Los Angeles Operations Tour
Welcome to Rolled Alloys, Los Angeles, where our General Manager, Carol Plana, with nearly two decades of experience, leads an operations tour. Our primary focus is on serving aerospace and space exploration customers, offering a unique inventory of titanium in various forms, and specializing in customizing materials to meet specific customer requirements.
Material Test Reports
Understanding material test reports (MTRs) can be challenging for those who seldom need to interpret them. There is no standard format for reporting the required information on an MTR, which leads to mills generating MTRs with varying formats.
70 years in the Thermal Processing Industry
Over the past 70 years, we have been committed to servicing the thermal processing industry. In 1953, the year Rolled Alloys was founded, we introduced RA330 as a wrought replacement to cast HT. Due to RA330’s versatility and availability, it remains the most widely used wrought alloy by commercial heat treaters.
Titanium Grades and Relative Properties
Titanium Grades and Relative Properties Titanium and Titanium Alloy Materials Back To All Articles Share: Quote, Buy, Track! We make it easy to get instant pricing and purchase your metal at the click of a button. Track your order progress, get notified when it ships, and follow your shipment online until it’s delivered. It’s that […]
Stress Corrosion Cracking
Stress Corrosion Cracking (SCC) is a cracking phenomenon that is crucial to consider when working with specialty alloys. SCC is often associated with chlorides but can also occur with exposure to caustic and other corrosive media. The most common type of stress corrosion cracking in stainless steels occurs in chloride environments, which will be the focus of this discussion.
Inclusions in Specialty Alloys
When molten metal (steel, stainless steel, or nickel alloys) solidifies, the center of an ingot or slab is the last to freeze. While non-metallic impurities (oxides, nitrides, sulfides, silicides) settle throughout the ingot or slab, the greatest concentration of these inclusions settle along the solidification front…
How to Weld Duplex Stainless Steel
How to Weld Duplex Stainless Steel Back To All Articles Share: More Articles Rolled Alloys Metallurgical Services often receive questions about welding duplex stainless steel and general rules to follow to maintain corrosion resistance and properly preserve mechanical properties. This article will discuss basic rules and guidelines to help minimize potential issues that may arise […]
What is Sensitization and How to Avoid It?
What is Sensitization and How to Avoid It? Back To All Articles Share: More Articles Sensitization is a phenomenon that can occur in stainless steel and even some nickel alloys. It is a critical concept that needs to be understood as it can adversely affect the performance of stainless steel and nickel alloys. Sensitization is […]
Hydrogen Sulfide – NACE MR0175/ISO 15156 & NACE MR0103
Hydrogen Sulfide -MR0175/ISO 15156 & MR0103 Back To All Articles Share: More Articles NACE International has developed two significant standards relative to the use of materials in hydrogen sulfide-bearing environments. MR0175/ISO 15156, Petroleum and Natural Gas Industries – Materials for use in H2S-containing Environments in Oil and Gas Production; and MR0103, Materials Resistant to Sulfide […]
Confused About Annealing and Heat Treating Terminology?
Confused About Annealing and Heat Treating Terminology? Back To All Articles Share: More Articles In the broadest sense, annealing is the process of heating an alloy to an elevated temperature to promote homogenous chemistry, equiaxed microstructure, and uniform mechanical properties to produce what is essentially stress-free, or “soft” material. In the stainless steel, nickel, and […]
