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 IN THIS ISSUE:

  • June News
  • July Surcharge Update
  • Brighton Heat Treatment

 

 

 

 

JUNE NEWS

 Nickel continues to rise.  July‘s Nickel, Moly and Chrome are increasing. May’s Nickel averaged $5.73 per pound versus April $5.06 per pound. The 304/304L surcharge for July will rise to $.4697 per pound versus $.3766 in June. May’s Moly averaged $9.51, up slightly from April’s number.  But the offset of the high nickel will raise the 316/316L surcharge for July to be $.7055 per pound versus $.5624 in June.

 

Rumors are stirring about base price increases in both carbon and stainless steel. 

Stainless mill lead times are 4 to 8 weeks.

Carbon mill lead times are 5 to 6 weeks.


SURCHARGE UPDATE 

 

Alloy 276

2205

304/304L

316/316L

317L

JULY

$2.8585

$0.6090

$0.4697

$0.7055

$0.8362

June

$3.1258

$0.4822

$0.3766

$0.5624

$0.6676

May

$3.4919

$0.4784

$0.3377

$0.5152

$0.6175

April

$3.1800

$0.5299

$0.3841

$0.5778

$0.6897

March

$3.7150

$0.5881

$0.4375

$0.6526

$0.7753

February

$7.1991

$0.6087

$0.4125

$0.6112

$0.7337

January

$10.2996

$0.7588

$0.5352

$0.7431

$0.8897

December

$10.8835

$1.5079

$0.7134

$1.3158

$1.5079

November

$11.4256

$2.0916

$1.1214

$1.9391

$2.4061

October

$12.0891

$2.2814

$1.2950

$2.1415

$2.6234

September

$12.9265

$2.3906

$1.4164

$2.2679

$2.7576

August

$13.8380

$2.4203

$1.4857

$2.3555

$2.8576

July

$14.6356

$2.4629

$1.5951

$2.4842

$2.9962

June

$13.3941

$2.5121

$1.6776

$2.6053

$3.1380

May

$13.1605

$2.501

$1.6931

$2.6657

$3.2177

 


Did you know that Brighton Tru-Edge Heads can heat treat your carbon steel heads? Brighton’s furnace capabilities allow us to perform the heat treatments when required to meet customer and / or Code requirements. Thermocouples are attached to the heads to ensure proper heating of the material. Our computer controlled furnaces are equipped to program the required heat treat cycle which is documented on a heat chart. 

 There are two main heat treatments performed on SA-516-70 material.

Normalizing is a heat treatment performed on the material, either in the flat or when required, after forming, above the critical transformation temperature. For SA-516-70, the normalizing cycle is 1650° F +/-50°, ½ hour per inch of thickness then air cooled. This heat treatment refines the grain structure of the material. 

Stress relieving is a heat treatment mainly performed to relieve work hardening stresses in the material. On cold formed heads, the ASME Code requires some heads to be stress relieved when the fiber elongation exceeds 5%. Stress relieving of SA-516-70 requires a controlled heating and cooling as detailed in UCS-56 and held at 1100° F minimum for 1 hour per inch of thickness. Note: There are some exemptions to the stress relieving requirements even if the fiber elongation exceeds 5%. These exemptions are listed in ASME Section VIII Division 1,        UCS-70(d).



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