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- What is Steel ? 
Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon (with a content between 0.005% and 2% in weight) to which we add a number of elements such as Chromium, Molybdenum, Nickel, Titanium… in varying proportions to make them low and high alloys.

- What are special steels ?
Special steels are called this when their chemical composition makes them different from  more standard steels, with little or no alloy content, either because they contain more alloying elements, or because all the characteristics (purity and cleanliness) are controlled to give them the properties required for use.

- What are the specialities of ASCOMETAL ?
JOMASCO®, METASCO®, SPLITASCO®, VITAC®, SUPERVITAC®, ASCOFLEX®, ASCOWELL®, ASCOROC®, ENDURASCO®, NITRASCO®, SUPERCLEAN.

- What are the different types delivered by ASCOMETAL ?
Through-hardening steels
Case-hardening steels
Bearing steels
Spring steels
Surface hardening steels
Nitriding steels
Microalloyed steels
Tool steels

- What is the range of products delivered by ASCOMETAL ?
Continously cast rounds

Hot rolled products : blooms, billets, wire rod, flat bars 

Cold finished products : peeled bars, straightened bars, drawn wire, peeled wire

- What is the range of products delivered by ASCOMETAL ?
Continous cast rounds : 170 to 325 mm

Hot rolled products
Blooms and billets : 90 to 400 mm
Rolled bars : 11 to 325 mm
Wire rod : 5 to 32 mm
Flats : width 50 * 140 mm, thickness 6 to 55 mm

Cold finished products
Peeled bars : 10.5 to 300 mm
Straightened bars : 20 to 78 mm
Drawn wire : 1 to 22 mm
Peeled wire : 9 to 16 mm
Semi finished parts

What heat treatment is available ?

Quenching and tempering
Water / water and polymer quenching and tempering
Oil quenching and tempering
Single or double quenching
Stabilising 

Annealing treatment

Annealing, stress relieving, spheroidal annealing, isothermal, normalising, isothermal perlitic

- How to contact us ?
Commercial Department France (La Défense near Paris) Tel : + 33 1 55 70 73 00
Commercial Department Export, other countries (La Défense near Paris) Tel : + 33 1 55 70 73 23

Regional sales office East (54-Custines) Tel : + 33 3 83 92 60 55
Regional sales office South (42-St Etienne) Tel : + 33 4 77 45 51 58
Cluses depot (74-Cluses) Tel : + 33 4 50 98 28 46

" Springs " Commercial Team (38-Le Cheylas) Tel : + 33 4 76 45 46 90

Ascometal Italy (Brescia, Italy) Tel : + 39 030 39 921
Ascometal GmbH (Erkrath, Germany) Tel : + 49 211 924 797 0
Lucchini UK (Manchester, UK) Tel : + 44 161 886 0340
Lucchini Iberia (Barcelona, Spain) Tel : + 34 93 363 1973
Lucchini USA (NY) Tel : + 1 914 332 7550
Lucchini Asia Pacific (Singapore) Tel :+ 65 6 334 6775

- What is the influence of alloying additions  on  mechanical properties? Click here to view the file


- What is the minimum order quantity of a non-standard steel ?
A cast is about 100t