A Muzi
12-31-1969, 08:00 PM
* * Chas wrote:
-snip tube? pipe?-
> Here's a site that shows the DOM process.
> http://www.steeluniversity.org/content/html/eng/default.asp?catid=199&pageid=2081272066
> Reynolds used their 531 steel for many different applications - 531 stands
> for the ratio of alloys in the steel - don't ask, it doesn't make since to
> me. It's been around since before WWI. It was developed for use in WWI
> aircraft frames for more strength and fatigue resistance over standard
> carbon steels.
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IIRC Reynolds did have several great products before the introduction of
531 around 1932. The "pre-WWI" butted seamless material you're thinking
of is, I believe, "Reynolds A" which was produced through about 1970 or so.
--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org
Open every day since 1 April, 1971
-snip tube? pipe?-
> Here's a site that shows the DOM process.
> http://www.steeluniversity.org/content/html/eng/default.asp?catid=199&pageid=2081272066
> Reynolds used their 531 steel for many different applications - 531 stands
> for the ratio of alloys in the steel - don't ask, it doesn't make since to
> me. It's been around since before WWI. It was developed for use in WWI
> aircraft frames for more strength and fatigue resistance over standard
> carbon steels.
-snip-
IIRC Reynolds did have several great products before the introduction of
531 around 1932. The "pre-WWI" butted seamless material you're thinking
of is, I believe, "Reynolds A" which was produced through about 1970 or so.
--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org
Open every day since 1 April, 1971