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Steel updates
- Major upgrade on US Unified Numbering System (UNS) included inserting or updating more than 600 designations of welding electrodes, wire, cast iron, as well as mechanical properties for carbon steel and steel castings.
- ASTM steel descriptions are further enriched with properties of wrought HSLA fittings, investment castings, and austenitic-, cobalt - and iron-based alloys for elevated temperature service and/or corrosive environments.
- Moreover, recent Japanese specifications are added to the Database: for non-alloyed and alloyed plates, pipes, rods, wires, and for rails.
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Nonferrous updates
- Another new group of alloys is added to the Database: Japanese nickel alloys. Japanese JIS specifications for nickel and nickel alloy plate, sheet, strip, seamless pipes, bars and wire are added.
- New update on copper and copper alloy definitions within Unified Numbering System (UNS) included electronic copper, electrolytic and tough pitch copper, cast copper, and copper-based brazing filler metals.
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Steel updates
- New Japanese steel specifications (JIS) for cold reduced and decarburized steel sheets and strip are included into the Database, as well as standard descriptions of tubes for various applications.
- US ASTM steel definitions are further upgraded with specifications pipes, fittings, and castings for pressure-containing, low-temperature service, and for structural purposes.
- New version of CD Edition --2004.11-- is released to include all the developments made in the last 3 months. Like KEY to METALS • Steel Web Edition, new CD Edition is quadrilingual now: besides English, it is in German, French and Italian.
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Nonferrous updates
- Key to Metals Database is upgraded with completely new sets of data for titanium and titanium alloy welding electrodes and rods specified by the US AWS (American Welding Society).
- Aluminum alloys definitions within Unified Numbering System (UNS) are updated as well, and a number of new designations is included into the Database.
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Steel updates
- KEY to METALS • Steel Web site is launched in German, French, and Italian. This give you an opportunity to read specification names and explanations in original languages, to compare them to English, and to communicate more efficiently and precisely with your colleagues and partners abroad. Or even better, now you can have KEY to METALS • Steel in your own language.
- New Japanese steel specifications for tubes used for various purposes are added, like steel boiler and heat exchanger tubes, tubes for low temperature service, for machine and structural purposes, and more.
- Within the sequence of upgrades on US ASTM, various specifications are added, mainly for tubing, such as seamless and welded carbon steel tubular products, seamless and welded carbon steel water-well pipes and others, as well as specs for carbon and alloy steel nuts.
- To reflect upgrade of cross-reference tables made on KEY to METALS • Steel Database Web Edition in the last three months, new version of Steel CrossRef downloadable software --2004.10-- is released.
- Also, new FREE Steel CrossRef Demo is released, now with chemical compositions and cross-reference tables for 2500+ steel alloys worldwide.
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Nonferrous updates
- Key to Metals Database is upgraded with two new groups of standards for aluminum alloys:
- US SAE Ground Vehicle Standards (J-Reports) for aluminum wrought, casting, bearing and bushing alloys, and
- Spanish (UNE) standards for aluminum ingots, casting and wrought alloys.
- Grades defined by these specifications are also cross-referenced with the rest of aluminum alloys within the Database.
- To reflect the developments done in Key to Metals Database Web Edition in the last quarter, new version of Key to Metals CD Edition --2004.10-- is released.
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Steel updates
- We are continuing to provide you worldwide unique content about Chinese steels. This month we added for you a new set of alloys: deformable permanent-magnet steels, valve steels, hot-rolled carbon tool steels, cold finished martensite stainless steel bars and free-cutting steels.
- US steel grades are updated with information from recent ASTM specifications and heat treatment data for austenitic stainless steel fittings, seamless and welded steel pipes, and castings for high-temperature service and pressure containing parts.
- Moreover, a completely new group of special-purpose Japanese materials and products is added, with their chemical composition, mechanical properties and heat treatment data. This group includes coated steel sheets and coils, HSLA sheets for automotive industry and bearing steel.
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Nonferrous updates
- Two completely new groups of alloys are added to Key to Metals Database:
- Japanese magnesium alloys, and
- US SAE designations for tin alloys.
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Steel updates
- Series of new updates on Japanese steels started by inserting specifications for stainless steel for bars, plates, sheets and strips, tool steels, and spring steels: G 4304, G 4305, G 4313, G 4316, G 4401, G 4403, G 4801, G 4902 and more.
- Database content on Chinese steels -- already exclusive and unique worldwide -- now became even more comprehensive by adding new specs for structural steels, stainless steels, and springs.
- New version of CD Edition --2004.8-- is launched. It includes all the developments made in the last three monts.
New steel articles
Nonferrous updates
- Two completely new groups of metals, defined by US Aerospace Materials Specifications (AMS), are included to the Database:
- Magnesium alloys, and
- Tin alloys.
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Steel updates
- Sequence of upgrades on ISO standards, performed in last several months, is now finished by adding specifications for tool and sintered steels, and heat treatment data for all steel grades.
- Also, updates on UNS designations are completed by including T and N Number Series for tool steels and nickel super-alloys.
