- 行业: Metals
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Thin sheet steel with a very thin coating of metallic tin. Tin plate is used primarily in canmaking.
Industry:Metals
Titanium and its alloys have very high strength-to-weight ratios. At normal temperatures, they have high resistance to corrosion. Used primarily in aerospace and chemical processing applications.
Industry:Metals
A customer’s specifications can refer to dimensions or to the chemical properties of steel ordered. The tolerance measures the allowable difference in product specifications between what a customer orders and what the steel company delivers. There is no standard tolerance because each customer maintains its own variance objective. Tolerances are given as the specification, plus or minus an error factor; the smaller the range, the higher the cost.
Industry:Metals
The act of processing steel for a fee (“toll”). Owners of the steel sheet may not possess the facilities to perform needed operations on the material (or may not have the open capacity). Therefore, another steel mill or service center will slit, roll, coat, anneal, or plate the metal for a fee.
Industry:Metals
Steels that are hardened for the use in the manufacture of tools and dies.
Industry:Metals
Unit of measure for steel scrap and iron ore.
: Gross Ton: 2,240 pounds.
: Long (Net) Ton: 2,240 pounds.
: Short (Net) Ton: 2,000 pounds. Normal unit of statistical raw material input and steel output in the United States.
: Metric Ton: 1,000 kilograms. 2,204. 6 pounds or 1. 102 short tons.
Industry:Metals
When referring to OCTG, tubing is a separate pipe used within the casing to conduct the oil or gas to the surface. Depending on conditions and well life, tubing may have to be replaced during the operational life of a well.
Industry:Metals
The shallow refractory-lined basin on top of the continuous caster. It receives the liquid steel from the ladle, prior to the cast, allowing the operator to precisely regulate the flow of metal into the mold.
Industry:Metals
Include tungsten and tungsten carbide powders, sintered tungsten carbide products and cutting tools for the metalworking, mining, oil and gas, and other industries requiring tools with extra hardness.
Industry:Metals
Type of furnace whereby stock to be heated is placed upon cars, which are then pushed or pulled slowly through the furnace.
Industry:Metals
