Posted by unc on March 10, 2016 at 13:51:47 from (174.90.223.96):
In Reply to: Todays steel posted by Eldon (WA) on March 09, 2016 at 21:27:24:
In a few words, most steel is made by the "basic oxygen process". This produces large quantities of cheap steel with lower emissions. Unfortunately, the steel is not very good. Somehow it meets specs, but every welder and manufacturer knows what a pain it is to work with. When it cracks beside the weld, the welder gets blamed. When it cracks at the bend, the press brake man gets blamed. When it falls apart in service, the assembly guys get blamed. Always lots of blame to go around, but no one will listen if you question the quality of the steel. The old open hearth furnaces produced superior steel, but have all been shut down due to emissions. We can still produce good steel, but management would rather swear at production than pay for the good stuff. Unc
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