Abstract from 2018 MS&T Conference, Microalloyed Steels Symposium: Development of Hot Rolled Ultra High Strength Steel with Enhanced Mechanical Properties
September 7, 2018 Source: ASM International
Hot-rolled ultra-high strength steel with a gauge range of 3-10mm (0.118 – 0.395 inch) was developed using conventional slab caster and hot strip mill technology at Stelco Inc. to meet standard industry specifications along with additional unique customer requirements.
Continue readingJSW Steel to invest $500 million in hot-end facility with contiguous large-diameter pipe mill
April 6, 2018 Source: ASM International
JSW Steel USA, Baytown, Texas, announces plans to invest up to $500 million to install the most technologically advanced and eco-friendly hot-end facility in the world, setting a new industry standard.
Continue readingAllegheny to produce differentiated continuous nickel-base alloy sheet to repair oil pipeline
December 8, 2017 Source: ASM International
Allegheny Technologies Inc., Pittsburgh, has been selected to supply the nickel-base alloy rolled product needed to repair a large oil pipeline break in an unnamed foreign country.
Continue readingSandvik opens ultrasonic testing facility for pipes in the oil and gas industry
October 13, 2016 Source:
Sandvik Materials Technology, Sweden, has inaugurated a new state-of-the-art, fully automated ultrasonic testing facility for pipes in the oil and gas industry. "The new facility puts Sandvik in a world-leading position as a manufacturer of OCTG (Oil Country Tubular Goods)," said Per Olsson Artberger, Sandvik Global Product Manager for OCTG.
"This major investment is a substantial achievement for all involved, and a milestone in Sandvik's enhanced strategic focus on demanding applications within oil and gas such as OCTG (Oil Country Tubular Goods)," said Per Olsson Artberger, Sandvik Global Product Manager for OCTG.
"This ultrasonic testing facility will increase our capabilities and capacity significantly. Despite the downturn in the oil and gas market, we see continued good business opportunities for Sandvik material grades, especially in the Middle East and Caspian Sea regions.
"The new, automated facility provides us with much speedier throughput and greatly enhanced testing capabilities, and puts Sandvik in a world leading position as a manufacturer of OCTG."
The energy sector, including oil and gas, is a key strategic focus for Sandvik. Ultrasonic testing was the limiting factor in achieving maximum output with the existing facility. To solve this, Sandvik invested in both capacity and state-of-the-art technology to meet the industry's toughest requirements for defect detection.
Per Olsson Artberger added: "It also builds on the strategic alliance between Sandvik and Tenaris on the exclusive joint supply of corrosion resistant alloy OCTG materials and technology to the oil and gas sector. We now meet the industry's most exacting standards, and can exceed customer requirements."
Work commenced on the test facility in August 2015, with commissioning and site acceptance testing prior to the inauguration.
Sandvik Materials Technology, Sweden, has inaugurated a new state-of-the-art, fully automated ultrasonic testing facility for pipes in the oil and gas industry
Continue readingNucor to acquire steel plate mill in Texas
July 27, 2016 Source:
Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C., has agreed to acquire the Joy Global steel plate mill in Longview, Texas, for approximately $29 million. The mill produces carbon and alloy steel plate products with heat-treating capabilities, and has an annual capacity of 180,000 tons. The mill produces specialty plate products with the capability of producing plate that can range from 1 to 12 inches thick and up to 138 inches wide.
"This acquisition builds on our strategy to capture a growing share of higher value-added plate products, and complements the capabilities of our two existing plate mills," said John Ferriola, Chairman, CEO, and President of Nucor. "The Longview mill will serve as a valuable addition to Nucor's plate products, which we believe can be further leveraged by our Nucor commercial team."
Nucor's existing plate mills are in North Carolina and Alabama, and have a combined capacity of 2.9 million tons per year. Nucor's existing mills produce plate for manufacturers of barges, bridges, heavy equipment, rail cars, refinery tanks, ships, wind towers, armor, and other markets. Nucor plate products are also used in the pipe and tube, pressure vessel, transportation and construction industries.
Nucor and its affiliates are manufacturers of steel products, with operating facilities primarily in the United States and Canada. Products include carbon and alloy steel as bars, beams, sheet, and plate; steel pilings; steel joists and joist girders; steel decks; fabricated concrete reinforcing steel; cold-finished steel; steel fasteners; metal building systems; steel grating; and wire and wire mesh. Nucor, through the David J. Joseph Company, also brokers ferrous and nonferrous metals, pig iron and HBI/DRI; supplies ferro-alloys; and processes ferrous and nonferrous scrap. Nucor is North America's largest recycler.
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Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C., has agreed to acquire the Joy Global steel plate mill in Longview, Texas, for approximately $29 million.
Continue readingOlympus portable digital ultrasonic flaw detector has full-screen A-scan mode
May 27, 2015 Source:
Olympus Scientific Solutions Americas Inc., Waltham, Mass., introduces the Epoch 650 digital ultrasonic flaw detector that combines conventional ultrasonic flaw detection capabilities with the efficiency of a highly portable, intuitive instrument. Its user interface is appropriate for both novice and experienced users, and its portability and rugged ergonomic design allow convenient operation in nearly any inspection environment.
Available in two hardware configurations, the compact Epoch 650 offers the choice to adjust parameters with a knob or with a navigation area on the keypad. The large, color, transflective VGA display is complemented by a full screen A-scan mode, providing a vivid A-scan representation in both low light and bright sunlight conditions.
