After the post “Steel and ISO standards” where we discussed about the standardization by the international organization ISO in products such as steel, we introduce below the main implications of the revision of the most widespread ISO standard: ISO 9001. ISO standard 9001, chosen by most companies to certify their quality system, is intended to…
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More than 80% of the world international transport of goods, including steel, is carried out by sea*, mainly for economic reasons. Dry cargo shipping, including steel, is growing faster than world GDP. The Bill of lading, being B/L its abbreviation, is one of the essential documents used for this means of transport. In these…
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In our last post about Special Steels, we talked about the different families of these types of steel. Among them, the type of steel we are introducing now is included. We consider a free-cutting steel a type of steel presenting a high machinability, that is, a steel that can be easily machined by chip removal.…
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Did you know that the average retailers can waste more than 50% of their inventory (*) and that the inventory maintenance costs usually reach 30% per year? Improving this inefficiency is vital for the future of all our companies dedicated to special steel or any other product. What should you take into account about stocks?…
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The International Organization for Standardization, known as ISO was created in 1947 to promote the development of international standards and specifications on the manufacture of all products (ISO means equal in Greek), with the exception of those belonging to the electrical and electronic branch (under the guidelines of the IEC, acronym of its name in…
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A car, a television or a mobile phone need very specific materials for their manufacture. Minerals are very important in the industrial process and their extraction can be very complex in the process and be affected by the difficulty in finding them. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (hereinafter DRC) is one of the…
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In our daily life we are surrounded by chemicals. To improve protection against risks against the chemicals, The European Union adopted on December 18th 2016 the REACH (abbreviated name of its origin in English Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and restriction of CHemicals) Regulation. What are the REACH targets? This Regulation regulates the production and the…
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What is the origin of the RoHS Directive? In February 2003 the European Union established Directive 2002/95 / EC to restrict the use of certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (EEE). RoHS stands for Restriction of Hazardous Substances. This legislation has been in force since 1st July 2006. Restricted substances under the…
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Special steels are carbon steels that when alloyed with other metals have improved characteristics.
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