26th Dec 2002 |
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Continuing the sequence of the Database updates with the information on cast iron grades worldwide, completely new set of cast irons defined according to French (NF) standards is added, and cross-referenced with the iron specifications from the other countries/standards.
More than 600 Italian (UNI) steel specifications are updated by adding new mechanical properties and heat treatment details.
New knowledge articles are addressing less-known high quality iron grades:
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28th Nov 2002 |
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European Euronorm (EN) alloys are again updated, with the set of new specifications for heat treatable and stainless steels.
New classification is developed for Italian (UNI) steels, and specifications and designations are updated.
Completely new set of Japanese (JIS) specifications for iron is added, and cross-referenced with equivalent iron designations from the other countries.
New articles in KEY to METALS • Steel Knowledge Base are:
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31st Oct 2002 |
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Focus of upgrading activities was on European Euronorm (EN) alloys. Besides updating the Database with new steel specifications, standards and classifications, more than 1000 new designations according to numerical system have been added for the first time.
Continuing upgrades of iron, new US ASTM specifications for iron are added, and cross-referenced with the iron alloys form the other countries.
Sequence of upgrades on British steels that have been performed during last three months is completed now, by adding new mechanical properties.
New articles in KEY to METALS • Steel Knowledge Base are:
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30th Sep 2002 |
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New European (Euronorm, EN) specs for iron are added, and cross-referenced with German iron designations.
Update of British steels is continued, and new alloy specifications are cross-referenced with old British designations.
New KEY to METALS • Steel CD Edition 2002.9 is released.
To provide you more benefits and fast access to up-to-date information, we developed a new feature for our customers: direct downloading of CD Edition upgrades from the Web site steel.keytometals.com
New articles in KEY to METALS • Steel Knowledge Base are:
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29th Aug 2002 |
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Completely new group of German (DIN and WN) standards for iron is introduced. Specifications added include gray cast iron, malleable cast iron, cast iron with graphite, austenitic cast iron, abrasion resisting alloyed cast iron.
Steels specified by BS are further upgraded.
Mechanical properties of German steels are updated (mainly elongation, ductility and impact resistance), as well as general properties for some alloys for special purposes.
And there are new features developed for you in KEY to METALS • Steel Web Edition software:
- conversion between metric (SI) and Anglo-Saxon measurement units, and
- searching by standard number and standard title (subgroup) in the Advanced Search module.
New articles prepared for you are:
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30th July 2002 |
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Upgrade of British (BS) steel specifications is continued.
German steels are upgraded as well, by adding mechanical properties data for precision steel tubes, low carbon steels for bolts, steel castings for general purposes and hot wrought products.
New articles prepared for you are:
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27th June 2002 |
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New version of Steel CrossRef downloadable software is released -- 2002.6.
Mechanical properties British (BS) steel are upgraded, by inserting new data sets.
German specifications (DIN and WN) are also upgraded, now not only with new classifications, but also by adding new mechanical properties data.
New articles prepared for you are:
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30th May 2002 |
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To provide you better quality and permanent improvement of our products and services, we certified the quality of our company and development process according to the standard ISO 9001:2000.
Upgrades on the Database for this month include adding one completely new group of alloys -- welding filler materials specified by European (EN) standards.
Following the sequence of upgrades made in the last quarter, another update on German (DIN and WN) specifications is released.
Steel alloys specified by BS are updated as well.
New articles prepared for you are:
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30th Apr 2002 |
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The third part of the update on German alloys is published. German specs are now further harmonized with up-to-date European standards.
Moreover, Japanese (JIS) steels are updated.
New version of Key to Metals--Steel CD Edition is released. Key to Metals--Steel CD Edition 2002.4 covers all the developments made in last several months.
New articles prepared for you are again addressing welding:
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29th Mar 2002 |
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The second part of comprehensive update on German materials is released. Properties of more than 1100 alloys are updated.
New, large group of US AWS welding filler materials is introduced to the Database for the first time.
Also, update is made on Norwegian (NS) specifications.
