When parts warp up

When its laser-cut parts wouldn’t meet its customers’ flatness tolerances, Angeles Steel Manufacturing Group, Santa Fe Springs, Calif., looked for a way to make them flat. The company’s solution cut down on distortion, and it provided other benefits, too.

Started in 1935, Angeles is among the largerWestCoast fabrication and steel-processing facilities, says Faruk Zia, general manager. Recently, Namasco Corp., Roswell, Ga., a large steel service center in the United States and wholly owned subsidiary of Kloeckner, a Germany-based company, purchased Angeles ...

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