Iron‚ Steel and Aluminium Main sources of iron: * second most abundant metal (5% by mass) in Earth’s crust (fourth most abundant element) * found in rock (a mixture of minerals) as one or more minerals (usually a compound) * if a mineral is of economic importance‚ it is referred to as an ore * iron containing minerals include hematite (Fe2O3)‚ magnetite (FeO·Fe2O3 or Fe3O4)‚ limonite (FeO(OH)·nH2O) and siderite (FeCO3) Alloys: * homogeneous mixtures of metals or metals and
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Executive Summary Lehigh Steel is a manufacturer of speciality steels for high strength‚ high use applications. Its financial performance has generally trended wit but outperformed the industry as a whole. Following the general recessionary trend of the market‚ Lehigh Steel reported record losses in 1991 after posting record profits in 1988. This had led to an increasing need to rationalizing Lehigh Steel’s product mix. Traditionally‚ Lehigh Steel has followed Standard Cost Method for cost accounting
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international steel companies. The number of rivals in America is declining due to higher labor costs than in foreign countries. There is a very fast pace of technology in the steel industry and it seems that the company‚ that obtains the newest technology‚ flourishes. This is due to the difficulty in lower costs of steel production. Better technology is one of the only ways to decrease costs because labor is pretty much at a set cost and all that is left is the cost of iron and making the steel. If a company
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Case study of ERP Topic:Compare SAP at TATA Steel and SAP at CO-OPERATIVE BULK HANDLING LTD.(CBH) Date: April 6‚ 2013 Section: K1108 Roll no: B34‚ B36‚ B40 Index: 1. Introduction 2. SAP 3. TISCO 4. Implementation of ERP at TATA Steel 4.1 Problems occurred 4.2 Solution and implementation 4.3 Benefits 5. What change has occurred after the SAP implementation at Tata steel? 6. Sap at Co- Operative Bulk Handling ltd (CBH) 6.1 Problems occurred 6.2 Solution
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Overview of the case‚ Strategic Management at Zhujiang Iron and Steel Company Zhujiang iron and steel company (ZISCO) is an important strategic business unit within Guangzhou iron and steel enterprises holding limited (GISE)‚ established in 1997 as a state owned organization. Before 2003‚ ZISCo pursued a product differentiation strategy with a focus on domestic niche markets because ZISCo was new in steel market and had no distribution channel. With this strategy ZISCo couldn’t achieve economies
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General Motors-AISI AAC Advanced High Strength Steel Repairability Study Phase I Final Report Introduction The introduction of Advanced High Strength Steels (AHSS) to light vehicle body structure applications poses a significant challenge to organizations involved in the repair of vehicle structures. AHSS are typically produced by nontraditional thermal cycles and contain microstructural components whose mechanical properties can be altered by exposure to elevated temperatures. This temperature
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weaknesses‚ as well as a comparative analysis at the industrial level of the steel industry‚ the following includes a summary of findings and recommendations for Nucor Steel Corporation: • We recommend to have an on staff legal team The steel industry has a very hazardous work environment‚ which in return arises many cases of workman’s compensation issues. An on staff legal team at Nucor allows a more adept knowledge about the steel industry and therefore assists in helping safeguard Nucor from many lawsuits
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ADVANTAGES OF USING STAINLESS STEEL COOKWARE IN INDUSTRY The catering industry is about providing the conveniences of a restaurant at a remote location for the benefit of a client. Usually the client wants catering services to satisfy the hunger requirements of guests at certain celebrations or scenes. Common events include weddings‚ business conventions and banquets for occasions like birthdays‚ wedding anniversaries and funerals. Catering companies provide foodstuffs and sometimes
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4140 Steel The first metal sample that will be discussed is 4140 steel. This sample was subject to multiple heat treatment processes that included quenching‚ normalizing‚ full annealing‚ and tempering. The micrographs of the heat treated samples can be seen below in Figure 2. Figure 2: 4140 Steel Micrographs 100X a) Baseline‚ prepared by Bryan Biggs b) Quenched‚ prepared by Cameron Palkowski c) Normalized‚ prepared by Michael Rodriguez d) Full Annealed‚ prepared by Avery Callahan e) Tempered
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Stainless steel commonly react with certain substance that probably will produce some defect whether inner or outer surface. This material contains small casting defects‚ mainly shrinkage cavities‚ due to the manufacturing process. Commonly in industries related to piping system‚ stainless steel pipelines and cylinder tubes are equipment or object that frequently used in our removable insulation installation. In most industrial nowadays‚ stainless steel pipes are frequently exposed to high temperatures
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