New articles prepared for you are addressing welding:
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28th Feb 2002 |
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New credit card payment system is launched. Now you can order KEY to METALS • Steel directly and easy, in a fast and secure way. Click steel.keytometals.com/OrderCC.asp for more details.
The first part of comprehensive updating activity on German materials is published. Properties of more than 800 alloys --both according to alphanumeric and numeric designation system-- are upgraded and harmonized with recent standards.
French (AFNOR) steel specifications are also further upgraded with properties on elevated temperatures.
New articles added for you to the Knowledge Base are:
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31st Jan 2002 |
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A large number of French (AFNOR) steel specifications are updated. New materials, chemical compositions and mechanical properties are added as well, most of them in accordance with Euronorm standards.
New articles added for you to the Knowledge Base are:
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28th Dec 2001 |
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Euronorm (EN) steel specifications are updated by adding new steel grades, standards and properties, including properties on elevated temperatures.
Austrian (ONORM) steel specs have also been updated.
Continuing a new series of knowledge articles about steel classifications and applications, new articles added for you to KEY to METALS • Steel Knowledge Base are:
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29th Nov 2001 |
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From now on, you will be able to download FULLY FUNCTIONAL version of KEY to METALS • Steel CD software -- FREE of charge.
New PowerDemo download has all functions of full-featured KEY to METALS • Steel CD Edition, and it is operating on a SUBSET of complete KEY to METALS • Steel database. Subset consists of more than 300 materials from EU, France, Germany (DIN, WN), Italy, Japan, UK, Russia, and USA (AISI, ASTM, UNS), with their chemical composition, properties and cross reference tables.
Moreover, KEY to METALS • Steel Database itself is upgraded with application guidelines for more than 600 German steels.
New series of knowledge articles about steel classifications and applications is started. We think this will be particularly useful for you, since knowing steel classifications is essential for proper design, material selection, application, fabrication, assembling and maintenance.
New articles added to KEY to METALS • Steel Knowledge Base are:
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30th Oct 2001 |
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The most important development is new design of KEY to METALS • Steel Web site and database, that we prepared for you few months. Besides new design, interface of the Web site is optimized to provide you faster and more efficient access to the Database. Database itself is also internally restructured, to enable further enlargements.
Properties on elevated temperatures for French (AFNOR) steels have been added to the Database.
New articles added to KEY to METALS • Steel Knowledge Base are:
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26th Sep 2001 |
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Upgrade of French (AFNOR) steels is continued by adding mechanical properties for more than 200 steels.
Description of British (BS) steels is further enriched with the properties on elevated temperatures.
New articles added to KEY to METALS • Steel Knowledge Base are:
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29th Aug 2001 |
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Major upgrade of French (AFNOR-NF) steels is started by adding more than 400 new alloys.
Mechanical properties for more than 200 British (BS) steels are added.
Two new articles about heat treatment are added to the Knowledge Base:
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30th Jul 2001 |
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Major upgrade of British (BS) steels is continued by adding more than 300 completely new specifications.
KEY to METALS • Steel Database is further extended with a new aspect -- heat treatment details for Russian steels are included to the Database.
Three new articles are added to KEY to METALS • Steel Knowledge Base, discussing heat treatment of tool steels:
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27th Jun 2001 |
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KEY to METALS • Steel Database is further enriched for you with a new aspect -- heat treatment details for more than 250 ASTM and UNS alloys.
Major upgrade of British (BS) steels is started by adding mechanical properties for 500+ alloys.
New articles are added for you to KEY to METALS • Steel Knowledge Base:
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30th May 2001 |
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KEY to METALS • Steel Database upgrade in May was focused on the US steels. About 600 UNS steel designations have been added to the Database. Also, a new aspect has been included -- heat treatment details for more than 300 ASTM steels.
Another upgrade is performed on cross-reference tables, and now they contain more than 12 000 steel alloys.
New version of KEY to METALS • Steel CD Edition is released -- 2001.5, as well as new version of the Steel CrossRef software.
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27th Apr 2001 |
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To provide you even more detailed steel cross-reference tables, major upgrade on them has been done in April. More than 2.000 new materials are included tables of equivalents, while several hundreds of tables have been updated.
