1.79 cents for your thoughts
Not even a government monopoly can make a profit producing cheap metallic parts in high volumes…
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Prices Rise As Manufacturing Recovers
The prices of all raw materials that we track rose double digits compared to same time last year.
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5 Contributions Of Nickel In Alloy Steels
Nickel improves toughness simplifies thermal treatment, increases hardenability lowers dsitortion in quenching and improves corrosion resistance of steel.
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The Difference Between Microalloy And Regular Alloy Steels
Since microalloyed steels are able to get higher properties using forging process heat- rather than an additional heating quenching tempering cycle- they can be less expensive to process to get improved mechanical properties. The microalloyed microstructure of either ferrite pearlite or bainite is less abrasive than that of a fully quench and tempered alloy steel.
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Materials Prices Increase-Through The Roof
Prices of raw materials used to make precision machined products are up substantially, ranging from 44% to 114% from March 2009- March 2010 for 6 of the 7 materials we track.
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Carbon Equivalent And Weldability
Knowing how to calculate the Carbon Equivalent of a heat of steel will help determine whether or not pre- or post- weld heat treatment may be needed. As long as CE is no more than .35, you probably won’t need to preheat or post weld stress relieve your welded parts. above .35 CE, you may need either or both depending on section thickness and CE.