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Cutting and certificates

Cutting to size, lead time, and the mill certificates that ship with the metal.

Cutting to size

Small orders go to suppliers who cut to size.

Do you cut to size?

Yes, we cut to sizeSaw cutting to length, per piece.No, full lengths onlyBars and sheets as stocked.

Cut tolerance, plus or minus

If you cut to size.

Lead time

Business days from purchase order to shipping.

Mill certificates

Every piece of metal ships with its mill certificate. The content record takes the country of melt from it.

Mill certificate you supply

EN 10204 3.1Inspection certificate, confirmed by the mill’s own inspector, independent of production.EN 10204 2.2Test report from the mill, with results that aren’t specific to the heat.Other or noneTell the desk what comes with the metal.

Country of melt on the certificate

Where the metal was melted, or smelted for aluminum. The content record carries it.

On every certificateEach heat’s country of melt is shown.On someIt depends on the mill.Not shownThe record then can’t count the metal as Canadian.

Why the country of melt matters

Aluminum: Counts as Canadian for Buy Canadian only if smelted and cast in Canada. The record takes the country from each heat’s mill certificate.
Carbon steel, alloy steel and stainless steel: Counts as Canadian for Buy Canadian only if melted and poured in Canada. The record takes the country from each heat’s mill certificate.
Brass and copper: Buy Canadian counts steel and aluminum; brass has no melt test there.