Steel

About

Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon. Low carbon steel is <0.3% carbon, and high carbon is 0.6-1%. Ultra high carbon steel is up to ~2%, and used for super hard things like punches. The more carbon, the more brittle. >2% is called cast iron, which appears to be a misnomer because it's technically a 'really high carbon content steel', which melts at lower temperature than steel (1200C as opposed to 1500 C). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_steel

Overview

Steel

Steel is used in almost every machine of the GVCS.

Details

• Steel from dirt
• Microwave Steel - from MTU
• Hydrogen-Oxygen Steel Cutting

Product Ecology

Created from raw materials using these tools

• Induction Furnace

cut and shaped using these tools

• Torch
• Torch Table
• Laser cutter
• Robotic Arm
• Multimachine

parts connected together by

• Welder
• nuts and bolts and other design-for-disassembly connectors

a part of

• Pretty much every tool in the GVCS
• some kinds of Modular Housing Units

Links

• Stock Steel Sections
• Stock Metal

• We should come up with a Quick Reference Guide one-pager to Commonly-Available Imperial Steel Stock
• We also need a Quick Reference Guide to Commonly-Available Metric Steel Stock

• Speedy Metals has stock sections - [1]
• Aluminum
• 80/20 comparison to steel: 80/20 Comparisons to Steel
• Arc furnace plans
• Structural Steel Sections