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The What and Why of Aluminized Steel Sheets

Aluminized steel sheets are sheets of steel treated with an aluminum-silicon alloy. This causes the aluminum and steel to bond that gives the metal unique properties of both metals. Aluminized steel has a higher corrosion resistance and can hold the properties of steel in strength and durability under temperatures less than 800 Celsius. Usually, the steel is used in water heaters, furnaces, heat exchangers, vehicle mufflers, ovens, fireplaces, barbecue grills, stoves, corrugated roofing, air conditioning housing, drying ovens, building siding, storage bins, and baking pans.

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Why You Should Use Specialized Metal Service Centers

A metal service center typically buys metal from a metal foundry or other metal manufacturing plant and then re-sells it to specific industries. Usually, metal service centers shape and tool the metal into a usable form for the final customer. The reason that these service centers exist is to prevent the metal manufacturing company from having to keep all of the metal shaping and processing equipment in one location. This allows metal manufacturing plants to focus purely on metal creation, while other factories and facilities can transform the metal into usable pieces and parts for further manufacturing.

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5 Places to Find Steel Tubes

The world of steel tubing is large and varied. Steel tubes range in size from just a few millimeters wide to over several feet wide, depending on the use. Steel is so strong, that it is ideal for a variety of uses in industries all over the world, from plumbing pipelines to hypodermic needle tubing for the medical industry. You can often find steel tubing used in the following places:

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A Tour of a Steel Mill

If you have never experienced the wonder of a steel plate mill, you are missing out. The manufacturing of steel is a fascinating process that starts with the melting of the steel into ingots and ends with the completed steel plate, which is used for a variety of uses, from building construction, to road work, to ship-making. Travel along with this virtual journal of steel plate manufactures to discover just how steel plates are created.

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Lesser-Known Uses for Carbon Steel Piping

Carbon steel piping is the most basic form of steel piping available. It contains a majority of steel, with a few extra types of metal added in for strength and rust-resistant properties. However, none of the other materials have a high enough concentration to create a steel alloy. Carbon steel is used in 85 percent of all steel applications in the United States. Steel piping is often used to transport fuel, oil, or other liquids from one place to another. However, carbon piping also used for some lesser-known uses in a wide variety of industries.

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Commercial Metal Exchange: Experts at Metals

Commercial Metal Exchange has over 25 years of experience in sourcing various metals, alloys, and copper nationwide. Our highly trusted company is located in Warminster, Pennsylvania but stocks and distributes metals for both small and large companies all over the nation. We hold ourselves to certain goals to maintain high quality standards, provide the best customer service possible, and promote an inclusive workplace. The sales force behind our company has over 100 years of combined experience in sourcing metals. With that experience we are able to provide fast delivery with low costs.

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Metal Acoustic Ceiling Tiles provide a sleek finish for the Club Level of Portland’s Rose Garden Arena

When most people think of acoustical treatment, they probably think cushy or foamy, available in a variety of off-white colors. It is not always considered something that would contribute to a chic appearance. Proprietors of the sleekest, most exclusive level of the Rose Garden Arena, however, know better.

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Why Brass?

Brass is an ancient metal, and is actually one of the first metal compounds ever created by man. Brass is a mixture of copper and zinc, which has a harder finish than copper alone. Brass is often used in decorative uses, because it can achieve a high level of shine and can withstand minor bumps and scratches.

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Tungsten Bars: Worth Their Weight In Gold

Tungsten bars are fine-grained metals that resemble silver. These bars are used in a variety of different industrial applications like proweights, counterbalances, tungsten wire, special steel alloys, and light bulb filaments. It is extremely interesting to see the way that the material works throughout the manufacturing industry but it is even more interesting to see the applications it is used in for different industries. But did you know that tungsten is used in illegal settings too? There is a widespread problem for tungsten counterfeit. The process is relatively easy and for someone who is good at making counterfeit gold out of tungsten the payout can be extremely high. This is an international problem as well with tungsten bars showing up in the United States, United Kingdom, and in Germany.

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Buy and Sell Directly with Metalmark Inc.

From Cleveland, Ohio comes Metalmark, Inc. a prime and secondary metals and materials supplier. Metalmark’s target clientele is distributing metals throughout the United States of America, Canada, and Mexico. Specifically, Metalmark prides ourselves on our dealings with specialty metals in stainless steel and aluminum. Family owned since we established in 1992, we have operated and proved to be an unstoppable force in the industry. Metalmark’s commitment to always sourcing new materials and selling all types of metal to our customers has made us a staple organization in the stainless steel and aluminum industry. Some of the items we buy and sell are coils, sheets, bars, and plates.

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Different Trends for Mining and Processing Titanium

The current costs of titanium have nothing to do with the rarity of the material. In fact, it is an extremely abundant metal with workable deposits all over the earth. The costs come directly from the resources, time, and energy required to mine and process it. Titanium is valued for its high strength-to-weight ratio, its ability to withstand high temperatures, and a strong corrosion resistance. It is already used throughout the medical, marine, and aerospace industries, but if the current trends continue, the price may come down far enough that it will be used in a wide range of other industries.

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Titanium Foil Uses: Capacitors

Small chip capacitors are used today in many different manufacturing processes. As technology progresses, the ability to make smaller capacitors that perform at the same level or higher than larger capacitors has become important in the creation of new technology and modern devices ranging from basic computers to complicated manufacturing equipment.

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Clever Uses for Titanium Foil

Titanium foil is just like any other metal foil. It is a thin layer of metal made from pure titanium. Because titanium is such an expensive metal, titanium foil is also expensive. The foil can come in a variety of different thicknesses for different projects, from 0.0762 mm to under 0.0100 in thickness. Each thickness has its own set of uses in the industrial world. Generally, titanium is thinned out using a series of presses and rollers and the finished foil is wound around a large tube for packaging. Some of the most common uses for foil made from titanium include:

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Take Advantage of Fast Titanium Mill Times

Titanium is a tricky metal that is both expensive and highly useful for many different industries. Titanium bars are manufactured into products all over the world, creating circuit boards, electronic components, tools, jewelry, and airplane panels. The aerospace industry is one of the industries that uses the highest amount of titanium. This is due to the lightweight, yet strong, nature of the metal.

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The Ever Changing World of Titanium

Titanium alloys are already some of the strongest metal alloys in the world. Titanium is the metal of choice for many heavy-duty applications, like aerospace panels, machine parts, rockets, and many other metal objects that require a high amount of pressure and strength. A titanium alloy is a popular choice for these applications because titanium is strong, flexible, and lightweight all at the same time.

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