Memorial Day On this Memorial Day Rickard Metals and Engineering salutes the soldiers, sailors, marines, and airmen and women for their service and sacrifice. Memorial Day is a special day for all those companies and organizations, engineers and scientists, administrators and office workers who provide the tools for those placing themselves in harm’s way. Whether […]
Rickard Specialty Metals and Engineering Titanium Extrusions Titanium extrusions are used in a variety of applications in the aerospace industry from titanium engine pylons to titanium tracks for seats. The extrusion process brings a number of advantages over forging. Custom designed shapes, fine tolerances, less downstream machining, and less waste. Grade 5 Titanium bar or
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Annealing Stainless Steel The main reason for annealing stainless steel is to reduce its hardness and make it more workable. However, the gains of durability, tensile strength, machine ability are positives that can be gained by employing the annealing. There are several basic annealing processes available for the fabricator. Quenching is the process of heating
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The Benefits Heat Treatment The benefits of Heat Treatment are harder and more durable metal. Rickard Specialty Metals and Engineer offer the service of heat treatment. Heat Treatment is the heating cooling of the metal to change their physical and mechanical properties. The discovery of heat treatment made life more efficient. Being able to cut
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Nitronic 50 Rickard Specialty Metals and Engineering created 2500-pound drop forge for a deepwater drill. Nitronic 50 alloy is ideal for deepwater GPS-guided drilling. Nitronic alloy has a low magnetic permeability due to its austenitic composition and is naturally wear and corrosion resistant. Nitronic 50 performs well under extreme conditions and is especially suitable for
ISO 9001 & DDTC Compliance in Aerospace Manufacturing Rickard Metals and Engineering provides technical metals engineering expertise on all high performance alloys for the aerospace, chemical processing, and any engineered Rickards environment requiring high quality and high performance metal applications. The basic international certification signifying that a company has an effective quality management system is
Rickard Specialty Metals and Engineering Non-destructive and Destructive Testing Rickard Specialty Metals and Engineering provides technical metals engineering expertise on all high performance alloys for the aerospace, chemical processing, and any engineered environment requiring high quality and high performance metal applications. Rickard Specialty Metals and Engineering provides destructive and non-destructive testing services: Chemical analysis of
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Titanium Overview Titanium Overview: Titanium is an extremely useful material with excellent strength-to-weight ratio. The weight savings, strength, corrosion resistance make titanium a favorite of the aerospace industry, and petrochemical industries. Biological compatibility is of interest to the medical industry. The chemical industry is the largest user of titanium due to its excellent corrosion resistance.
Metals for the Petrochemical Industry The demanding nature of the Petrochemical industry requires high-performance sheet metal alloys for processing plants, worksite infrastructure and materials transportation. Rickard Metals and Engineering provide the understanding and the engineering knowhow to the primary petrochemical industry, from the drilling platform to the process manufactures and the processors of petrochemical intermediates
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Maraging is a combination of two processes Maraging is a combination of two processes, martensitic and aging. They are known for their super strength and hardness without losing malleability, although it cannot retain a sharp edge. Aging comes through heat treatment. Maraging steel is very hard form of steel crystalline structure, but it can also
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