafford | Apr 9, 2012 | Steel Slitting
Here at Consolidated Metal Service, Inc., we have been associated with custom slitting, edging, toll processing and distribution of different ferrous and non-ferrous metals since 1982. Hot rolled steel is one of many metals Consolidated Metal can slit and edge to...
by Wes Stafford | Apr 8, 2012 | Steel Slitting
Edge conditioning or “edging” is a brute force process that rolls the edge of metal coils to a desired shape soon to be used for various tasks and purposes. Edging more importantly removes burrs (sharp edges left on finished materials) in order to make the metal’s...
by Wes Stafford | Apr 7, 2012 | Steel Slitting
The steel industry helped to shape our great nation. Today, steel continues to surround us and is widely used in the manufacturing of vehicles, appliances and heavy equipment. It is an architectural and construction industry necessity from tiny nails, screws and bolts...
