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Southwest Steel Casting
Company produces castings from 10 to
4,500 lbs in the following metals:
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Carbon Steel
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Low and High Alloy Steel
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Stainless Steel
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Low Temperature Steel
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Heat Resistant Steel
Southwest Steel has installed two state of the
art induction melting furnaces dedicated to
producing high alloy steel. These new facilities
allow the following metal grades to be poured:
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Duplex & Super Duplex
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Hastelloy
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Inconel
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Austenitic Steels
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Martensitic Steels
The
metallurgical specifications for these steels
include ASTM A216 WCC, WCB, A217WC6, WC9, A487
4A, 4B, 4C, CA15, CA6NM, CF8M, CF3M, A352, LCC,
LCB - All Carbon Steel Grades including exotics.
Steel Castings -
General
Steel castings are especially adapted for parts
that must withstand wear, shocks or heavy loads.
They are stronger than either wrought iron or
cast iron or malleable iron and are very tough.
Their are two general types of steel castings,
carbon and alloy, which are described in greater
detail below.
Steel castings can be heat treated to bring
about the diffusion of carbon or alloying
elements, softening, hardening, stress
relieving, toughening, improve machinability,
increase wear resistance, and removal of
hydrogen entrapped at the surface of the
casting. See Southwest Steel's Heat Treating web
page for more information.
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