How long can steel cleaned by SCS be stored? The SCS process can give material a much longer shelf life than other processes (eg pickled and oiled or hot rolled dry). So what proof is there? Our American friends at TMW recently enlisted the help of a St Louis Testing Laboratory to test out the claim. Comparing samples that were bare SCS, continuous in line P&O and batch P&O in a high humidity environment - 98% relative humidity at 100 degrees it was found that: • After 312 hours both the continuous in line P&O and batch P&O showed signs of rust. The SCS samples revealed nothing. • After 384 hours the batch P&O sample showed pervasive rust spots and the continuous P&O samples showed noticeable edge rust. The SCS samples revealed nothing. • Only at 504 hours did the SCS samples reveal rust - but this was only on the edge of the sample that had been sheared i.e. a 60% larger exposure than the P&O samples.
Remember SCS refreshes the steel that other machines cannot reach! LASER CUTTING Oil, dirt and scale on the sheet surface can cause diffraction, and rust can cause auto shut-off due to excessive surface variation. The SCS surface is so smooth, clean and flat that laser and plasma cutting speed can be increased as much as 50%, while ‘springback’ is reduced or eliminated.
TUBE PRODUCTION Tubes made from HR black require preparation prior to coating or painting and rust is always a concern. It’s the most common reason for rejecting HR black tubes. Tubes made from P&O may require cleanup prior to welding, fabricating, or coating/painting. SCS tubes, structural or mechanical, can be ready to weld or paint right off the mill. The SCS shape, with no edge wave, and SCS cleanliness yields a better, more uniform seam weld. In trials to date SCS welded ‘SCS Welding Guidelines’ give you settings and suggested consumables to optimise SCS faster than P&O, enabling welding. Visit www.servosteel.co.uk/scs.htm to download the guidelines. improved mill efficiency.
• Speed increases of 20 to 50% • Laser through two sheets at a time • Superb quality in cut, pierce and mark
• SCS process removes surface rust, yielding a highly paintable surface. • Big savings from ‘leaner’ paint prep with no phosphating stages.
See ‘SCS Paint Prep Guidelines’ for SCS rinse regimen. Note that SCS surface ‘shadows’— even from removed rust—do not show through the paint.Visit www.servosteel.co.uk/scs.htm to download the guidelines.
OTHER PROCESSES WHERE SCS CAN HELP WELDING Oil makes welding more difficult; it attracts excess dirt, degrades weld integrity and increases the level of hazardous fumes. Cleaner steel makes better welds, so with HR black you either clean (even grind!) the area to weld , or let weld integrity suffer. Clean SCS welds better, giving a more uniform, stronger bead. SCS has no oil smoke so metallic particulates disperse much less—important for safeguarding your welders’ respiratory health.
‘SCS Welding Guidelines’ give you settings and suggested consumables to optimise SCS welding. Visit www.servosteel.co.uk/scs.htm to download the guidelines.
• SCS welds tested 20% stronger than P&O welds in shear strength tests. • 30% savings in filler wire over P&O
SCS—BRISTLES WITH ENTHUSIASM!
PREP AND PAINTING HR black needs extensive cleanup before painting, plus phosphating pre-treatment to obtain acceptable adherence and corrosion resistance. P&O steel needs expensive, multi-stage pre-treatment before painting. Anything less degrades its corrosion resistance. A lean 2-stage rinse is all that’s needed to prep SCS for most applications. Smooth SCS yields a superior finish for high gloss paints and better corrosion resistance.
The ‘SCS Lasering Guidelines’ help you optimise laser setup for increased speed with SCS. Visit www.servosteel.co.uk/scs.htm to download the guidelines.
briefing
Vol. 1 Issue 2
Rollforming and Pressbrake There’s no slip in tooling and its excellent shape yields consistent final product shapes. Pressing/Stamping SCS allows lubricant to contact the steel rather than mill scale or a film of oil and so it works better. SCS keep dies cleaner. Punching/Turret Work It’s cleaner with SCS and, due to SCS flatness, is more consistent. Tool life with SCS is as good or better than P&O. Grinding SCS eliminates the need to grind away rust since it inhibits rusting and prevents tools from becoming clogged with P&O oils.
The new SCS coil-to-coil line commissioned and in action
Welcome to the second in a series of new Servosteel SCS Briefings which mark Servosteel’s £3.4m investment in SCS capability. We are pleased to announce that after a 12 month lead time, a month’s installation and a month’s commissioning, we are in production! To mark the launch of the new SCS Coil Line, we are holding an open day for all our customers on Friday 20th April 2007. Sir Digby Jones will formally open the line and we are hoping that Kevin Voges from The Material Works, who has brought the SCS process to market will also join us. Over the page you will find more information on our new line together with pictures of some of the results so far.
