{"id":15438,"date":"2019-07-17T11:35:07","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T10:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swift-cut.com\/usa\/?p=15438"},"modified":"2023-09-04T14:05:20","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T13:05:20","slug":"general-supply-metals-ma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swift-cut.com\/usa\/2019\/07\/general-supply-metals-ma\/","title":{"rendered":"General Supply Metals, MA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>General Supply &amp; Metals \u2013 MA goal to be the premier industrial supplier for nearly any requirement.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Swift-Cut systems? We\u2019ll take two\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Who are GSM?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Full service industrial metals supplier of flat plate, round stock, tubing, I-beams, angle iron and much more<\/p>\n<p>Supplier of hand tools, cutting tools, abrasives, measuring tools, fasteners and much more<\/p>\n<p>Value added cutting services: Abrasive Waterjet, Plasma, Flame, Band-saw, Abrasive Saw, Plate and Circle shearing,<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 1947, GSM\u2019s goal is to be the premier industrial supplier for nearly any requirement and about a year ago, they recognized the need to both broaden and upgrade their cutting capabilities in order to achieve this.\u00a0 Their existing plasma cutting table was ageing and required constant upkeep, whilst opportunities were being missed for requirements beyond their plasma technology\u2019s capabilities.\u00a0 The decision was made to replace the old plasma table and bring in waterjet technology to fulfil the requirements for thicker cutting, broader range of materials, tighter tolerances and superior edge quality.<\/p>\n<p>Swift-Cut Automation\u2019s product offering was a clear fit for them, providing a unique expertise in manufacturing both waterjet and plasma cutting tables.\u00a0 Swift-cut\u2019s exclusive partnership with Hypertherm, utilizing their plasma power supplies and waterjet pump technology, further solidified the decision.\u00a0 GSM decided to purchase BOTH machines from Swift-Cut:\u00a0 Model SJ-510 5\u2019x10\u2019 waterjet system with a Hypertherm 50HP pump, and a Swift-Cut Model PRO510XP plasma table with a Hypertherm Maxpro200 power supply.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swift-cut.com\/usa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/General-Supply-Metals-2.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15440 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/swift-cut.com\/usa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/General-Supply-Metals-2.jpg\" alt=\"General Supply Metals image\" width=\"1024\" height=\"608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swift-cut.com\/usa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/General-Supply-Metals-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/swift-cut.com\/usa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/General-Supply-Metals-2-600x356.jpg 600w, https:\/\/swift-cut.com\/usa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/General-Supply-Metals-2-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swift-cut.com\/usa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/General-Supply-Metals-2-768x456.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One year later, GSM\u2019s business is booming.\u00a0 The XP plasma table is providing a vastly improved up time and reliability, while the waterjet has captured an entirely different market segment \u2013 two perfectly complimentary technologies and capabilities!<\/p>\n<p>The joint, coordinated efforts with training and support has provided a smooth transition towards GSM\u2019s high level of expertise with both plasma and waterjet technology.\u00a0 JC Teixeira, shop foreman said, \u201cboth Swift-cut and Hypertherm have teamed up to provide really the ultimate package deal for training and make sure that our up-time is maxed out.\u00a0 Bottom line, when we need them \u2013 they\u2019re there for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>General Supply is now one of the premier cutting houses in New England.\u00a0 With their in-house programming capabilities and the breadth of their technologies, there is virtually nothing that they can\u2019t cut.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.g-s-m-i.com\/\">http:\/\/www.g-s-m-i.com\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General Supply &amp; Metals \u2013 MA goal to be the premier industrial supplier for nearly any requirement. Swift-Cut systems? We\u2019ll take two\u2026 Who are GSM? Full service industrial metals supplier of flat plate, round stock, tubing, I-beams, angle iron and much more Supplier of hand tools, cutting tools, abrasives, measuring tools, fasteners and much more [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":15439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[220],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2-usa-customer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swift-cut.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swift-cut.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swift-cut.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swift-cut.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swift-cut.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swift-cut.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15438\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swift-cut.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swift-cut.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swift-cut.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swift-cut.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}