Here's aterrific articlefrom CoilWorld Magazine on some brand new (and coming in the near future) changes in coil slitting (and how it can affect your business!).
As the economy improves, the way that steel is bought and processed will take on more exacting demands. Efficiency will be King. To blaze the way, Dalco has installed a new, high-performance Double-Loop Turret Head Slitting Line, equipped with a Shape-Correction Cluster Leveler in our newly-expanded Walworth, WI facility. This new line can slit and shape correct 50,000# x 65" wide hi-strength pickled, cold rolled and galvanized carbon steel coils in gauges from .187" through .010" at processing speeds to 1,000 FPM.