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St. Clair Plant: Expanding our value-added portfolio

Mon, 25 Feb 2019 10:08:54 -0500

Check out our latest video to learn how we deliver unique value for our customers when they need solutions above and beyond typical long-length bar and tube products.

TimkenSteel develops supply chain win for high-performance automotive engines

Fri, 04 Jan 2019 07:19:10 -0500

When an automotive original equipment manufacturer (OEM) needs a solution, TimkenSteel comes prepared to offer one. In the case of one customer’s new high-performance, four-cylinder engine, this effort earned TimkenSteel the title of supplier of choice for the engine’s bearing-grade steel.

Working together to improve hand safety...announcing our 2018 Golden Glove Safety Award winners!

Mon, 31 Dec 2018 15:48:32 -0500

Program recognizes safety improvements generated and implemented by employees across the company.

Recognition is great, but it's the (TimkenSteel) experience that matters

Wed, 10 Oct 2018 21:43:00 -0400

When TimkenSteel became an independent company in 2014, our reputation for creating some of the cleanest and best steels in the world was well established. We have the only focused special bar quality steel technology center in North America and we had invested millions of dollars in manufacturing assets that were the envy of the industry.

For TimkenSteel, our commitment to sustainability is where the rubber meets the road... or in this case, the recycling process

Thu, 09 Aug 2018 00:40:00 -0400

The end result benefits TimkenSteel, the communities we serve and the environment.

Advanced Quench-and-Temper Facility Makes Its Mark with Process Efficiency

Thu, 26 Apr 2018 14:48:51 -0400

Our $40-million AQTF facility is the newest of our investments, and enhances our offering of special bar quality steel bar and seamless mechanical tubing for the harshest applications, like sour service wells requiring corrosion-resistant steels in the energy industry.

TimkenSteel adds expertise to Lightweight Forging Initiative

Fri, 23 Feb 2018 08:34:13 -0500

TimkenSteel continues to lead the industry with our technology and our dedicated team of experts who drive it. Now, we’re taking our knowledge of clean, high-strength, high-toughness steels to an international consortium focused on reducing weight in the next generation of vehicles.

New Year, New Tool! TimkenSteel Launches Practical Data for Metallurgists Cloud-based App

Thu, 04 Jan 2018 10:53:54 -0500

TimkenSteel's Practical Data for Metallurgists guide has gone mobile!

Our Practical Data for Metallurgists guide has served as an industry standard since its introduction in 1953. And now, we’ve created an easy way to get information you need from the guide, in the palm of your hand, from your mobile device.

Made in America for 100 Years: TimkenSteel's St. Clair Plant

Wed, 27 Dec 2017 16:22:25 -0500

The St. Clair Plant in Eaton, Ohio, is a lean machine.

Made in America for 100 years: TimkenSteel's Tryon Peak Plant

Wed, 27 Dec 2017 15:11:26 -0500

The Tryon Peak facility leverages the core competencies of TimkenSteel’s business. The plant brings value to the supply chain for customers, combining full-length bar and seamless mechanical tubing with precision-cutting capabilities.

Made in America for 100 years: TimkenSteel's Faircrest Steel Plant

Fri, 22 Dec 2017 13:53:15 -0500

The Faircrest Steel Plant began operations in 1985 after an extensive study of the company’s steel business and steelmaking technologies.

Made in America for 100 Years: TimkenSteel Material Services

Fri, 15 Dec 2017 10:17:31 -0500

TimkenSteel Material Services (TMS) in Houston joined the company’s family in 2008, when The Timken Company bought the assets of Boring Specialties Inc., to create a wholly owned subsidiary known as Timken Boring Specialties.

Made in America for 100 Years: TimkenSteel's Gambrinus Steel Plant

Wed, 13 Dec 2017 16:21:00 -0500

In 1929, we were growing. We opened our second facility, the Gambrinus Steel Plant, a free-standing piercing mill to replace the original piercing operation, also in Canton.

New Endurance grades begin production

Fri, 08 Dec 2017 09:02:10 -0500

The heat is on – literally – for two of TimkenSteel's newest Endurance steels. The first-ever production heats of these ultra-high-strength, high-toughness grades were melted this week at the Faircrest Steel Plant in Canton, Ohio.

Made in America for 100 years: TimkenSteel's Harrison Steel Plant

Wed, 06 Dec 2017 14:26:00 -0500

TimkenSteel's Harrison Steel Plant is the company's longest-operating steel manufacturing facility. It began operation in 1917, when steel business president H.H. Timken saw a need for better control of the supply of steel to manufacture bearings.

Encouraging a new industry standard

Tue, 11 Apr 2017 10:18:31 -0400

For decades, the steel industry has relied on reduction ratio as a common measure of center soundness in steel bars, or the shrinkage porosity left over from casting.