- To reflect significant developments on tables of equivalent materials made on the KEY to METALS • Steel Database Web Edition for last three months, new version of Steel CrossRef downloadable software --2004.7-- is released.
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Nonferrous updates
- Completely new group of US standards is now added to Key to Metals Database: SAE (The Society of Automotive Engineers) Ground Vehicle Standards (J-Reports).
- SAE J-Reports upgrade will start with two alloy groups:
- Lead alloys, and
- Magnesium alloys.
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Steel updates
- This month, worldwide exclusive content is included to the Database. For the first time in English -- as well as any in other European language -- and on the World Wide Web, completely new Chinese specifications for electrodes, welding wire and rods are added to the Database and cross-referenced with steel alloys from other countries.
- The Database is also enriched with completely new ISO designations for wrought steels for use at elevated temperatures in engines, stainless steels for springs, steel products, seamless and welded steel tubes for pressure purposes, defined by ISO specifications such as ISO 4956, ISO 2604, ISO 6931, ISO 9329, and ISO 9330.
- Moreover, update of UNS steel designations is continued, now on S Number Series for stainless steels.
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Nonferrous updates
- New titanium alloys defined by Unified Numbering System (UNS) are included to the Database.
- Also, new set of AWS (American Welding Society) specifications for magnesium alloys is added.
- To reflect the developments done in the Database Web Edition in the last quarter, new version of Key to Metals CD Edition --2004.6-- is released.
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Steel updates
- New ISO specifications for steel plates, strips, bars, tubes and forgings for pressure purposes, and covered electrodes for manual arc welding are added to the Database.
- Upgrade of Unified Numbering System (UNS) designations is continued by updating J Number Series for cast steels and K Number Series for carbon and alloy steels.
- To reflect Database upgrades and improvements made in the last quarter in KEY to METALS • Steel Web Database, new version of KEY to METALS • Steel CD Edition --2004.5-- is now released.
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Nonferrous updates
- Completely new group of alloys -- nickel alloys defined by European EuroNorm standards -- is added to the Database for the first time.
- Titanium alloys specified by ASTM are updated by adding new designations and properties.
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Steel updates
- German steels are further updated with new specifications for quenching and tempering steels, case hardening steels, steel wire for springs and heat-resisting steel castings.
- New ISO standards for heat-treatable steels, alloy steels, free-cutting steels, tool steels, and corrosion resistant stainless steel fasteners are added to the Database.
- Upgrade of steel definitions according to the US Unified Numbering System (UNS) is started, by adding and updating 300+ designations and corresponding chemical compositions from the G Number Series.
- Enhancement and enlargement of cross-reference tables in the Database Web Edition that was carried out in the last several months now resulted in new, improved version of Steel CrossRef downloadable software -- 2004.4.
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Nonferrous updates
- Another completely new group of alloys is added to Key to Metals Database: US aluminum alloys specifed by ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers), with their chemical compositions, temper designations and mechanical properties.
- Aluminum alloys specified by Swedish Standards (SS)are updated by adding new designations and properties.
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Steel updates
- Completely new sets of steel data specified by ISO standards are added to the Database. Specifications for construction and structural steels like ISO 9328, ISO 989, ISO 683, ISO 4954, and many others are now included, totaling 300+ grades.
- Description of Chinese (GB) steels is upgraded with mechanical properties for 270+ grades. Also a group of 60+ completely new Chinese steel designations and 120+ new specifications for carbon and alloy steel tubes, plates and bars are added.
- German steels are updated with new specifications for boiler plates, coating steels, and welded and seamless steel pipes of various qualities.
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Nonferrous updates
- Properties according to two completely new groups of specifications are included to the Database:
- Cobalt alloys specified by American Welding Society (AWS), and
- Nickel alloys defined by the US Aerospace Materials Specifications (AMS).
- To reflect the developments and upgrades made on the Web Database in the previous quarter, new version of Key to Metals CD Edition --2004.3-- is released.
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Steel updates
- New update of information on German steels includes new specifications for filler metals and electrodes for welding, such as DIN 8575-1, DIN 8529-1, DIN 8554-1, and others.
- Sequence of upgrades on British steels started three months ago is now completed by adding specifications for construction and tool steels, with their mechanical properties and heat treatment information.
- To reflect Database upgrades and improvements made in the last three months in KEY to METALS • Steel Web Database, new version of CD Edition --2004.2-- is released.
New steel articles
Nonferrous updates
- Two completely new groups of specifications are included to the Database:
- cobalt alloys specified by International (ISO) standards, and
- French (AFNOR) magnesium alloys.
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Steel updates
- The part of the Database that covers German steels is enlarged with SEW specifications for more than 300 materials.
- Upgrade of British steels is also continued with new BS specifications and mechanical properties for 300+ steel alloys.
New steel articles
Nonferrous updates
- Another completely new group of alloys is included to the Database, this time cobalt alloys specified by Australian (AS) standards.
- The coverage of French (NF) copper alloys is upgraded by adding alloys for powder metallurgy, harmonized with European standards.
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