TimkenSteel adds expertise to Lightweight Forging Initiative by Mike Burnett | February 23, 2018 | Categories: Automotive, Cleanness Analysis, Energy, Industrial Steel, Steel Grades, Steel Industry Trends, Steel News 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. Read More
New Endurance grades begin production by TimkenSteel | December 8, 2017 | Categories: Steel News, Steel Industry Trends, Industrial Steel, Steel Grades, Automotive, Cleanness Analysis, Energy 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. Read More
Encouraging a new industry standard by TimkenSteel | April 11, 2017 | Categories: Automotive, Cleanness Analysis, Energy, Industrial Steel, Steel Grades, Steel Industry Trends, Steel News 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. Read More
The Results Are In: Ultrapremiumâ„¢ Technology Delivers Real-World Improvements by TimkenSteel | February 22, 2017 | Categories: Steel Grades 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. Read More
Innovative Thinking Leads to New Process for High-Pressure Tubing by TimkenSteel | June 29, 2016 | Categories: Steel Grades, Steel Industry Trends, Steel News Like many of our innovations, TimkenSteel’s new process for producing high-pressure tubing was inspired by the needs of a customer. Read More
Driving Customer Success with VacTec Steel by Patrick Anderson | May 25, 2016 | Categories: Industrial Steel, Steel Grades, Steel News 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. Read More
Bar Peeler Delivers Tighter Outside Diameter and Surface Tolerances by TimkenSteel | April 6, 2016 | Categories: Steel Grades, Steel Industry Trends, Industrial Steel, Steel News 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. Read More
TimkenSteel bar sizes from 1 inch to 16 inches by TimkenSteel | March 15, 2016 | Categories: Industrial Steel, Steel Grades 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. Read More
Sharpening Large Bar Focus with New Peeler by Shawn Seanor | January 14, 2016 | Categories: Steel Grades, Steel Industry Trends, Steel News It’s like a pencil sharpener, only for steel. For our customers, the benefit is a tighter tolerance on the bar's outside diameter. Read More
CLEAN STEELS IMPROVE GEAR PERFORMANCE by TimkenSteel | October 19, 2015 | Categories: Industrial Steel, Steel Grades 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. Read More
What Makes Special Bar Quality (SBQ) Steel So Special? by Ray Fryan | September 23, 2015 | Categories: Industrial Steel, Steel Grades, Steel News 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. Read More
3 Things You Should Know About the Forge Press at TimkenSteel by TimkenSteel | August 5, 2015 | Categories: Steel Grades, Steel Industry Trends, Steel News 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. Read More
3 Things You Should Know About Ladle Refining at TimkenSteel by TimkenSteel | July 7, 2015 | Categories: Steel News, Steel Industry Trends, Steel Grades 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: Read More