TPi May/July 2020

Products & developments

Steeltec equips customers with the steel of the future

its XTP ® Technology on 28 different steels in seven material groups and, according to Steeltec, steels that have undergone Steeltec’s XTP treatment exhibit significantly improved low- temperature toughness. Precipitation-hardened ferrite-pearlite steels can be used at temperatures down to -60°C, while bainite steels can cope with temperatures as low as -100°C. The low-temperature toughness of unalloyed steels can be improved by up to 30 per cent. As a result, Steeltec has enhanced the safety performance of steel components in low-temperature applications. Strength and toughness are two properties that normally run counter to one another, but according to Steeltec, the XTP treatment improves

Steeltec, a company within the Schmolz + Bickenbach Group, has developed a manufacturing technology that is providing its customers with the steels they need to meet the challenges of the future. Steeltec’s Xtreme Performance (XTP ® ) Technology promises “an ultrafine steel microstructure and improved material properties without the need for expensive alloying elements or complex additional heat treatment regimes”. Using this new technology, Steeltec is able to modify standard steels to produce XTP ® -treated steels with improved toughness and greater strength – two properties that normally run counter to one another. Steeltec has now tested and demonstrated the effectiveness of

the toughness of the treated steel and increases its strength. Compared with standard steels, XTP steels also show greater formability, while retaining their ability to undergo numerous different types of processing or machining operations. Steeltec www.steeltec-group.com Figure 3: Overview of the range of properties exhibited by different XTP ® - treated steels. Compared to standard steels, XTP ® -treated steels exhibit improved formability, toughness and strength Figure 1: The layout of the XTP ® treatment line: Steeltec has confirmed the effectiveness of XTP ® treatment after tests on 28 different steels in seven material groups

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Figure 2: In its XTP ® treatment process, Steeltec applies heat and mechanical force in a highly controlled manner to impart to the steel an extremely homogeneous, fine-grained microstructure

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