Attached please find a press release on: Midway Metals of Yatala, Queensland, Australia recently installed a 10.00 mm (.393”) Precision Blanking Line with Stretcher Leveling at its new greenfield site in Yatala, Queensland, to allow the service center to address the laser cutter and fabrication markets. The new line was designed and built to process stainless steel at widths up to 2000 mm (79”) with coil weights up to 24,000 kg (53,000 lb) at part lengths up to 9000 mm (355”).

For material thicknesses up to 8 mm (.315”), the line operates in looping mode utilizing Red Bud’s Precision Heavy Gage Grip Feed to obtain length tolerances of +/- .127 mm (.005”). For material over 8 mm (.315”), the line runs in Start/Stop Mode. The line designed and manufactured by Red Bud Industries located in Red Bud, Illinois, is the largest system of its kind in Australia.