Metals/materials related products

There are 15 products releases related to metals/materials.

Coated steel mimics weathered steel, maintains thin-gauge structural integrity

United States Steel Corporation (U.S. Steel) has developed COR-TEN AZP®. Created by coil-coating the company's GALVALUME® steel sheet substrate, the product mimics the color and texture of weathering steel while maintaining thin-gauge structural integrity. Suitable for exterior architec...
11/6/07

Sheet titanium offers high corrosion resistance, weldability

Harvey Titanium Ltd., a division of Rolled Alloys, now offers CP-1 grade 4 and CP-3 grade 2 sheet titanium. Designed to offer high corrosion resistance and weldability, the titanium grades are available in thicknesses from 0.016 in. to 0.063 in. Applications include CPI equipment, airframe compon...
8/7/07

Alloy offers improved corrosion resistance

Carpenter Technology Corp. has introduced a controlled-chemistry, free-machining, ferritic 13 percent chromium alloy developed for use in magnetic components that offers improved corrosion resistance. Chrome Core® 13-XP alloy can be considered for fuel injection components and other electrom...
5/8/07

Drum motor conveyor introduced

Pax Products has introduced the DMC drum motor conveyor for removing parts and scrap from dies. The geared motor is hermetically sealed in a steel cylindrical tube, eliminating the need for chains, sprockets, and external motors. Belt widths are available from 15 to 46 in. and lengths up to 1...
12/12/06

Angle profile provides design flexibility

Flo-Form™ inline galvanized roll formed angle from Allied Tube & Conduit provides design flexibility and extended product line choices for engineered angle profiles. Available wall thicknesses are from 0.083 to 0.250 in., permitting customers to use an exact product to meet their requirement...
12/12/06

Steel panel basement foundation system introduced

Steel Panel Foundations has introduced a steel panel basement foundation design that enables builders and developers to construct a watertight, finished basement. The galvanized steel foundation materials are made from 18-ga. studs for load-bearing walls. The 16-in. on-center construction is rams...
11/7/06

Robot vision system option available

FANUC Robotics America has introduced the iRVision™ integrated robot vision option for the company’s R-J3iC controller. The ready-to-use vision system has a 2-D robot guidance tool to conduct part location and errorproofing. It requires a cable and a camera and needs no additional processing...
9/12/06

Cold-rolled stainless steel suitable for ethanol tanks, vessels

Oly-Flatbrite® continuous mill plate from Olympic Steel is flat, smooth, and easy to fabricate, the manufacturer says. The stainless steel is produced by a new, propriety cold-rolled, roll-grinding technology. With a roughness average of 125, the end product is a smooth and flat finish suita...
8/8/06

Isotropic steel suitable for high-loads, equalized strength requirements

Ovako has enhanced the purity of its IQ (isotropic-quality) steel, allowing it to be used for parts that are subjected to high loads and where equalized strength is required in all areas of the component. The steel is suitable for rolling bearings, gearbox components, and advanced fuel injection ...
7/11/06

Tempered steel designed to reduce deformation, stress cracking, brittleness

Blue Blade Steel says its tempered steel provides consistent, bendable, pliable materials and characteristics that help eliminate product failure from deformation, stress cracking, and brittleness. The computer-controlled hardening and tempering process selectively modifies the internal steel str...
6/13/06

Custom tubes and rods available

Marshall Mfg. Co. offers custom-manufactured surgical tubes and rods with burr-free custom slots, notches, cross holes, and multiple angles made with high-precision wire EDM processes. The process has dimensional accuracy to ±0.0005 in. Tube and rod diameters are available from 0.064 to 1....
6/13/06

Friction material is nonabrasive

Tribco Inc. has developed a 100 percent Kevlar® fiber composite friction material for brake and clutch plates, brake pads, and shoes. Patented as Braketex® and Clutchtex®, the facings are nonabrasive and do not score or wear down opposing metal surfaces, the company reports....
12/13/05

Tungsten carbide designed for low-impact wear parts

Cerbide Inc. has introduced Cerbide™, a polycrystalline tungsten carbide material for manufacturing low-impact wear parts. According to the company, the combined properties of ceramics and cemented tungsten carbide allow the material to perform at measurably higher levels of abrasion and erosion re...
9/13/05

Sizing lubricant formulated for sintered metal applications

Houghton Intl. offers Houghto-Size 7048, a sizing lubricant that contains no chlorine or sulfur additives specially formulated for ferrous powdered (sintered) metal applications. A suitable replacement for chlorinated additive products, the synthetic, low-VOC, water-dilatable sizing compound is for...
9/13/05

Nonionic emulsifier is environmentally friendly

Degussa has introduced TAGAT® V20, an environmentally friendly, vegetable-based, nonionic emulsifier for metalworking that requires no hazard warning labels and does not irritate the skin. Developed by the company's subsidiary Goldschmidt Chemical Corp., the emulsifier's properties help ensure ...
8/9/05
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