Here at BSS we have created a forum for all our customers. We understand, that you all deal with different grades of steel at that is why might have common issues with the processing. Please feel free to ask BSS community a question – then we will email it to all our customers. Therefore, everybody …

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Spring steels are supplied in one of two conditions: they are either supplied in annealed condition –  to allow component manufacture prior to the hardening process – or hardened and tempered. The hardening and tempering process The optimum combination of hardness; strength and toughness is developed throughout the cross section of an engineering product made …

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Drawings and customer specifications will often quote hardness ranges for the steel required. Dependant upon the source, these can appear according to a variety of scales. The chart below gives approximate conversions between different scales. This should be a guide only as the tests use a variety of methods to ascertain values. Brinell Hardness Vickers …

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