Production of AVB steel billets

Recently manufactured steel, which is still in the form of a metal bar or rectangle, is called steel billet. The steel billet (also called ingot) can be round or square and there is a great demand for this material in a number of segments.

The AVB steel billet is a product obtained from the LD Melt Shop process, which transforms pig iron along with a low percentage of reusable scrap. It can be sold in its raw state, which is used in the production of forged parts or rolling of sections and bars.

With the quality structure of AVB’s LD Melt Shop (use of liquid pig iron and jet protection in the casting process), AVB can compete with Latin America’s leading suppliers of steel billet with this higher added value steels, thus meeting the needs of a wider range of customers.

There is a very wide range of shapes and types of steel products. There is a wide variety of steels available in the market because each of its applications requires changes in the composition and shape. Regarding the chemical composition of steel, its processing, controls and testing (in order to meet the customers’ specifications), as well as its end uses, steels can be categorized as follows:

Carbon Steels
These are carbon steels, or low alloy level steels, with a chemical composition defined in broad ranges.
Special/Alloy Steels
These are high carbon steels, or alloy steels, with a chemical composition defined in narrow ranges for all elements and strict specifications.
Mechanical construction steels
These are low alloy carbon steels for forging, bearings, coils, axles, machined parts, etc.
Tool steels
These are high carbon or high alloy steels intended for the production of tools and matrixes, for hot and cold work, including high-speed steels.