Archive for the ‘Alloy Steel’ Category

Classification of Carbon and Low-Alloy Steels

Saturday, January 12th, 2008

The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) defines carbon steel as follows:Steel is considered to be carbon steel when no minimum content is specified or required for chromium, cobalt, columbium [niobium], molybdenum, nickel, titanium, tungsten, vanadium or zirconium, or any other element to be added to obtain a desired alloying ...

Applications of alloy steels

Friday, December 28th, 2007

Alloy steels may be divided into four classes: (1) Structural steels, which are subjected to stresses in machine parts. (2) Tool and die steels. (3) Magnetic alloys. (4) Stainless and heat-resisting steels. Structural steels The structural steels can be grouped conveniently on the basis of tensile strength. However, the dividing lines between the classes are ill ...

Alloy steels

Friday, December 28th, 2007

During the last fifty years engineers have demanded steels with higher and higher tensile strength, together with adequate ductility. This has been particularly so where lightness is desirable, as in the automobile and aircraft industries. An increase in carbon content met this demand in a limited way, but even in ...

Steel strikes back: although there are auto applications that steel once had to itself, several of those have given way to alternatives—for now

Friday, August 24th, 2007

One of the things that the steel industry has done over the past several years is to aggressively position itself vis-a-vis competitive materials. Not only is this being done on a company-by-company basis, as new materials are developed, but also through coordinated efforts, specifically those of the Automotive Applications Committee ...

Universal buys Empire Specialty assets for $4M - Universal Stainless & Alloy Products acquires Empire Specialty Steel assets - Brief Article

Friday, August 24th, 2007

PITTSBURGH -- Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, which enjoyed record sales and earnings in 2001 in the face of an economic recession and steel industry Woes, has acquired certain assets of idled Empire Specialty Steel Inc. for $4 million from the New York Job Development Authority (JDA). Empire Specialty Steel, ...

Timken looks to boost bar products - Changing Prices - for alloy steel bar and carbon steel - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included

Friday, August 24th, 2007

PITTSBURGH -- Timken Co., Canton, Ohio, said Thursday it planned to hike prices for selected carbon and alloy steel bar products in sizes 6.25 inches and smaller by between $5 and $40 per ton, effective with new orders scheduled for shipment beginning May 1. The increases are in line with ...

Timken Latrobe raising alloy steel

Friday, August 24th, 2007

PITTSBURGH -- Timken Latrobe Steel, Latrobe, Pa., has moved to increase base prices by 3 percent to 10 percent on all remelted aerospace alloy steel grades with all new orders effective immediately. The company also posted base price increases on air-melt stainless alloys by 5 percent to 10 percent effective with ...

Exxon Mobil, Nippon Steel and Mitsui to Commercialise High Strength Pipeline Steel

Thursday, May 10th, 2007

Exxon Mobil Upstream Research, Nippon Steel Corp and Mitsui and Co have jointly developed a new steel which is 20-50% stronger than currently used pipeline steels. To this end, the three companies have signed a letter of intent to commercialise the alloy. As part of the commercialisation agreement, it is possible ...

Factors to Enhance Thermal Conductivity of β-Si3N4 Ceramics (Review)

Thursday, May 10th, 2007

Researches on processing β-Si3N4 ceramics and their thermal conductivity are reviewed.  Empirical thermal conductivities of β-Si3N4 ceramics have been reported to be in the range of 10 to 162 Wm-1K-1 at room temperature, and are greatly affected by processing parameters such as purity of raw powders, type and amount of ...

Failure Analysis – Why Do A Failure Analysis? by Stork Materials Technology

Thursday, May 10th, 2007

What won't work: crossing your fingers, thinking happy thoughts, or wishing really, really hard. These techniques might be appropriate for a low-stakes bingo game, but they won’t help when there’s a real problem with your product. Ignoring the root cause of a failure can have large and broad reaching repercussions. Even ...