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Steels with raised sulphur so the chip breaks cleanly. They allow very high cutting speeds on automatic lathes and cut the cost of volume parts.
Applications
- Volume turned parts on automatic lathes
- Fastener manufacturing
- Unions, nipples and adapters
- Electrical and plumbing parts
- Furniture and accessory parts
Grades
Surface finishes
- 1D Hot rolled, annealed, pickled — matt, industrial
- 2B Cold rolled, lightly bright — the common default
- BA Bright annealed — smooth, pre-mirror
- No.4 Brushed — directional grain, kitchen standard
- HL Hairline — long even grain, façade and lift
- No.8 Mirror — fully reflective