See why we believe the industry standard should move away from reduction ratio and toward ultrasonic testing to guarantee a bar product's level of soundness.

The Results Are In: Ultrapremium™ Technology Delivers Real-World Improvements

Wed, 22 Feb 2017 16:20:23 -0500

Our Ultrapremium advanced processing can be applied to most grades of steel, and dramatically lowers the size and concentration of oxide inclusions, which contribute to early fatigue failure in engineered components like gears and bearings.

Winning Ideas and Teamwork Make for a Safer Workplace

Tue, 14 Feb 2017 15:39:59 -0500

The TimkenSteel Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) team set out to create a safety program that would get employees involved in generating innovative solutions to everyday safety challenges. The result was the Golden Glove program, which kicked off in spring 2015 and challenged employees to come up with ways to make their workplace safer from hand lacerations and sprains.

New Generation of Engineers are Inventing the Future of Clean Steel

Wed, 16 Nov 2016 16:04:14 -0500

At TimkenSteel, the newest generation of engineers are busy creating clean steels for today and the future.

Behind the Scenes: Hot Compression Test

Tue, 20 Sep 2016 11:08:07 -0400

TimkenSteel utilizes the hot compression test along with other tests to provide the full picture of the oxide inclusion population in steel.

Forged-Rolled Process for Large Bar Soundness

Mon, 22 Aug 2016 11:49:11 -0400

TimkenSteel’s Forged-Rolled process enables the customer to receive certified, sound centered bars at reduction ratios less than 3:1.

Ultrapremium technology born from need to measure steel cleanness

Mon, 18 Jul 2016 16:45:34 -0400

TimkenSteel developed a set of cleanness measurements to provide the full picture of the oxide inclusion population in steel.

Innovative Thinking Leads to New Process for High-Pressure Tubing

Wed, 29 Jun 2016 09:00:00 -0400

Like many of our innovations, TimkenSteel’s new process for producing high-pressure tubing was inspired by the needs of a customer.

Driving Customer Success with VacTec Steel

Wed, 25 May 2016 16:50:11 -0400

Launched eight years ago, VacTec steel is an economical line of alloy steels designed specifically for vacuum carburizing heat treatments. It offers greater performance and more desirable properties at a lower cost than other competing carburizing steel grades.

Steady Hands Lift the Ladle at the Jumbo Bloom Vertical Caster

Wed, 04 May 2016 10:07:18 -0400

Here’s what it takes to lift 350,000 pounds of molten steel five stories at Faircrest Steel Plant's jumbo bloom vertical caster.

Recycling Scrap Metal on Earth Day and Every Day

Fri, 22 Apr 2016 09:30:00 -0400

Think of our 175-ton ladles as giant recycling bins.

H.H. Timken’s quest for clean steel continues 100 years later

Tue, 19 Apr 2016 09:30:00 -0400

TimkenSteel was born out of the need for a steady supply of clean steel. The man behind that push into steel production was born 148 years ago today on April 19, 1868.

Bar Peeler Delivers Tighter Outside Diameter and Surface Tolerances

Wed, 06 Apr 2016 11:20:01 -0400

Watch our new bar peeler take oxidized steel and give it a shiny finish. The bar peeler provides products tighter tolerances on the outside diameter. It particularly benefits industrial, energy and distribution customers.

TimkenSteel bar sizes from 1 inch to 16 inches

Tue, 15 Mar 2016 09:00:00 -0400

Whether it’s small bars for automotive components or large bars for the oil and gas industry, our focus is on SBQ alloy steel. We manufacture more than 450 grades of high-performance alloy, micro-alloy and carbon steel.

Where Hard Hats and Great Ideas Live

Mon, 15 Feb 2016 12:00:00 -0500

Manufacturing is all about focusing on safety, quality and productivity. Carolee Vanicek, director of tube manufacturing at TimkenSteel, shares why process improvement and optimization underlies everything we do.

Sharpening Large Bar Focus with New Peeler

Thu, 14 Jan 2016 12:55:00 -0500

It’s like a pencil sharpener, only for steel. For our customers, the benefit is a tighter tolerance on the bar's outside diameter.

TimkenSteel Improves Gear Performance with Clean Steel

Thu, 07 Jan 2016 13:15:17 -0500

Gear life depends on many factors and steel cleanness is a critical one. TimkenSteel has a century of experience producing clean steel for the gear industry. We continually develop and test our materials, building in-depth knowledge about product and material characteristics that affect gear life. This is an example of how we work with customers to tackle their challenges and improve gear performance.

Just how hot is molten steel?

