The benefits of RAWAEL 90 to this application:

• WM Press could avoid piece hardening with all its drawbacks.
• No transportation cost to an external hardening plant.
• No deformation hence no sorting after hardening
• No cassation
• Half the lead-time
• Smooth mechanical properties
• Cost saving!

Strip Steel in quality CK 35 was delivered to WM press in a soft, annealed condition. Thereafter there was a stamping of substances followed by pressing. In order to achieve adequate strength of the details they were sent to external piece hardening. The details underwent, as always during piece hardening, deformation which led to sorting, straightening and cassation.

Piece hardening, transportation to the piece hardening, sorting, straightening and cassation meant unnecessary costs. In addition, the large number of production steps led to a long lead- time and a large amount of material in circulation.

After discussions with WM Press based on drawings and specifications, ScanStrip suggested RAWAEL 90- a micro alloyed high tensile steel with close tolerances and good formability. WM Press made a slight adjustment of the radius and thereafter ran a multiple production without problems.