ARMCO Pure Iron product introduction

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AK Steel Corporation
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2016
Net Sales = $ 5.88 billion
Shipments = 6.052 Million Net tons
Employees = approx. 8500 (world wide)

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About AK Steel

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Key values

 Safety
 Quality
 Productivity
 Innovation

 S.A.M. Registration
 AK Steel International Certifications

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 Supply Chain Management
EN-9120

TRACK & TRACE

 Material
 Shipment

IN TIME / ON TIME DELIVERY

 Customer order request date
 Actual shipment date

NON CONFORMITY REGISTRATION

 Claim
 (Continuous) Improvement

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 ARMCO Pure Iron

Developed 1909 by the former American Rolling Mill Company, ARMCO® Pure Iron soon became
the synonym for the purest steel mill produced iron with a purity of more than 99.85 % Fe. The
first heat of ARMCO® Pure Iron to be produced in Europe was cast in Germany at 'Vereinigte
Stahlwerke AG' (today: ThyssenKrupp Steel).

Even after a century of technical progress ARMCO® Pure Iron, because of its special properties, is
still a very modern and widely used material satisfying various requirements of many modern day
industries. Its unique characteristics, its numerous applications ranging from remelting to
electromagnetic components and various delivery forms from remelting billet to pyrometer
protection tube are described on the following pages.

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 Characteristics

• Purest iron ever produced, Fe = 99.85%

• Homogenous structure of pure ferrite containing exceptionally low level of

carbon, oxygen and nitrogen, combined with a low incidence of non-metallic
inclusions

• Compared with mild steels the high purity results in a number of advantages
such as:
 Better resistance to corrosion, oxidation and chemical attack
 Excellent electrical and magnetic properties
 Excellent cold working properties
 Excellent weldability

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 Characteristics
Two Main product categories:
• ARMCO Pure Iron
finished products for various applications, like: electro-magnetic / -mechanical
parts, (super conducting) magnets, galvanizing tanks, gaskets, cathodic
protection, magnetic billet heater, relays and others.

(Related terms: Magnetic Iron, Soft Iron, Ultra Low-Carbon Steel)

• Billets / Slabs for remelting

iron base for low carbon, heat and acid resistant stainless steels, precisions steel
casting and for certain nickel base alloys

Availability: ARMCO Pure Iron is produced in a very regular way and variety of different shapes &
forms, and are kept available from stock, e.g.:
Cast Slabs, Billets / Blooms, Heavy Plates, Coils and Sheets

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 Typical Applications
(D.C.) Electromagnetic Components and Applications:
D.C. Relays:
• Railway signaling systems
• Digital card reader systems
• Relay cores for automotive / aerospace
• Alternating current under volt relay
• Relays for torque motor assembly of servo valves

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 Typical Applications
Particle accelerators – Big Science:

Electromagnets Lund, Sweden

MAX IV Laboratory

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 Typical Applications
Particle accelerators – Big Science:

Electromagnets
MAX IV Laboratory

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 ARMCO Pure Iron “Big Science”references
 MAX IV (Lund, Sweden)

 SOLARIS (Poland)

 Magnetic Iron for Baby-MIND, HL-LHC etc. (CERN, Switzerland)

 Pure iron plates for BARC and RRCAT, India (various projects – samples,
prototypes)

 SUPERNEMO experiment – shielding (LAL Orsay, IN2P3, CNRS, France)

 Muon g-2 experiment modification (Fermilab, USA)

 Magnets and shielding for healthcare applications

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ARMCO Pure Iron – Science Applications

Bending magnets
Beam focusing magnets
Correctors
Pole pieces
Back plates
Return yokes Particle accelerators
Magnetostatic shielding Neutron research
ELF shielding Muon research
Fusion research
Magnetic resonance imaging
Photomultiplier tubes
Energy research

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 Typical Applications
Electrical parts
• Conductor rails (third rail)
• Earthing / lightning wire
• Fuse wire (detonators)
• Cold formed parts for starte-units (Electric motors)
• Parts for rotor-stator-units

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 Typical Applications
Magnetic shielding
• Imaging systems (MRI, CT)
• Wall, cabin & trailer radiation protection (inside-out & outside-in)
• Underground high-voltage cables

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 Typical Applications
Metallic Gaskets / Ring-Joints (Washers / Sealings)
Various applications in the petro-/chemical (pumps & valves), automotive engines, energy and
aeronautical industry, requiring high softness.

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