Thu, 03 Dec 2015 13:24:01 -0500

Ladle refining operators control temperature to produce clean alloy steel. But just how hot is 175 tons of molten steel? Watch as we explore that question with Jim Henline, a ladle refining operator at Faircrest Steel Plant.

3 Things You Should Know About TimkenSteel’s Automotive Steel

Tue, 10 Nov 2015 16:10:55 -0500

TimkenSteel optimizes the supply chain for its automotive customers by controlling quality and consistency at every step. Customers avoid the capital investment needed to turn steel bars and tubes into precision components by relying on TimkenSteel to perform those operations to whatever degree of completion they require, from cut tubes to semi-finished parts.

TimkenSteel alters steel to lower machining costs for automakers

Thu, 05 Nov 2015 16:14:27 -0500

Bottom line: instead of making a better broaching tool, we set out to make steel that was easier to cut, but just as strong.

Jumbo Bloom Vertical Caster Reaches One-Year Anniversary

Wed, 21 Oct 2015 10:56:00 -0400

Today marks the one-year anniversary of the first heat at our jumbo bloom vertical caster. The caster team at Faircrest Steel Plant has achieved many significant project milestones over the last year.

CLEAN STEELS IMPROVE GEAR PERFORMANCE

Mon, 19 Oct 2015 15:30:47 -0400

We have a century of experience producing clean steel for the gear industry and other demanding applications worldwide. Learn more about how clean steel improves gear performance.

Customers make gears more efficiently with TimkenSteel

Wed, 07 Oct 2015 00:00:00 -0400

To make a finished ring gear for a transmission, our team begins with steel tubing, cuts it into rings and then machines teeth into it. Our customers then machine the component again to create the final gear with an expensive tool called a “broach.” The longer the broach’s life, the lower the manufacturing costs for the customer. TimkenSteel Technologist Mike Burnett gives you a behind-the-scenes look at the sophisticated engineering and perpetual innovation that reduced broaching costs for one customer by 67 percent.

What Makes Special Bar Quality (SBQ) Steel So Special?

Wed, 23 Sep 2015 10:50:16 -0400

In a word, stress! The degree to which special bar quality (SBQ) steels are truly “special” largely depends on how much stress it can handle. Not all SBQ steel is created equally, and only a select few manufacturers can produce it for the most demanding applications.

TimkenSteel At 30,000 Feet: The Energy Alloys Story

Wed, 09 Sep 2015 14:57:54 -0400

The high cost of the materials that can endure the harsh conditions of drilling and completing oil and gas wells at extreme depths limits exploration at ultra-deep levels. TimkenSteel sales engineers worked closely with Energy Alloys and their customer to understand the challenge of gaining cost efficiency while not sacrificing performance to enable deeper completions.

4 Things You Should Know About TimkenSteel Material Services

Tue, 01 Sep 2015 15:27:08 -0400

TimkenSteel’s Houston operation began more than 40 years ago by supplying machining services. We grew capacity and now offer more comprehensive steel, heat-treat and machining solutions. Today, we lead the industry in precision machining and hole-finishing for metals, bars or tubes.

TimkenSteel At 10,000 RPMs: The Bryant Racing Crankshaft Story

Tue, 25 Aug 2015 09:00:00 -0400

The racing industry requires high torque, horsepower and RPM levels. As the automotive industry strives to achieve strict fuel economy and emissions requirements, TimkenSteel anticipates that the technology used in racing powertrains will become commonplace in consumer vehicles within a 10-year horizon.

3 Things You Should Know About the Forge Press at TimkenSteel

Wed, 05 Aug 2015 15:50:52 -0400

It squeezes a steel bloom as effortlessly as a child squeezes modeling clay – only with incredible precision.

TimkenSteel’s forge press is critical to enhancing center soundness of large cross-sections of our special bar quality (SBQ) steel.

Forged-Rolled Process Advances Sound Center Capability Beyond Reduction Ratio

Thu, 16 Jul 2015 09:06:00 -0400

TimkenSteel recently invested in a forge press that created a new forged-rolled process path to produce large bars (greater than 9 inches in diameter) with sound centers.

3 Things You Should Know About Ladle Refining at TimkenSteel

Tue, 07 Jul 2015 14:35:24 -0400

Ladle refining at TimkenSteel is all about science – with a little bit of art mixed in.

The result is special bar quality (SBQ) steel that meets tight requirements and is 100% made to order.

Watch as Joe Zugcic, a ladle refining operator for nearly 30 years, explains three things you may not know about our ladle refining:

TimkenSteel Turns One

Tue, 30 Jun 2015 17:43:55 -0400

On June 30, 2014, we became what we like to call a “100-year-old start-up,” and today, we celebrate TimkenSteel’s one-year anniversary as an independent company.