Extension Complete Our 46,000 square foot extension has recently been completed, including new roadways which improve traffic flow and ensure faster load and unload times for our customers.
And finally, the reason for the new extension—increased capacity! The photo below shows the extension already being used to store your coils.
The extension on the inside
The photo below shows the members of the team who have lived with the project since the equipment first
SCS CONTACTS The extension area prior to building
The next photo illustrates the completed extensions and the re-cladding of the existing factory. We then took the opportunity to rebuild, extend and resurface the adjoining manoeuvering area and factory entrances. Chris, Pete and Mark, dedicated SCS operatives
The new extension and main factory newly cladded
The photo below shows the area on which the new extension was built.
YOU’RE IN GOOD HANDS
Website: www.servosteel.co.uk Telephone: 01384 471 371
The SCS logo is a registered trademark of The Material Works
arrived on site in crates. Mark Thomas, Pete Young and Chris Wright have been involved from the installation stage, through commissioning and now production. Mark, Pete and Chris also spent a week in America in November training on an SCS Line.
For more information on SCS please contact us as follows: Jim Spencer 01384 471380
[email protected] Phill Guest 01384 471372
[email protected] You can also visit our website www.servosteel.co.uk/scs.htm
OUR NEW SCS LINE
WHAT PROBLEMS CAN SCS SOLVE FOR YOU?
Area designated for SCS Line
The construction is in good hands
SCS Line fully installed and commissioned
Uncoiler
Leveller
Leveller
Water damaged?
Sprung and rusty?
Poor edge shape?
1830 wide 0.91–8mm Max 32,000Kg 1.D. 500–965mm O.D. 2134mm max
1830 x 8mm
Rusty edges?
Full middle?
1830 x 2.5mm Poor build-up?
SCS brushes
1830 x 8mm max @ 45 mtr/min
Drying table
Recoiler
2 sets of air knives 1 set edge driers
1830 wide 0.91–8mm Max 32,000 Kg 1.D. 508/610 @ 762 O.D. 2134 max
Shape corrected, build-up sorted
Smooth clean surface
Shape removed from P&O Coil
OUR NEW SCS LINE
WHAT PROBLEMS CAN SCS SOLVE FOR YOU?
Area designated for SCS Line
The construction is in good hands
SCS Line fully installed and commissioned
Uncoiler
Leveller
Leveller
Water damaged?
Sprung and rusty?
Poor edge shape?
1830 wide 0.91–8mm Max 32,000Kg 1.D. 500–965mm O.D. 2134mm max
1830 x 8mm
Rusty edges?
Full middle?
1830 x 2.5mm Poor build-up?
SCS brushes
1830 x 8mm max @ 45 mtr/min
Drying table
Recoiler
2 sets of air knives 1 set edge driers
1830 wide 0.91–8mm Max 32,000 Kg 1.D. 508/610 @ 762 O.D. 2134 max
Shape corrected, build-up sorted
Smooth clean surface
Shape removed from P&O Coil
How long can steel cleaned by SCS be stored? The SCS process can give material a much longer shelf life than other processes (eg pickled and oiled or hot rolled dry). So what proof is there? Our American friends at TMW recently enlisted the help of a St Louis Testing Laboratory to test out the claim. Comparing samples that were bare SCS, continuous in line P&O and batch P&O in a high humidity environment - 98% relative humidity at 100 degrees it was found that: • After 312 hours both the continuous in line P&O and batch P&O showed signs of rust. The SCS samples revealed nothing. • After 384 hours the batch P&O sample showed pervasive rust spots and the continuous P&O samples showed noticeable edge rust. The SCS samples revealed nothing. • Only at 504 hours did the SCS samples reveal rust - but this was only on the edge of the sample that had been sheared i.e. a 60% larger exposure than the P&O samples.
Remember SCS refreshes the steel that other machines cannot reach! LASER CUTTING Oil, dirt and scale on the sheet surface can cause diffraction, and rust can cause auto shut-off due to excessive surface variation. The SCS surface is so smooth, clean and flat that laser and plasma cutting speed can be increased as much as 50%, while ‘springback’ is reduced or eliminated.
