Mild Low Carbon

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Precision Shafting represents the highest degree of over-all accuracy, concentricity, straightness, and surface perfection attainable in commercial practice. After being ground on centerless grinders, bars are polished to a high finish and carefully straightened.

This material is often referred to as pump shafting or pump rod, due to its degree of straightness, which is so important in high-speed shafting applications. This special straightness serves to prevent vibration and wear on packing and bearings, which must be avoided in deep well pump work. Precision Shafting is also used for motor shafts and similar applications where high-speed work necessitates straightness and accuracy along with the ability to be machined non symmetrical with practically no danger of warping.

Hardening happens between 1800-1900°F.

TG&P 1045 Precision Shafting steel is an on-size material.

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1018 is low-carbon steel, having higher manganese content than certain other low-carbon steels, such as 1020. Being richer in manganese, 1018 is a better steel for carburized parts, since it produces a harder and more uniform case. It also has higher mechanical properties and better machining characteristics. The hot rolled bars used in the manufacture of this product are of special quality.

Most cold rolled finished bars are produced by cold drawing. In this process, oversize hot rolled bars, which have been cleaned to remove scale, are drawn through dies to the required size. The larger sizes are generally turned and polished, the hot rolled bars having been machine turned, rather than drawn, followed by abrasive polished. Turned and polished bars tend to have a somewhat brighter finish than cold drawn bars.

A greater degree of dimensional accuracy and straightness in round bars is obtained by grinding and polishing. The product resulting from this process is known as Precision Shafting.

Hardening happens between 1650-1700°F .

1018 is an on-sized material, cold finish.

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12L14 material represents the latest development in the field of free machining carbon steel products and are the fastest machining steels available. 12L14 is essentially re-sulphurized and re-phosphorized screw machine stock to which lead has been added.

Applications to which 12L14 are used to take maximum advantage for parts where considerable machining is required, are brushing, inserts, couplings, and hydraulic hose fittings. With good ductility, these grades are suitable for parts involving bending, crimping, or riveting.

Hardening for 12L14 will respond better to conventional treatments, although they are not considered case-hardening steels.

12L14 is not weldable.

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LCSP is low-carbon steel, having higher manganese content than mild steel and certain other low-carbon steels. Being richer in manganese, LCSP is a better steel for carburized parts, since it produces a harder and more uniform case. It also has higher mechanical properties and better machining properties, including Brinell hardness, and better machining characteristics. In its production, special manufacturing controls are used for chemical composition, heating, rolling, surface preparations, etc. The result is a quality product suitable for applications involving forging, heat treating, cold drawing, machining, etc.

Since LCSP is a good carburizing steel, it is especially suitable for parts requiring high surface hardness with a relatively soft core, such as gears, pinions, worms, king pins, chain pins, ratchets, dogs, oil tool slips, and liners. LCSP is also often specified for studs, anchor pins, special bolts, tie rods, etc. It is a hot-rolled-A-36-ground top to bottom +/- .003 – edges ground +.005-.000 up to 12″ wide.

Hardening happens between 1650 – 1700°F.

LCSP is an on-sized and ground finished material.