What is Edge Conditioning?

Edge conditioning is the process of forming the edges of metal strip, either by machining or skiving, to a desired shape beyond the standard slit edge. These conditioned edges are highly useful on hot rolled low carbon, high carbon, cold rolled, and stainless steel strip in applications where the exposed edges of the strip come in external contact with or are handled by processes that require sensitivity.

Once a time intensive manual process, Tempered & Specialty Metals’ steel edging is quick and consistent, and can be supplied as cut to length, ribbon wound, or traverse wound oscillate coil.

How is it done?

Proper edge conditioning does not scrape the material as the slit edges are rolled with a series of dies that forms the slitting burr together, forming a clean, uniform edge.

This allows us to eliminate any sharp edges, burrs and imperfections that may have resulted from the slitting process, producing a safer and more uniform finished product that is easier to handle and fabricate.

Benefits

Edge conditioning results in significant benefits, including:

  • Smooth edges
  • The formation of consistent, uniform product
  • The removal of sharp, hazardous burrs
  • More secure handling
  • Improved employee safety
  • Reduced liability
  • Faster and easier die feed-through
  • Increased productivity
  • Increased formability, particularly for hard steels
  • Allows for tighter width tolerances (+/- .001″)
  • The prevention of edge cracking
  • Extended life cycles of steel spring applications

Tempered and Specialty Metals’ steel edge conditioning ensures that our customers receive closer than standard width and gauge tolerances, improving die life, reducing loading times by up to 100%, and providing overall cost savings benefits.

OUR EDGING CAPABILITIES

  • Thickness: .003″ – .190″
  • Width: .110″ – 4.5″
  • Coil Weight: 4000# max.
  • Packaging: Ribbon or oscillate-wound coils
  • Edges: Round, rolled, slit, deburred, square, broken corner or custom edges

STANDARD EDGES

Round Edge
ROUND EDGE
Full radius round edge produced by skiving (cutting into layers).
* Commonly referred as #1 Round Edge

Rolled Edge
ROLLED EDGE

Modified round edge produced by edge rolls.

Slit Edge
SLIT EDGE

A rotary slit edge that is roughly square with the burr intact.
*Commonly referred as #3 Slit Edge

Deburred Edge
DEBURRED EDGE

A safety edge – #3 edge with the slitting burr rolled over.
* Commonly referred as #5 Deburred Edge

Squared Edge
SQUARED EDGE

Full-square edge produced by skiving

Broken Corner
BROKEN CORNER

Skived edge broken corner.

QUESTIONS?

Whatever your stainless steel application needs, Tempered and Specialty Metals can help you pick the correct material for the job. Contact us today to consult with one of our friendly and knowledgeable service professionals.