Alloy Steel Distributors / Alloy Steel Suppliers

Alloy Steel

Avion is a distributor of high quality alloy steel. A steel alloy is formed when elements comprising metals or nonmetals are added to carbon steel. Depending on the metal added, the properties of the steel are altered in various ways, such as adding corrosion resistance or increasing machinability. Chromium, for instance, can increase the toughness and wear-resistance of the steel.

Steel is considered to be an alloy if the maximum alloying element content within the steel surpasses at least one of the following limits:

1.65 percent manganese

0.6 percent copper

0.6 percent silicon

It can also be considered alloy steel if there is a prescribed minimum quantity of the following elements added to produce a specific alloying effect:

Up to 3.99 percent chromium

Up to 3.99 percent aluminum

Up to 3.99 percent boron

Alloy steels include high alloy steel and low alloy steel, with high alloy steel containing more than 8 percent of its weight as other elements besides iron and carbon. Properties of the steel is influenced by the elements in which they are alloyed with. Alloy steel can be modified to increase hardness, durability, corrosion resistance, and other factors. Such modifications often require heat treatments or other added services to achieve. We can provide custom alloys, stainless steel, or other metals for any applications that require them.

Effects of Alloying

Alloying can have several effects on steel at the structural level. Technology has advanced to be able to predict the properties and microstructures of steel when it is cold-formed, heat treated, hot-rolled, or alloyed. If a project requires steel with high strength and weldability, then ordinary carbon steel will not do, as it is too brittle and will result in a brittle weld. The problem is solved with the addition of manganese or nickel, which results in steel with both the needed strength and weldability.

Alloying elements can be used on their own or in combination with other elements, and the qualities of the metals are altered accordingly. Some of the alloy elements commonly added to steel include: aluminum, to rid steel of phosphorous, sulfur, and oxygen; copper, to increase corrosion resistance; manganese, to increase high temperature strength, wear resistance, and ductility; nickel for oxidation resistance and strength, and so on. Other elements used to create steel alloys include: vanadium, niobium, selenium, bismuth, cobalt, molybdenum, titanium, tellurium, lead, boron, sulfur, nitrogen, and zirconium.

Uses for Alloy Steel

Hundreds of products are made from steel alloys, including plates, pipes and tubing, sheets and coils, steel bars, rods, wires, and custom shapes. These materials go on to form item used in dozens of industries like aerospace and aircraft, marine, medical industries, and more.

Construction Industries

Alloys have a wide range of applications in the construction and structural industry, particularly in the building of large structures like skyscrapers and stadiums, where they form a steel skeleton. Bridge construction employs alloys known as weathering steel, which includes nickel, copper, and chromium to enhance corrosion resistance. The weather steel, along with providing strength and resistance to the elements, is easy to alter in the future has a finish that doesn’t require painting, making it a high performance and cost effective steel for industrial use.

Steel plates and strips are available in a large range of sizes, so they are widely used in the construction industry by welding plates into fabricated sections. Steel strips and coils create construction equipment and items like roof claddings, side rails, roof purlins, and lintels. Steel alloy pipe is an important construction material widely used in the building industry because it is durable and easy to repair without high temperature techniques. The standard pipe is an alloy of stainless steel, chromium, and nickel, while special pipes can be created with properties including high temperature, high pressure, and additional corrosion resistance.

Aerospace, Aircraft, and Marine Industries

Aviation

The aerospace and aircraft manufacturing have select and specific needs, including materials that are strong and lightweight. Recently, aerospace grade quality stainless steel has replaced aluminum as one of the materials of choice in these industries. 304 stainless steel for aerospace is highly corrosion resistant and also resists oxidation.

Because of their high strength and corrosion resistance, aerospace grade stainless steel and steel alloy is used for engine and exhaust components in planes, landing gear, and key superstructure joints. We have been a supplier and distributor of alloys and quality stainless steel to the aviation industry for decades.

Shipbuilding and Marine

Stainless steel and steel alloys have many uses in the shipbuilding and marine industrial spheres, where corrosion resistance is crucial and strength is also important. Stainless steel with a high chromium and molybdenum content is especially resistant to marine environments. To be used in the marine industry, steel must meet the American Bureau of Shipping’s standards for corrosion resistance. These materials also have structural applications, including offshore installations.

Avion is a top supplier of marine grade stainless steel, marine grade copper, brass, and bronze. We have provided stainless steel and other metals to top shipbuilding industries, including the US Navy, for many years.

Expert Suppliers of Stainless Steel and Alloys

Avion alloys is an alloy steel supplier with aircraft grade materials, sending products to companies around the world. For years our customers have relied on us for immediate shipments, total processing services and expert advice.

Our product availability of alloy steels includes: sheets, plates, bars, coils, tubing, forgings, and wire for a variety of applications.

Our knowledgeable sales staff is geared to help you with the smallest requirement and support you with fully certified mill shipments. As a leading alloy steel and stainless steel supplier, we are here to help with any size order.

All of our alloys steels are fully certified by United States producing mills and are shipped with original mill test reports. We can also arrange for heat processing and other treatments to the steel.

Contact us with your needs, any questions you may have, or to request a quote. We pride ourselves on finding even the rarest materials for our customers, so no matter what you need, we can help you. If you’re looking for something outside of our inventory, we will locate it through one of the suppliers in our network.