specific steel availability in Australia
specific steel availability in Australia
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Hi all.
Are there any fellow Australians in this forum? Im developing a pressure test chamber using EN25/26 steel due to its great high strength properties (and not particularly brittle). The only problem is that I cant get my hands on it in a billet with OD>250mm in Australia. I dont have six months to wait for it to be shipped, and would prefer not to pay the air freight for ~250kg of steel. I expect I will have the same problem with 4340. Does anybody have any suggestions as to alternate steels or, even better, a supplier for these steels in Oz? and please dont just refer me to Matweb! Thanks for your help :)
Cheers,
Are there any fellow Australians in this forum? Im developing a pressure test chamber using EN25/26 steel due to its great high strength properties (and not particularly brittle). The only problem is that I cant get my hands on it in a billet with OD>250mm in Australia. I dont have six months to wait for it to be shipped, and would prefer not to pay the air freight for ~250kg of steel. I expect I will have the same problem with 4340. Does anybody have any suggestions as to alternate steels or, even better, a supplier for these steels in Oz? and please dont just refer me to Matweb! Thanks for your help :)
Cheers,
tsurani
"Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam."





RE: specific steel availability in Australia
RE: specific steel availability in Australia
Thanks for the suggestions. Second hand gun barrel/breech material would be of particular interest, but as yet we have come up with nothing available. Do you have any contacts? We are currently looking into forging to size, but we are already pushing the strength limits of the material, and are not confident about maintaining these during forging. We need to prove this rig for up to 650MPa overpressure.
Thanks again!
Cheers,
tsurani
"Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam."
RE: specific steel availability in Australia
Mal
RE: specific steel availability in Australia
Im currently in Adelaide (contracted to DSTO). Would you mind providing me with details of the aforementioned suppliers in BrisVegas? Thanks.
matt.burns@dsto.defence.gov.au
Cheers,
tsurani
"Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam."
RE: specific steel availability in Australia