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Service Centre and Technical Support
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Dedicated - Tata Steel is the first (and only) company in New Zealand to install a Cut To Length Line dedicated to processing Stainless Steel coil into standard and custom length sheets.
Flexibility - Tata Steel recognised the need in the industry to assist designers, engineers, and fabricators, by giving them the ability to design and build with the added flexibility of a wide range of sheet sizes.
Cost Savings - Repetitive custom lengths reduce material wastage and labour costs, increase your workshop productivity, and reduce the risk of handling damage. In the case of longer lengths you may be able to reduce the amount of welding and post fabrication labour costs.
Contamination Free - Stainless Steel dedicated – therefore no risk of cross metallic contamination.
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Experience – Tata Steel has New Zealand’s only commercial Stainless Steel Sheet Polisher, and has been polishing stainless steel and aluminium sheets for 20 years. Many of New Zealand’s major architectural projects have used our facilities.
Consistency - If there is a chance that replacement panels may be required in the future, use our polish from the start. There are as many different finishes as there are polishers. We maintain a consistent set up, thereby enabling a closer match between sheets produced months or even years apart.
Standard Finish - We produce a satin (#4, brushed, or linished) finish. Pre-polish and in process inspection allows continual monitoring of quality. Although typically polished one side, we can produce exactly the same finish on both sides, on request. In comparison, mill polished material is reverse-ground and is likely to have a slightly different appearance to the prime polished side.
Exterior Applications – It is internationally recognised that exterior applications, especially in marine or polluted environments, suffer from “tea staining” if not maintained regularly. To maximise the aesthetic and life cycle cost benefits of stainless steel, a surface roughness of < 0.50 microns Ra should be specified. Contact your nearest Tata Steel branch to discuss our “Low Ra Finish”.
Coarse Finish - Coarse polishes on the reverse side can be achieved for applications requiring a “key” for painting, powdercoating, or for improved laminating (bonding) performance.
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Protection - To protect the quality of a stainless steel surface during fabrication, installation and commissioning, PE or PVC films are the answer.
Other materials - Tata Steel is able to apply these films during the sheeting and polishing process, and also as a separate “one off” function. We also regularly apply film to aluminium, copper and brass sheet to customer’s own material (C.O.M).
Film Options - Many different combinations of film & adhesive types, film thickness, and adhesive levels, are available to suit the various processes metals are put through, e.g. Laser Cutting, Deep Drawing, Perforating, Punching, Folding, etc. Many of these films enable marker pens to be used for marking out fabrication details.
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Identification - When sheets are processed via our Cut to Length Line or our Satin Sheet Polisher, we can print the grade, sheet size, part number, etc, on to the surface of the material (or the protective coating). Reduce lost production time from confusion over material grades, and part identification.
Advertising - Is your completed job covered by a protective film, and will it be in public view prior to commissioning e.g. lift doors and architraves? We can print your company name on to the protective film, giving your company exposure before your product gets exposed !!
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Flat Bar and Angle – Stainless steel flat bar and angle is increasingly specified in architectural applications for structural and aesthetic reasons. Tata Steel Metals removes the coarse hot rolled surface, producing an attractive Satin (or #4) finish. Can also be used for hygienic applications.
Polish - Flat Bar can be polished on both faces and both edges, while angle can be polished on the 2 external faces only. Pre-polish and in process inspection allows continual monitoring of quality.
Cost Savings - Saves labour and consumables costs on expensive in-shop mechanical hand polishing, and increases your workshop productivity.
Surface Protection - Polyethylene or PVC adhesive film is applied to all polished faces to protect the material from incidental scratching.
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Capacity - Due to the large number of requests for custom cut lengths in large and small volumes, Tata Steel Metals has installed four automatic feed saws, three in Auckland and one in Christchurch. One machine in Auckland is dedicated to cutting only stainless steel, and the other three process only carbon engineering steels. Our local branches have cutting facilities for handling small volume cutting jobs.
Consistency - NC controllers and regular monitoring enable consistent bar lengths to be supplied to meet customer’s specifications.
Contamination Free - A separate machine is used to cut stainless steel. Consequently there is no risk of cross metallic contamination.
Cost Savings - Saves labour and increases your workshop productivity.
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UltraBrite® Polish - Bright Polished Stainless Steel Tube and Schedule Pipe is increasingly specified in architectural applications for structural and aesthetic reasons. We can arrange for tube to be mirror polished, and schedule pipe to be satin polished. Mirror polishing of schedule pipe may be available as circumstances permit, and will be reviewed on request.
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Security – Security and stock control on large project sites can be a real headache. Tata Steel have solved this problem for our customers by fitting out six lockable 40’ shipping containers with racking and shelves for the storage of tube, pipe, bar, fittings and valves.
Services - Lighting and power is available, allowing the container to double as an office for a store person.
Availability - Containers are made available in conjunction with supply contracts for major industrial or civil projects, e.g. Food, Dairy, Beverage, Pulp & Paper, Water and Waste Water, Oil & Gas, Energy, etc.
Cost Savings - Saves you valuable time waiting for product to be delivered to site, or having to travel to collect it. Time Is Money. Stock losses and damage are under your control at all times, with no chance of other contractor’s stock getting mixing up with yours.
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Research and Development - are an important strategic asset for both Tata Steel and Outokumpu Stainless. The benefits of their work is used to reduce manufacturing costs, develop further value-added products, enhance product quality, and assist with the correct specification and use of their products.
Industry Associations – Tata Steel is actively involved in, or networking with, many local and international industry organisations. This enables us to bring together a very broad range of experiences to assist our clients with their problem solving, specifications, and decisions.
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The following services are available via sub-contractors:
- Guillotining
- Plasma Cutting
- Laser Cutting
- Water-jet Cutting
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