Author: Tom

As your choice becomes limited to black bar or bright steel, it becomes important to understand how it could impact your machining times, tolerances, and costs of finished components. For engineering companies, sub-contracting machine shops and fabricators who need to source materials for CNC turning, milling or general production work, knowing the differences between these…

Alloy designations present unique challenges for aerospace procurement teams. A common source of confusion is AMS 5659 and 15CDV6. Both alloys are used in high-performance engineering, but they have different uses and come from different metallurgical families. The differences between the two alloys become important when procuring critical components made from bar, plate, or tubular…

It is hardly ever as simple as just picking a size off a list when sourcing structural steel, bright bar, or non-ferrous material for a commercial project. To procurement teams, fabricators, and site engineers, some of the paperwork is, in some cases, just as important as the actual metal. For construction, engineering and manufacturing, material…