Specifications update was again concentrated on US steels, with more than 500 new UNS steel designations.
New group of articles is introduced to the Knowledge Base --Fracture Mechanics-- starting with 3 new articles: Fracture, Fracture Mechanics and Mechanical Toughness.
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30th Mar 2001 |
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250+ new specifications for US steels (150 ASTM and 100 AISI) have been added to Database.
Bulgarian (BDS) specifications are updated.
Upgrade on cross-reference tables was done as well, as an introduction for major upgrade.
Moreover, 3 new articles that cover new views on Stress-Strain relations are added to the Knowledge Base: Engineering Stress-strain Curve, Resilience and True Stress - True Strain Curve.
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15th Mar 2001 |
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| New feature is implemented in KEY to METALS • Steel -- enhanced system for searching Knowledge Base of articles and white papers. New system gives you an opportunity to search articles by title, abstract, key words and by phrase (full text search).
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28th Feb 2001 |
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In February, major upgrade has been completed on UNS steels. More than 200 materials has been added to the Database.
Chinese (GB), Polish (PN), Hungarian (MSZ) and British (B.S.) specifications are upgraded.
More than 250 equivalent tables with more than 2.000 materials have also been updated.
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30th Jan 2001 |
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Major upgrade on ASTM steels. More than 800 materials are added and another 500 updated.
Moreover, there are 4 new articles on ASTM standards for you, describing specifications for steel plates, wires, forgings, castings and tubes.
Austrian (ONORM) and Norwegian (NS) specifications are upgraded.
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28th Dec 2000 |
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KEY to METALS • Steel is strengthening connections and goes toward close cooperation with AnySteel, leading steel trade platform on the Internet. Synergy of global trade platform and the world's most comprehensive steel database gives a clear benefits for you.
More than 300 new US UNS material specifications have been added to Database.
On European steels, major upgrade have been completed on French (AFNOR) materials: more than 1.000 are updated.
New articles are added to KEY to METALS • Steel Knowledge base -- Relation between Carbon structure and mechanical properties and High-strength Iron.
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28th Nov 2000 |
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New, unique product of KEY to METALS • Steel family is launched.
Steel CrossRef gives you tables of equivalent materials for 11.000+
steel alloys, from more than 30 countries and standards.
Heat treatment data are added for another 400 German (WN) materials.
New articles are added to KEY to METALS • Steel Knowledge base -- Table of European standards for testing ferrous materials and Cast Iron.
Cross-reference tables are updated for Euronorm steels.
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27th Oct 2000 |
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To provide you more complete picture of steel materials, we included another completely new aspect into KEY to METALS • Steel Database: heat treatment. We are starting with heat treatment data for more than 400 German materials.
New article is added to KEY to METALS • Steel Knowledge base -- Table of European standards for metalic materials.
About 300 European steel specifications are updated.
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28th Sept 2000 |
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More than 900 European (Euronorm -- EN) steel specifications are added or upgraded.
Cross-reference tables are upgraded with US steels. More than 2.000 AISI/SAE/UNS/ASTM/AMS materials are added to cross-reference tables. Now you are getting even more powerful search capabilities for equivalent materials worldwide.
Knowledge base is upgraded with three new articles about heat treatment, TTT curves and trengthening mechanisms in alloy steels.
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29th Aug 2000 |
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More than 500 US AMS steel specifications have been added to Database. The world's most comprehensive steel database KEY to METALS • Steel is now on your service with more than 18000 steel materials.
Fatigue properties for SAE steels have been included.
Knowledge base is upgraded with two new articles about heat treatment and annealing of steels and casts.
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26th July 2000 |
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New data from more than 500 US ASTM steel specifications are added to Database.
Fatigue properties for more than 50 German steels have been included.
KEY to METALS • Steel knowledge base is upgraded with two new articles about alloy and tool steels, and article about applications of alloy steels was updated.
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28th June 2000 |
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More than 800 US AISI steel specifications are added or upgraded.
Properties on elevated temperatures for more than 200 German steels have been added.
