Tailor Made: Stainless strip supplier customizes material grades to meet springmakers' requirements

摘要

Ulbrich Stainless Steels & Special Metals of North Haven, CT, uses a combination of exacting chemistry and precision processes to reduce variation in raw materials provided to the spring industry. These capabilities assist the springmaker in producing products with more predictable dimensions and performance, not the least of which is enhanced fatigue life. Though Ulbrich does not perform fatigue testing, we do control key variables, such as hardness, tensile strength or yield strength, that enhance the final product. An essential aspect of our role is to tailor the raw material to spring customer needs in a broad range of applications.