SBQ STEEL BLOG

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.

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 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.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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