Replies to post #7729 on Alloy Steel Inc. (fka AYSI)

[swampboots]

And yet all of those business challenges you mentions may be hampered by the:
consequential erosion of their advantages in manufacturing their prime alloy drill bit? Noted, I do not see any recent money spent on new metallurgical research? Yet I wonder if the "kids" are keeping up with rudimentary changes in metallurgy, when others are always eager to innovate new product development?
From Wikopedia:
"In production engineering, metallurgy is concerned with the production of metallic components for use in consumer or engineering products. This involves the production of alloys, the shaping, the heat treatment and the surface treatment of the product. Determining the hardness of the metal using the Rockwell, Vickers, and Brinell hardness scales is a commonly used practice that helps better understand the metal’s elasticity and plasticity for different applications and production processes.[16] The task of the metallurgist is to achieve balance between material properties such as cost, weight, strength, toughness, hardness, corrosion, fatigue resistance, and performance in temperature extremes. "