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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…

When it comes to purchasing materials for use in aerospace applications, the specifications can seem very daunting to the less experienced eye. However, these specifications are in place for a good reason, as not only do safety guidelines have to be adhered to, but they allow for the distinction between a part that works best…

Stainless steel is specified when it isn’t required and mild steel is used when there may be problems down the road. Understand which makes sense for your job. The basic difference Mild steel can be used in almost any application as it is cheap and easy to work with. The only major drawback is that…

Let’s Break Down Common Beam Sizes! If you’ve ever looked at a structural steel chart and thought to yourself, “What does 203x133x25 actually mean?” you are not alone. We get asked about beam sizes nearly every day. Here’s a simple explanation. What do those numbers mean?Let’s take a universal beam for example and break it…