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Medium-wide steel strip saves 35% weight

User application article In the production of brake pistons using medium-wide steel strip, weight savings of 35% are being achieved to produce the lightest components of their kind in the world.

News from ThyssenKrupp Steel ( 3 November 2006)

Composite combines three steel grades

A three-layer composite combines the properties of different steel grades, such as wear resistance and good formability, in one material.

News from ThyssenKrupp Steel ( 3 November 2006)

Tailored steel strips made up to 1200mm wide

Tailored strip steels, 1200mm wide, has been specially developed for use in progressive/compound dies, used by auto manufacturers and construction industry suppliers.

News from ThyssenKrupp Steel ( 3 November 2006)

Mobile rooms fabricated with lightweight profiles

User application article Double-T lightweight profiles for use in storage systems and lightweight load-bearing steel structures offer the same strength as conventional beams but use less material, thus reducing costs.

News from ThyssenKrupp Steel ( 3 November 2006)

Service centres offer steels and back-up

Steel service centres offer services from material selection in the development phase, to flexible production including individual customization and IT solutions.

News from ThyssenKrupp Steel ( 2 November 2006)

Coated galvanized steel sheet can be deep-drawn

A hot-dip galvanized steel sheet covered with a metallized decorative film is now being used by a leading home appliance manufacturer in the production of kitchen ranges.

News from ThyssenKrupp Steel ( 2 November 2006)

Coated steels look like ceramics

A coil-coated finish that produces a wrinkled appearance gives a paint-coated steel the appearance of ceramic roof tiles.

News from ThyssenKrupp Steel ( 2 November 2006)

Clear and translucent quartz tubes, rods, plates

QLI is a leading supplier of fused quartz products for a wide range of applications.

News from Quartz Link (26 October 2006)

Stainless steel pipe for expandable sand screen

Sandvik has won a multi-million pound contract to supply Weatherford Completion and Production Systems in Aberdeen with stainless steel pipe for expandable sand screen (ESS) completions.

News from Sandvik Materials Technology UK (26 October 2006)

High strength steels applied to container ships

User application article MHI and Nippon Steel have jointly developed a technology to use higher tensile strength steel with yield stress of 47kgf/mm2 for the longitudinal strength member of supersized containerships.

News from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (18 October 2006)

PVC honeycomb panels dampen vibration

PVC honeycomb panels are similar in appearance to expanded metal, are corrosion, fungi, rot, chemical and moisture resistant as well as energy absorbing, sound and vibration damping.

News from Rockwell Sheet Sales ( 7 September 2006)

Alloyed SS has increased tensile strength

User application article A martensitic, stainless, chromium steel alloyed with molybdenum provides increased tensile strength and improved toughness and has more than 10% greater bending fatigue strength.

News from Sandvik Materials Technology UK ( 7 September 2006)

Metric metals warehouse is North America's largest

Claiming to be the largest metric metals warehouse in North America, Parker Steel stocks ferrous, NF and alloyed cold drawn rounds, hexagons, squares, and flats and many other profiles.

News from Parker Steel (22 August 2006)

Porous metal developments revealed

Porous metal offers engineers the ability to design around issues that affect other materials such as high temperatures, high pressures, biocompatibility, or corrosive operating environments.

News from Mott (10 August 2006)

Automotive high strength steel demand rises

User application article The demand for high strength steels, including the dual-phase materials, by vehicle manufacturers is increasing because of a blend of structural, crash performance and weight benefits. Brochure available

News from Corus Group (Automotive) (25 July 2006)

Chrome-plated SS bar has premium quality

Ranges of premiumquality chrome-plated stainless steel bar, including a grade that is a new specification to the UK market offers enhanced levels of corrosion resistance.

News from Van Leeuwen Wheeler (10 July 2006)

Chinese plant offers tool steels and alloys

Tool steel round and flat bar is produced on the latest rolling and finishing equipment as well as forgings in carbon steel, alloy steel, stainless steel, tool steel and superalloys.

News from Dongbei Special Steel Group International Trade Co (22 June 2006)

PTFE Teflon coated glass and Kevlar fabrics

2006 sees the 30th anniversary year for Biscor, a leading manufacturer in the UK of PTFE (Teflon ) coated Glass and Kevlar fabrics.

News from Biscor ( 9 June 2006)

Copolymer acetal rod with a proprietary filler

ZL engineering plastics has announced it is offering copolymer acetal rod with a proprietary filler that improves component slip-stick and minimizes heat build up.