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When choosing a steel materials for a job, itis important to know the
difference between the different types of steel grades, steel process
available, how it is used and the advantages of including it in your
industrial or construction project. This post will explain the four
different steel forming process: hot rolled steel, cold rolled steel,
forged steel and cast steel. And discuss the advantages and
applications of each steel forming process, and wil tell you how to buy
the right steel! materials in great quality and price
Steel Forming Process 1 - Hot Rolled Stee!
Hot rolling is a mill process which involves rolling the steel at a high
temperature (typically at a temperature over 1700° F), which is above
the steels recrystallization temperature. When steel material is above
the recrystallization temperature, it can be shaped and formed easily,
and the steel can be made in much larger sizes. Hot rolled steel is
typically cheaper than cold rolled steel due to the fact that itis often
manufactured without any delays in the process, and therefore the
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(: +18613610149979reheating of the steel is not required (as itis with cold rolled). When
the steel cools off it wil shrink slightly thus giving less control on the
size and shape of the finished product when compared to cold rolled.
Uses: Hot rolled products like hot rolled steel bars are used in the
welding and construction trades to make railroad tracks and Lbeams,
for example. Hot rolled steel is used in situations where precise
shapes and tolerances are not required
Hot rolling improves:
‘+ Toughness and strength
Ductility
+ Resistance to vibration and shock
Formability
Weldability
Hot-rolled steel products are classified into four groups:
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Typical applications of hot-rolled steel are:
‘+ Automotive structural parts such as frames
+ Tabular products such as pipe and gas cylinders
‘+ Machine structures such as saws and springs
+ Agriculture equipment
‘+ Metal buildings
+ Guard rails
Steel Forming Process 2 ~ Cold Rolled Steel
Cold rolling is a metal working process in which metal is deformed by
passing it through rollers at a temperature below its recrystallization
temperature. Cold rolling increases the yield strength and hardness of
a metal by introducing defects into the metal's crystal structure. These
defects prevent further slip and can reduce the grain size of the metal,
resulting in Hall-Petch hardening
Cold rolled stee! is essentially hot rolled steel that has had further
processing. The steel is processed further in cold reduction mills,
where the material is cooled (at room temperature) followed by
annealing and/or tempers rolling.
The cold rolled process creates a finished product that is more precise
dimensionally than a hot rolled product. This is because itis alroady
closer to the finished dimension since it has already gone through the
‘cooling process.
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‘Stool Forming Process 3 - Forged Steel
Forging offers uniformity of composition and structure. Forging results,
in metallurgical recrystalisation and grain
refinement as a result of the thermal cycle and deformation process.
This strengthens the resulting steel product particularly in terms of
impact and shear strength
Forged steel is generally stronger and more reliable than castings and
plate steel due to the fact that the grain flows of the steel are altered,
conforming to the shape of the part
The advantages of forging include:
+ Generally tougher than alternatives
‘+ Will handle impact better than castings
‘+ The nature of forging excludes the occurence of porosity,
shrinkage, cavities and cold pour issues.
‘+ The tight grain structure of forgings making it mechanically
strong. There is less need for expensive alloys to attain high
strength components.
‘+ The tight grain structure offers great wear resistance without the
need to make products “superhard” We have found that, on a
blank HRC 38-42 forged grinder insert weariwash is about the
same as a high alloy HRC 46-50 cast grinder insert, The
difference being a HRC 46-50 casting does not have the ductility
to handle high impact grinding.
Steel Forming Process 4 ~ Cast Stee!
We use castings for a wide range of wearparts and components that
are too large, complicated, intricate or otherwise unsuitable for the
forging process. We can forge parts up to 50kgs but the sheer eneray
required to forge larger items make casting a much more viable
alternative.
We currently cast mining and earthmoving components to 580 kg. We
‘can cast up to 3000 kg if required, Manganese work hardening
screens are one of our specialities. We have found that by carefully
choosing alloys and applying proven methods of heat treatment, we
‘can produce castings of high quality, strength and wearability, The
casting process better lends itself to making parts where internal
cavities are required
The advantages of casting include:
+ No real upper size limit in casting weight
+ Large range of alloy choices
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get into production whereas with casting, alloys including
Chrome, Nickel and Moly can be added at the molten stage.
+ Tooling is often less expensive than forge dies
‘+ Smaller production “runs” required
‘+ Complicated/complex parts are no problem,
We are capable of supplying you all above four steel forming process
steel products, like steel bar, steel plates, steel slab, flats etc, in
reasonable price and reliable quality.
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