United Performance Metals - Scrap Yard in La Mirada,California, United States

About Yard

United Performance Metals and its divisions are leading suppliers of stainless steel, duplex stainless steel, nickel, cobalt, aluminum and titanium. Comprehensive inventory includes high temperature, high strength and corrosion resistant alloys in sheet, coil, strip, plate, bar, forged block and near net shapes. FIRSTCUT+® Services offered are Precision Shearing, Precision Sawing, Slitting, Edging, Cut-To-Length/Leveling, Hi-Definition Plasma Cutting, Laser Cutting, Water Jet Cutting, Machining, Chamfering & Facing, Deburring & Finishing, and Precision Cold Saw Cutting.

Headquartered in Hamilton, Ohio, United Performance Metals maintains branches in La Mirada, California, Houston, Texas and Belfast, Northern Ireland as well as sales and stocking locations worldwide. Specialty divisions of the company include Plus Ten Stainless located in Benicia, California; Vulcanium located in Northbrook, Illinois; and Aerodyne Alloys located in South Windsor, Connecticut, La Mirada, California, and Greenville, South Carolina. O'Neal Industries, Inc. (onealind.com) is the U.S.A.'s largest family-owned group of metals service centers and is the parent company of United Performance Metals. With sales of approximately $2.4 billion in 2015, O'Neal industries is based in Birmingham, Alabama, and has more than 80 disribution and manufacturing facilities throughout North America, Europe and Asia.

Product Information

ISO 9100 & AS 9100 certified stocking distributor of tantalum. Steel, stainless steel, nickel steel, tempered steel, nickel chromium steel, maraging steel, high tensile steel, nickel chromium iron steel, non-ferrous steel, stainless steel 17-7 alloys, stainless steel 321 alloys, stainless steel 347 alloys, cobalt & cobalt alloys, nickel & nickel alloys, nickel chromium, high temperature alloys, zirconium, titanium, magnesium & magnesium alloys & superalloys are also available. Capabilities include 12 in., 24 in. & 50 in. slitting, hardening, fabricating & shearing, edging & leveling. Applications include aerospace, aircraft, house-wares, automotive, medical & food service industries.

AVAILABILITY

We place the demands of our valued customers first.

Comprehensive inventory of stainless steel and high temperature alloys ready for quick delivery
In-house processing cut-to-length, slitting, edging, leveling, shearing, laser and waterjet cutting capabilities
Easy access to original mill, lab and company certification
Convenient 24/7 access to our comprehensive sheet inventory using Online Quoting

QUALITY

We hold all of our products and services to the highest standards.

Registered AS9100 / ISO9001
NADCAP Approved
Products ordered to AMS, ASTM and MILS specifications from the mill
Products checked for adherance to the tightest tolerances

MISSION/VISION/VALUES

MISSION

To deliver quality products and services to our customers through world class processes, people and facilities.

VISION

To be recognized by our customers, employees and owners to be the best performing specialty metals service center.

VALUES

Respect
We respect our customers, employees, suppliers, community and shareholders. We exemplify this through a culture of honesty and integrity that stresses ‘doing what is right’ for all groups and individuals. Employee safety is held to the highest standard.
Leadership
We train, coach, encourage and reward to create an empowered work force that is responsible for meeting the expectations of our customers, employees, suppliers and shareholders.
Continuous Improvement
We are committed to an environment of continuous improvement in everything we do. We do this by understanding customer, employee and supplier expectations and continuously working to innovate and improve products, services and processes.

United Performance Metals is a leading supplier of Specialty Stainless Steel, Duplex Stainless Steel, Nickel Alloys and Cobalt Alloys. Our comprehensive inventory includes high temperature, high strength and corrosion resistant alloys in Sheet, Coil Strip, Plate and Near Net Shapes. Our inventory is carefully checked with calibrated micrometers on the edge of the sheet and in the center crown area. You can be sure that when you place an order, our material will meet your exacting requirements. United Performance Metals is an audited AS registered quality organization. We have a complete quality control department that assures material has been purchased, received, and shipped to exacting standards. We offer prime material from leading mill sources that is delivered to AMS and ASTM specifications. We are an approved source for leading aircraft manufactures, such as General Electric, Pratt and Whitney, Rolls Royce, Agusta, and many others.

Capabilities

Our FIRSTCUT+® Services include Precision Shearing, Hi-Definition Plasma Cutting, Slitting, Edging, Cut-To-Length/Leveling, Water Jet Cutting, Laser Cutting, and Precision Sawing to further extend our customer commitment.

Cut to Length

A Cut-To-Length line will uncoil the material, level it, and then cut it to the required length and stack it.We can custom line mark sheets to MILS, AMS and ASTM standards. We also can insert paper or vinyl protection
Edging
Strips of steel may require specific edge conditioning and are rolled to smooth the edges and remove burrs.Our in-house edging capabilities include the ability to deliver a #1 round skived edge, #5 partial or full square skived edge, #5 rolled edge, or a #3 slit edge. 2R and 3R groove inserts are available as well as traverse wound coils based on your customers' requests.
Laser Cutting
Laser cutting uses a beam emitted from a laser tube reflected by mirrors in the laser head and a lens that finely focuses the beam onto the material surface for precise cutting. We offer quick turnaround, state-of-the-art equipment and popular approvals like Pratt & Whitney, Nadcap and General Electric. We also offer reverse engineering and state-of-the art inspection with our Virtek Laser QC scanner.
Leveling
Flat or even surfaces are ensured through our in-house leveling capabilities. Our skilled operators are experts at surface inspection, maintaining flatness and performing shape correction. The inventory at United Performance Metals is carefully checked with calibrated micrometers on the edge of the sheet and in the center crown area.
Plasma Cutting
In Plasma Cutting, a column of electrically charged gas creates a high-energy arc, which melts the material being worked in a narrow path. Our Messer Hi-definition plasma cutter is capable of cutting stainless and nickel plate up to 5” thick
Sawing
We utilize band saws, cold saws, and plate saws to provide the flexibility to tackle almost any cutting requirement, regardless of size. Our Kasto plate saw provides close tolerance, straight line sawing on plate with a very clean finish and can cut through 24” thick material.
Shearing
Shearing is the process of cutting sheet metal to size out of a larger roll or flat stock. Using an angled moving blade, the shear cuts progressively across the sheet in a guillotine-like action. Our 36" x 48" sheet easily ships via FedEx for your most pressing needs. We offer PVC protection to eliminate scratches.
Slitting
Slitting is the process of cutting larger width coils into narrower width coils to meet a customers’ demands.With five slitters including 12”, 18” turret, 18” light gauge, 24” and 50”, we have one of the most comprehensive slitting operations in the country.
Water Jet Cutting
A waterjet uses a high pressure stream of water combined with a granular additive. As the pressurized mixture passes through a small diameter nozzle, it forms a coherent jet of abrasive/water moving at very high speeds which will erode a narrow line in a stock material. Streamline your manufacturing process by receiving near net shapes and blanks
Packaging
United Performance Metals employs industry leading packaging solutions to protect your order. All of our crates and skids are produced from high quality Hardwood and Southern Yellow Pine. In addition to several standard size skids and crates, we are also equipped to build custom sizes to meet your specific requirements. Ocean, Air and UPS packaging is also available.