Top 10 Facts About Leaded Steel Bars
10 facts about leaded steel bars and their contribution to and influence of operations in your precision machining shop are listed and explained.
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6 Keys To Using Free Machining (12XX) Steels
Free Machining Steels in the 12XX series- 12L14, 1215, etc., are selected in order to reduce the time needed to make large volumes of complex parts. This reduces the cost per part. The factors that make these steels highly machinable also influence behavior of the products in service.
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3 Reasons To Not Weld Free Machining Steels
The sulfur and lead additions that make steels more machinable are detrimental to weld integrity. If welding is important, a plain carbon low carbon steel is less machinable, but will give satisfactory welds.