This is a good "modern" view of steel making and the state of the industry. I have gravitated toward the older industry as it matches the time line of the model railroad that I am working on. Fun stuff. Birmingham Rails
I see that this company makes steel for commercial building projects. Did they happen to be supplying the majority of US market during the 60's and 70's ?
@darthvader5300 im sure this multi billion dollar company needs your help on how to make their industry produce the highest quality for the least cost...
hell the Americans make me laugh, shame the industry in Sheffield is dead :( ...... we had a great manufacturing for steel here using "Bessemer converters" etc........99% of this industry has now gone for ever...... time to buy some cheep Chinese import steel with crap quality i guess
Modern mass produced "steel" compared to that produced 50 years ago is terrible quality, it is so bad due to the high percentage of scrap introduced before the iron is converted.Impurities from the scrap are not removed;the more its recycled the worse it becomes.Modern mass produced steel machines poorly and corrodes many times faster.In the past even the lowest grade steels exceeded modern standards for mass produced steel.Mass production = low quality,quality steel costs many times more now.