Established in 1966
KTI has been producing continuously welded bimetal strip since 1966.

Applications
Bimetal strip applications include:

• Bimetal Saw Blade Material
  Welding of saw blade strip material for use in the manufacture of hack saw, band saw, hole saw, etc. Comprises high speed steel welded to a chrome alloy steel backing, annealed, processed and packaged to individual customer specifications.
• Thermostatic Bimetals
  Materials with dissimilar coefficients of expansion are welded together and provided in coils. Minimal heat distortion and a narrow melt zone are typical allowing many applications to go directly to stamping. The strip, after welding, can also be rolled to a lesser thickness if desired. Uses included home thermostats, steam and dry irons, color television tube focus compensation and many other devices.
• Electronic Component Material
  Welded material in continuous coils for stamping into electronic components. Dissimilar metals (eg., copper, silver, steel, etc.) are joined to produce material for use in miniature switches, contacts, lead frames and connectors. The product conserves precious and semi-precious materials and provides design flexibility.
• Stepped Material
  Materials (like or dissimilar) of differing thickness can be joined in continuous lengths to form stepped material with no loss of material.
• Zone Annealing
  Strip material can be annealed in local areas to permit bending of the finished product while still maintaining the spring characteristics in other areas of the material.