Metals Learning Center - Page 36

Ulbrich Stainless Steels & Special Metals, Inc. continues to uphold their commitment to an innovative business standard with the new Ulbrich Strip & Wire Surcharge App. With this debut app, monthly strip and wire alloy surcharges are available at the palm of your hand. Customers and stakeholders can... Continue Reading

Before we dive into metal ductility and how it may affect a manufacturing operation, let’s backtrack and take a look at the history of metal forming. The history of manufacturing operations and metal forming of a ferrous material’s ductility began with the blacksmith’s hammer, but a lot of what they... Continue Reading

Titanium is a popular transitional metal that is used in the manufacturing of many products including jewelry, surgical tools, tennis racks, and much more. It has the strength of steel at half the weight and is twice as strong as aluminum at only a little over 50% of the weight. These characteristic... Continue Reading

At the center of every hated high school science class are the theories and laws surrounding atoms. Atoms make up our world and everything in it. They are the food we eat, the table we eat off, and the chair we sit in. We know that in a solid state of matter, atoms are unmoving and bond to other ato... Continue Reading

I want to take this opportunity to provide an update on the status of Ulbrich Steel’s business as we begin our fifteenth week of working our way through the COVID-19 pandemic. All of our US-based and international production facilities have remained open throughout the pandemic and we have been inte... Continue Reading