KEY to METALS • Steel knowledge base is launched. Knowledge base will include selected articles about the properties, application and fabrication of steel alloys.
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31st May 2000 |
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KEY to METALS • Steel Database was updated with US UNS steels -- more than 500 new materials are added.
Properties on elevated temperatures for more than 150 Italian steels have been added.
New KEY to METALS • Steel CD-ROM Edition is released -- Version 2000.5.
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27th April 2000 |
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Update on US SAE steels -- more than 500 new materials are added to KEY to METALS • Steel Database.
Also, properties on elevated temperatures for more than 100 Russian steels have been added.
Another completely new aspect is included into KEY to METALS • Steel Database: fatigue properties. We are starting with fatigue data for more than 50 German materials. Since those alloys are cross-referenced with the materials from the other countries, now you are getting precious data for estimating fatigue behavior.
31st March 2000
Major update on cross-reference tables. More than 5.000 new materials from 18 countries are added to cross-reference tables. Other 3.000 steel materials are upgraded. Now you have even more opportunities to search and compare equivalent materials worldwide.
A new set of standards is introduced in KEY to METALS • Steel Database: API specifications.
Completely new aspect is included in KEY to METALS • Steel Database: properties on elevated temperatures. Properties of more than 400 DIN and Werkstoff materials have been added.
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28th Feb 2000 |
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KEY to METALS • Steel Database update in February was focused on Italian and Canadian steel alloys. Major update for these two countries was mainly concentrated on mechanical properties of the materials. And more than 400 new materials have been added.
Already the world's most comprehensive steel database, KEY to METALS • Steel is now on your service with more than 16000 steel materials.
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25th Jan 2000 |
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Major update on Japanese steels. Another Eastern European country is included in KEY to METALS • Steel database -- Yugoslavia.
New KEY to METALS • Steel CD-ROM Edition is released -- Version 2000.1.
Also, attractive new service is introduced -- Monthly Web Database Subscription. Now you can take a closer look, explore and fully use KEY to METALS • Steel database for whole month in an extremely affordable way.
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22nd Dec 1999 |
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| Major update on German steels -- more than 1.000 new materials are added. Now there is more than 15000 steel alloys in KEY to METALS • Steel database.
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25th Nov 1999 |
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| Steel materials from another Eastern European country are added to KEY to METALS • Steel database -- Romania.
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09th Nov 1999 |
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New design of KEY to METALS • Steel Web site is launched.
The most important new features are new powerful KEY to METALS • Steel Demo, FREE CrossRef Software download and a special gift for KEY to METALS • Steel Subscribers.
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03rd Nov 1999 |
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| KEY to METALS • Steel CD-ROM Edition is released. Now you can have best of both worlds: synergy of on-line (World Wide Web) and off-line database (CD-ROM) and save time and money.
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27th Oct 1999 |
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Cross reference tables for Austria, Belgium, Hungary, Norway and Switzerland were significantly updated.
One completely new country is introduced -- Bulgaria, as 22nd country in KEY to METALS • Steel database.
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25th Sept 1999 |
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| Major KEY to METALS • Steel database update. Info about more than 1000 major steel producers and suppliers are included in KEY to METALS • Steel database, together with software for suppliers searching and retrieving.
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25th Aug 1999 |
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Hungarian steels are included in KEY to METALS • Steel database.
US steels are updated. |
22nd July 1999 |
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Austria is added as 20th country to the KEY to METALS • Steel database.
US and German steels are updated, as well as cross-reference tables of materials.
Number of steel materials in the database passed 12000 mark.
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30th June 1999 |
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| Another 2 countries are added to database: Belgium and Norway. |
15th May 1999 |
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| KEY to METALS • Steel becomes commercially available!
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25th April 1999 |
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KEY to METALS • Steel Beta 2 started.
Database consists of more than 10000 materials, and 3 more countries are added: Australia, Canada and Finland.
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25th March 1999 |
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| Database consists of more than 9 000 steel materials
from 14 countries, including EU's Euronorm: China, Czech Republic, European Union, France, Germany (DIN/WN), Italy, Japan, Poland, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and USA (AISI/ASME/ASTM/SAE).
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