Cutting
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Slitting
Slitting is an important process when tight tolerances need to be maintained and smaller coils are a better fit for your application. Working with a smaller coil can also mean less scrap and better economics when developing a…
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Laser Cutting
Our laser cutting solutions bring your cut metal to you more efficiently than ever before. Whether you choose our fiber lasers or traditional CO2 lasers, UPM has a variety of laser cutting services to save you…
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Shearing
Shearing is the process of cutting sheet metal to size out of a larger roll or flat stock. As the material moves through the shear machine, cutting blades come together in order to fracture the material into separate, smaller…
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Sawing
For applications involving nickel, titanium, cobalt, alloy steel, and stainless steel, the use of metal cutting band saws and cold saws is an excellent choice. These saws are considered less abrasive than other methods and are…
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Water Jet Cutting
A water jet uses a high-pressure stream of water combined with a granular additive. As the pressurized mixture passes through a small diameter nozzle, it forms a coherent jet of abrasive/water moving at very high speeds, which will…
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Precision Cold Saw Cutting
Cold saw cutting virtually eliminates the heat affected zones often incurred as part of the plasma cutting process and minimizes labor time and expense. Our cutting process produces square and parallel edges at standard length and…
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Near Net Shapes
United Performance Metals goes beyond standard cut-to-length and slitting by taking the cut metal and creating smaller, more precise pieces that are customized for the end-user. Near net shapes can be square, round, or a custom shape…
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Cut to Length
A Cut-To-Length line is a popular method of creating flat, rectangular blanks from larger metal coils. Also known as a CTL or a Blanking Line, our machine will uncoil the larger material or master coil, straighten or…