Slitter cut manufacturing

The process of pipe manufacturing goes from obtaining the raw material to achieving the final result. There are products that, due to the use they will be given and the expected resistance, require special machinery to manufacture them and a clear example of this is the pipe. Today you will learn about Slitter Cutting.

If you do not have the appropriate tool, it is usually very difficult to work with pipe. This is where the importance of the Slitter comes from, which is a roller with circular blades that are used to cut different materials.

In this sense, the Slitter cut is one of the most important steps to comply with the manufacturing of the pipe and to be able to make thin and thick cuts.

Slitter cutting is essential to transform the raw material, since steel suppliers manufacture coils larger than 36” wide. This process not only applies to pipes, but also to other materials such as flat bar, allowing segmentation and guaranteeing the requested width.

A pipe is nothing more than a large roll of steel that will have to be cut and processed in different ways. Although it is true that there are standards, there are many types of pipes.

Benefits of using Slitter Cutting for pipe manufacturing

• It can cut hard materials if thicker pipe is required. Thanks to its blades, it achieves fast cuts, even if the material has edges or burrs.

• You can cut soft materials using special blades, pressure is applied to make the cut properly.

• It adapts to different types of surfaces, for example if the roll has any curvature or undulation.

• Adequacy of the surface of the raw material, correcting any irregularity that appears on it, for example: sinking.

• Maximum use of the roll is made since the minimum possible waste is sought, which gives cost savings to the company.

• It is a very fast process since it works at high speeds and allows cuts to be made simultaneously.

• Makes effective and precise cuts without damage to the tips of the materials.

• Automatic winding of cut pieces to improve ease of handling, transportation and storage.

• Ease of adaptation, repair and obtaining specific parts since most modern machinery is manufactured under universal standards.

In ancient times, the manufacture of steel pipe could require a series of exhausting techniques and processes that also did not provide the most expected results; Thanks to technological evolution, the manual process has been forgotten and the implementation of cutting machines is increasingly gaining ground in the international section, hence its importance.

At Serviacero Comercial we offer a longitudinal cutting service for sheet and plate rolls. We have state-of-the-art Slitter equipment that allows us to meet the most demanding quality standards in the industry.

We can make up to 31 simultaneous cuts depending on the width and caliber of the roll, with a tolerance of +/- 0.005”

We put at your disposal our human capital made up of specialists who can assist you in your custom cutting projects.

Types of material that the sitter can process

• Cold Rolled Sheet

• Hot Rolled Sheet

• Galvanized

• Painted

• Pickling

Our sales manager Bernardo Moreno tells us that:

“The importance of Slitter Cutting for pipe manufacturing.”

We must start from rolls with adequate thicknesses to manufacture the selected type of pipe and make precise tape cuts with minimum tolerances in width and generate coils according to our machine capabilities, on the one hand, to be able to manufacture high-quality products. within the tightest tolerances of international standards and on the other hand to avoid waste that affects the profit margin of the manufacturing of the product.