Part One of Two Steel grades in the U.S. are generally referred to by the materials standards and grading systems presented by various entities. The most common being: SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers), ASTM (American Society of Testing Materials), AISI…
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES: Generally, density, thermal and electrical conductivity are considered to be PHYSICAL PROPERTIES. The following represent MECHANICAL PROPERTIES. If you expect a piece of steel to make a certain part, or provide certain benefits, you should know something about…
From January 2020 post: NOTE: These are tips and guidelines/suggestions, acquired over the years. Not instructions. There are steel grades (Mild Steel) that pretty much won’t harden by heat treatment. There are steel grades that are hardenable by thermal treatment…
Over the years we have looked at the nuisance of galling in several separate blogs. That is because, every year galling makes it to the leader’s group of “Heavy Maintenance Royal Pains”, alongside, magnetism, barber pole-ing, and cupping or oil-canning…
Let me know if this reads a better, changed the order and made it (in my opinion ) a little easier of a flow without altering the message Are there hardened (400bhn) wear plate angles and channels? November 2021 Blog…
Or, “Keystock, we hardly knew ye. . .” So, back in April of last year I was eulogizing Keystock; at least the longer length, higher strength, plus-tolerance kind, that for years had been a “go-to” product for a lot of…
The easier question to answer would be; who can't use it? A continuation of last month’s post: Service temperatures should not exceed 750F. Any customer currently using stainless of the following types: 304L, 316L, 410, 416, 17-4ph should consider LDX,…
If memory serves, I did a post on Lean Duplex some time ago. It is an important grade of stainless and worth a revisit. Basically, Lean Duplex is a leaner chemistry derivative of Duplex Stainless Steel. Duplex Stainless Steel is…
This is the last of our three-part post on chromed shafts. In order to extend service life, by resisting surface wear on the rod, the rod surface needs to be hard. It also needs to be relatively smooth, so as…
Continuing from our last post, we are discussing chromed rods. When they are applied correctly, chromed Rods typically extend service life compared to standard carbon and alloy bars. Variables relative to those materials would be the steel type, actual hardness,…