Technologies

Materials
  • Micro-alloyed medium
  • high carbon SBQ steel

In House Processing
  • Cold draw
  • Shear cut
  • Stress relieve
    • (JV outsource)
  • Roll thread
  • Phosphate and oil
  • Form
    • Cold form
    • Warm forge - Consolidated Metal Products, Inc.
    • Coatings

Outsourced Processing
  • Zinc Plate
  • Zinc Yellow
  • E-Coat
  • Geo-Met


Technology - Materials

Steel making controls
  • Purchase in heat lot quantities
  • Develop mill specific melting practices
    • Chemical range restrictions
    • Micro-alloy specifications
    • Trace element controls
  • Collaborate with mills on specific rolling practices
    • Billet preparation
    • Reheat practices
    • Rolling speeds
    • Rolling temperatures and cooling rates
    • As-rolled mechanical properties



Technology - Processes

Cold drawing
  • Both coils and cut length bars
  • Mechanically de-scale
  • Employ standard and proprietary practices
Cut blanks
  • Shear cut to length
Stress relieve
  • Proprietary practices to enhance mechanical properties
  • Roll threads
  • Flat die processes
  • Rolled chamfers
  • Part ID rolled above threads
  • Metric and inch sizes
  • Proprietary practices to improve fatigue life and torque tension properties


Technology - Coating

  • Excellent corrosion resistance and torque tension properties
  • No hydrogen embrittlement or stress corrosion cracking
  • Dip/drain system designed and built to process u-bolts
  • Low temperature cure to maintain part dimensional integrity
  • Corrosion performance
  • Phosphate and oil – 96 hours salt chamber
  • New ProtecTorque™ (Painting)