Materials Support
Problems with materials or production? Let’s tackle them!
Our dedicated Materials Support team brings more than 250 years of combined experience—with the tools, the talent, and the technology to get you exactly the steel you need. In addition, our metallurgists can assist you with continuous product improvement, supplier trials, tailored metallurgy courses, and solving challenging material issues.
& Analysis
HANDS-ON FIELD DISCOVERY
Top-level service means our experts come to you.
As our steel-buying customer, you have in-person access to our metallurgy experts. To ensure you have the right steel for the job, we want to know all we can about what’s happening at your plant. So, our experts come to you. We take samples and talk with you and your crew about any steel-related manufacturing issues you might be having. Then we bring it all back to the lab to research the best solution.
LAB TESTING & ANALYSIS
Put our lab to the test.
Our advanced metals evaluation laboratory is available to support your product and process development. Testing helps predict the performance of a material before it runs in your facility, using chemistries, mechanical properties analysis, tensile tests, hardness tests, and imaging. We also help uncover why a material already in production might not be working. Our lab is accredited through ISO and QS certifications.
QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR MATERIALS SUPPORT?
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Highlights
Our customers regularly tap our metallurgical expertise for product improvements, materials problem solving, supplier trials, and specialty solutions. We also share studies that we do independently and in affiliation with other research-oriented institutions.
Education
TRAINING ALL LEVELS
Covering topics from the basics to the latest.
We partner with customers to lead courses on a wide variety of topics, depending on the experience, skill level, and interest of the teams we’re training. We can help your group gain a fundamental understanding of steel and how we work with it. On more advanced levels, we’ll share what’s new in steel chemistry, processing, product development, and more.
Interested? Your salesperson can work with you to determine the training that fits your needs:
- Metallurgy basics
- Steelmaking processes and product improvement
- Customized metallurgy classes to address specific needs
Classes are offered onsite - at your locations or ours.