User Friendly or Extended Service? Choose Metals and various heavy industrial maintenance materials are basically dumb. There is no consciousness on their part that knows bad heat from intentional thermal processing. It's all just heat. There is no discernment of…
Let's begin with a short protect your butt statement; Welding may be dangerous. it is always recommended that certified welders be utilized. Welding; alloys, tool steel and stainless may be tricky and caution is to be observed; especially if the…
Let's say you are leaving the house and you see your new credit card on the counter. You replace the expired card in your purse or wallet, but there are no scissors to cut up the old card. So, you…
In the world of heavy industrial maintenance steel, whether you call it Case Hardening, or, Surface Hardening, or, Skin Hardening, it is all the same thing. This is a localized method of hardening employed to develop a wear resistant surface…
Be careful, the two are often confused between end-user and vendor. They are not interchangeable. BEARING QUALITY refers to manufacturing restrictions that are employed, when the mill makes the steel. It is commonly referred to as "Clean Steel Production". The…
Bar Grinding Centerless Vs. On-Centers - Second Part of Four Part Set As we mentioned in our last blog; in the maintenance industry, if someone refers to grinding a steel shaft, they are most likely talking about "Centerless Grinding". There…
ALLOWANCE TO FINISH Between the end-user, machine shop, and/or service center, when discussing round steel shafts, there are issues with "allowance to finish", and even with the method of grinding that will be utilized to produce the finished polished shafts…
This is directed to: steel novices, steel challenged, and people who might otherwise cause harm to themselves, those around them, or pieces of steel. So, will steel be affected by temperature? That depends. What Temperature? That depends. Let's define temperature…
Bananas turn brown, avocados turn mushy, cars rust. Those are things we recognize as having a shelf-life. They are not permanent. They are perishable. When discussing steel shafting, especially in the field of maintenance, straightness is an important property. If…
While there may be typical answers to that question, it is still a little like asking "What is the price of a car?" It depends on a lot of variables. The most universally accepted random bar length would be 12ft…