Its patented digital High Dynamic Range receiver meets the requirements of EN12668-1:2010, and the instrument allows a full range of standard and optional flaw detection features. Key standard flaw detection features include 400V PerfectSquare tunable square wave pulser, up to 30 digital filters for enhanced signal-to-noise ratio, and flexible reporting capabilities direct to removable memory. Optional application-specific software programs include an Interface tracking gate, Backwall Echo Attenuator (BEA), API 5UE, and Waveform Averaging.
It also features an optional Corrosion Module mode, which combines the ease of use and measurement precision of a dedicated corrosion thickness gage with the full functionality of a standard flaw detector. This mode includes an encoded B-scan function.
Weighing only 1.6 kg (3.5 lb.), the rugged case is built to withstand the rigors of very harsh and hazardous inspection environments. The navigation pad configuration is designed to meet IP67 requirements for very wet or dusty conditions, while the knob configuration is designed to meet IP66 requirements. The instrument, with its rubber bumpers on all corners, is tested to high reliability standards for drops, shocks, vibration, and explosive atmosphere. And with a battery life between 15 and 16 hours, the Epoch 650 is the perfect solution for remote and difficult-to-access inspection locations.
Olympus Scientific Solutions Americas Inc., Waltham, Mass., introduces the Epoch 650 digital ultrasonic flaw detector that combines conventional ultrasonic flaw detection capabilities with the efficiency of a highly portable, intuitive instrument.
Continue readingSSAB launches Strenx brand for high-strength steels
April 22, 2015 Source:
SSAB, Stockholm, has launched Strenx, a new high-strength structural steel product brand that includes Optim, Weldox, and Domex steels that are well-known trademarks of SSAB and the former Ruukki. Strenx is well-suited for agriculture, the frames of heavy mobile machines, rolling stock, offshore, and construction sectors.
Strenx features the world's widest choice of high-strength structural steels, in terms of both strength and dimensional range. Yield strengths range from 600 MPa to 1300 MPa, which is the strongest steel available on the market. Strenx is available in plate, strip and tubular products in thicknesses ranging from 0.7 mm to 160 mm.
Strenx is designed for sectors where structural strength and weight savings are key competitive factors, especially in the lifting, handling, and transportation industry. Now customers will be able to design more competitive and sustainable products – cranes that reach farther, trailers that carry more payload, trucks that use less fuel.
"Strenx embodies over 50 years of experience in high-strength steels," says Gregoire Parenty, Head of Market Development at SSAB. "We give full support to designers and customers to help them upgrade to Strenx. By sharing our in-depth experience and wide knowledge of steel we can guarantee the best results for end-product performance."
Strenx comes with guaranteed product consistency, services to help customers, and permanent assistance to enhance end-product performance.
SSAB, Stockholm, has launched Strenx, a new high-strength structural steel product brand that includes Optim, Weldox, and Domex steels that are well-known trademarks of SSAB and the former Ruukki.
Continue readingSSAB launches steel tube family with extreme wear resistance
March 11, 2015 Source:
SSAB Steel, Sweden, has launched the new Hardox Tube 500 family, which provides the same hardness and toughness as Hardox wear plate, but in tubular form. It was developed for applications that require high wear resistance in combination with lower density. It is suitable for transporting all types of abrasive materials, such as wet concrete, soil, gravel, and ore slurry.
"The new Hardox Tube 500 range completes the existing Hardox family product range. We have long experience in developing wear-resistant steel tubes. The final properties are set after tube rolling and welding, which guarantees consistency as well as high hardness and toughness qualities," says Fredrik Mikaelsson, Manager for Tubes & Sections at SSAB.
Its extreme wear resistance allows for a lighter product with a long service life. It can increase the competitiveness of certain products by extending their service life by two, five, ten times, or more.
Hardox Tube 500 is available from stock in 88.9-133 mm diameters and different material thicknesses. Custom tubes in thinner materials and other diameters are also available.
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SSAB Steel, Sweden, has launched the new Hardox Tube 500 family, which provides the same hardness and toughness as Hardox wear plate, but in circular form.
Continue readingSSAB Hardox Tube 500 high strength steel tube provides extreme wear resistance
January 25, 2015 Source: ASM International
SSAB, Sweden, has launched the Hardox Tube 500 range of tubular high strength steel that provides the same hardness and toughness as Hardox steel wear plate, but in tubular form.
Continue readingReliance Steel & Aluminum completes acquisition of Fox Metals and Alloys
December 10, 2014 Source:
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co., Los Angeles, announces that it has acquired all of the capital stock of Fox Metals and Alloys Inc., Houston. Fox is a steel distributor specializing in alloy, carbon, and stainless steel bar and plate products. Through a network of more than 290 locations in 39 states and twelve countries, Reliance provides value-added metals processing services and distributes a full line of over 100,000 metal products to more than 125,000 customers in a broad range of industries.
Fox, located in Houston, Texas, is a supplier in the Houston/Gulf Coast region when critical supplies are needed on a timely basis. Fox's in-house processing services include saw cutting, plate burning and testing. Net sales for Fox were approximately $50.5 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2013.
Fox will operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. Additional terms were not disclosed.
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co., Los Angeles, announces that it has acquired all of the capital stock of Fox Metals and Alloys Inc., Houston.
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