Steel Strip

We are all now aware of the escalating costs of steel. Whilst the steel makers began increasing steel prices in January, the cost of cold rolled steel strip has been  slower to catch up. The increases are now however beginning to impact upon the cold rolled marketplace, with prices increasing rapidly around the world.
Whilst changing [...]

BSS Steelstrip has moved. We are now located in Rotherham, South Yorkshire and can be contacted on 01709 324379 fax and email remain the same.
We still offer hot and cold rolled steel strip, and specialise in spring steel strip.
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Searching for details of steel specifications on the web can be frustrating. General search engines do a good job of general searches and can return highly relevant results on many subjects. The practice however of naming steel specifications by a sequence of letters and numbers can make it difficult for the searches to return the [...]

EN 10132-4 is the European Standard for cold rolled narrow steel strip for heat treatment. These grades are commonly used in the production of springs, washers, circlips, hand tools, blades etc.
Typically after pressing and forming in the annealed condition, the components are then heat treated to achieve the required hardness and tensile strengths.
Details of the [...]

Hardening and Tempering is a thermal process that strengthens steel through a controlled heating and cooling process Hardened and tempered steel strip, is used in many applications including saws, cutting tools as well as springs.
This process will result in improved mechanical properties and give a tougher more durable product. The hardening process involves heating the [...]

BSS are pleased to announce that they can now offer galvanised steel strip from stock.  
We can offer electro-zinc and hot dipped in coil or sheet, both smooth and bright spangled in standard and structural grades including Z2, Z28, Z35, Z39.
Our thickness range is from  0.5mm to 3mm.
This is in addition to  our existing range of [...]

Back in 2000 the EU issued a range of standards to rationlise the various steel classifications that applied in the individual member states. Whilst the new standards were designed to supercede the National equivalents in some countries, and particularly in the UK , steel users have been slow to adapt.
Six years on however it is increasingly [...]

Recently I mentioned that BSS had been appointed the agents in the UK for Rizzato Nastri Acciaio SpA.
Rizzato specialise in cold rolled high carbon steel strip, in the annealed and the hardnened and tempered condition, primarily for the production of springs. The facility benefits from having two Zendzimir [...]

Following a recent trip to Italy, I am pleased to announce that BSS Steelstrip have been appointed the UK agents for RIZZATO NASTRI S.P.A and Lavorazione Italiana Metalli Affini.
We are confident that these appointments will enable us to offer a high quality product to UK based steel strip users from all sectors of the Industry.
Rizzato [...]

Cold rolled steel strip prices are increasing in Europe and particularly in the United Kingdom. The upward pressure on prices originates from increases in hot rolled steel strip as the steelmakers attempt to recoup the higher costs of iron ore and energy.
The cold rolling industry is responding to the rise in its raw material costs [...]