The alloy composition of Steeltec’s free-cutting steels have been carefully optimized to make them ideally suited for machining operations. Steeltec has also developed higher strength special steels with outstanding machinability characteristics. With short-breaking chips, extended tool lives and a high degree of uniformity of material properties across batches, these steels offer huge potential for designing optimized component manufacturing processes.

If you’re interested in working with materials whose chemical composition, mechanical properties or machinability have been optimized for your manufacturing process, then get in touch with us to learn more.

Potential for cost savings

Our high-strength special steel ETG® for demanding manufacturing processes.

ETG® bright steels can be used to replace a number of standard steels. This reduces logistics expenses and reduces the risk of confusion and complexity costs. At the same time, individual parts can be made smaller: They become lighter and less expensive.

ETG® steels open up unimagined possibilities in the design of manufacturing processes:
Additional operations such as quenching and tempering, straightening, grinding and deburring are eliminated, shorter machining times due to higher metal removal rates, longer tool life, reduced machine downtime, multi-machine operation and the possibility of running ghost shifts.

ETG® high-strength special steels as a substitute for standard steels

Thanks to the guaranteed yield strength over the entire dimensional range, the field of application for ETG® is wide. A number of standard steels can be replaced with ETG®. The decisive factor is the intended use. Significant weight and cost savings can be achieved through optimized dimensioning.

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