TUBE PRODUCTION Tubes made from HR black require preparation prior to coating or painting and rust is always a concern. It’s the most common reason for rejecting HR black tubes. Tubes made from P&O may require cleanup prior to welding, fabricating, or coating/painting. SCS tubes, structural or mechanical, can be ready to weld or paint right off the mill. The SCS shape, with no edge wave, and SCS cleanliness yields a better, more uniform seam weld. In trials to date SCS welded ‘SCS Welding Guidelines’ give you settings and suggested consumables to optimise SCS faster than P&O, enabling welding. Visit www.servosteel.co.uk/scs.htm to download the guidelines. improved mill efficiency.
• Speed increases of 20 to 50% • Laser through two sheets at a time • Superb quality in cut, pierce and mark
• SCS process removes surface rust, yielding a highly paintable surface. • Big savings from ‘leaner’ paint prep with no phosphating stages.
See ‘SCS Paint Prep Guidelines’ for SCS rinse regimen. Note that SCS surface ‘shadows’— even from removed rust—do not show through the paint.Visit www.servosteel.co.uk/scs.htm to download the guidelines.
OTHER PROCESSES WHERE SCS CAN HELP WELDING Oil makes welding more difficult; it attracts excess dirt, degrades weld integrity and increases the level of hazardous fumes. Cleaner steel makes better welds, so with HR black you either clean (even grind!) the area to weld , or let weld integrity suffer. Clean SCS welds better, giving a more uniform, stronger bead. SCS has no oil smoke so metallic particulates disperse much less—important for safeguarding your welders’ respiratory health.
‘SCS Welding Guidelines’ give you settings and suggested consumables to optimise SCS welding. Visit www.servosteel.co.uk/scs.htm to download the guidelines.
• SCS welds tested 20% stronger than P&O welds in shear strength tests. • 30% savings in filler wire over P&O
SCS—BRISTLES WITH ENTHUSIASM!
PREP AND PAINTING HR black needs extensive cleanup before painting, plus phosphating pre-treatment to obtain acceptable adherence and corrosion resistance. P&O steel needs expensive, multi-stage pre-treatment before painting. Anything less degrades its corrosion resistance. A lean 2-stage rinse is all that’s needed to prep SCS for most applications. Smooth SCS yields a superior finish for high gloss paints and better corrosion resistance.
The ‘SCS Lasering Guidelines’ help you optimise laser setup for increased speed with SCS. Visit www.servosteel.co.uk/scs.htm to download the guidelines.
briefing
Vol. 1 Issue 2
Rollforming and Pressbrake There’s no slip in tooling and its excellent shape yields consistent final product shapes. Pressing/Stamping SCS allows lubricant to contact the steel rather than mill scale or a film of oil and so it works better. SCS keep dies cleaner. Punching/Turret Work It’s cleaner with SCS and, due to SCS flatness, is more consistent. Tool life with SCS is as good or better than P&O. Grinding SCS eliminates the need to grind away rust since it inhibits rusting and prevents tools from becoming clogged with P&O oils.
The new SCS coil-to-coil line commissioned and in action
Welcome to the second in a series of new Servosteel SCS Briefings which mark Servosteel’s £3.4m investment in SCS capability. We are pleased to announce that after a 12 month lead time, a month’s installation and a month’s commissioning, we are in production! To mark the launch of the new SCS Coil Line, we are holding an open day for all our customers on Friday 20th April 2007. Sir Digby Jones will formally open the line and we are hoping that Kevin Voges from The Material Works, who has brought the SCS process to market will also join us. Over the page you will find more information on our new line together with pictures of some of the results so far.
Extension Complete Our 46,000 square foot extension has recently been completed, including new roadways which improve traffic flow and ensure faster load and unload times for our customers.
And finally, the reason for the new extension—increased capacity! The photo below shows the extension already being used to store your coils.
The extension on the inside
The photo below shows the members of the team who have lived with the project since the equipment first
SCS CONTACTS The extension area prior to building
The next photo illustrates the completed extensions and the re-cladding of the existing factory. We then took the opportunity to rebuild, extend and resurface the adjoining manoeuvering area and factory entrances. Chris, Pete and Mark, dedicated SCS operatives
The new extension and main factory newly cladded
The photo below shows the area on which the new extension was built.
YOU’RE IN GOOD HANDS
Website: www.servosteel.co.uk Telephone: 01384 471 371
The SCS logo is a registered trademark of The Material Works
arrived on site in crates. Mark Thomas, Pete Young and Chris Wright have been involved from the installation stage, through commissioning and now production. Mark, Pete and Chris also spent a week in America in November training on an SCS Line.
For more information on SCS please contact us as follows: Jim Spencer 01384 471380
[email protected] Phill Guest 01384 471372
[email protected] You can also visit our website www.servosteel.co.uk/scs.htm