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Quality bright steel from Parkside Steel

2015-09-04T14:03:55Z

When it comes to finding the right steel for a given application, it can be difficult to choose between the many varieties available. Here at Parkside Steel, we have made it our mission to provide an expert service to our customers, constantly developing our product range to offer only the best in the industry.

One of the most popular forms of steel is bright steel, known for its accurate finish. Bright steel in its most basic form is black steel that has gone through further processing. It was created specifically for engineers who needed more from their metal, such as more precise dimensions, shapes and a superior surface finish.

Here at Parkside Steel, we have developed a wide range of bright steel options for our customers to choose from, enabling us to cater for almost any set of requirements. Our range of quality bright carbon steel encompasses flats, hexagonals, rounds and squares. While the creation of this form of steel is not easy, it is thanks to our experience in the field that we have been able to develop our manufacturing techniques to satisfy all demands.

A step-by-step guide to creating a bright steel bar

The process of creating bright steel bars has been described by many as an 'art form'. It is first necessary to take the feedstock, either in bars or coils, removing any surface scale or rust that many have accumulated in the initial hot rolled product. Any scale or rust present will have a negative effect on the operation if allowed to stay.
Prior to the bar being forced through the die, the end is pointed in order to make entrance easier. This is accomplished through either hot swaging or cold rolling.
The bar is then forced through the die using hydraulically powered grips and other ancillary equipment. Once the bar is released, the bar is then gripped in 'bogie jaws', which helps to elongate the bar without removing metal.
The bar is then customised to the ordered size, ensuring that the exact shape and section that the customer wants is provided.

Whatever your requirements in bright steel or any of the other shape, material or size options that we offer, contact a member of the Parkside Steel team to find out how we can help.

Whatever the length, whatever the quantity

2015-08-17T14:05:33Z

Talk to Parkside Steel today if you require specific lengths of steel. We pride ourselves on our accuracy and determined approach. We have skilled, experienced cutting staff on our books that can use a range of saws to cater for your needs perfectly. Whether you require an odd cut piece or multi-cutting jobs, you can count on the stock length suppliers at Parkside Steel to deliver the results that you need within a short time frame.

We always listen to feedback from our customers in order to make our service even more efficient. Our TSUNE saw has chopped lead times down significantly. It offers full automation for better speed and accuracy, while its automatic bar feeder leads to minimal cutting delays. It cuts almost eight times faster than band saws and provides an exceptional cutting finish.

Since its establishment Parkside Steel has become one of the most trusted suppliers of steel stock in the country, with our wide product range enabling us to cater for a wealth of customer requirements. Whether you require merchant, carbon, alloy or bright steels, we can help. You can contact us at any point if you have any queries about the services that we provide.

We have become known for our exceptional processing facilities, which allow us to cater for our customers' most demanding requirements while still delivering them the most cost-effective service. Our team is able to cut virtually all the products in our catalogue to size, whether you require engineering, general or tool steels, so why not make us your one-stop shop for steel?

Our friendly, trained and professional staff can bring you the products that you need, no matter where you are in the UK, thanks to our vast fleet of vehicles. In fact, we recently added two new vehicles to our fleet in order to cater for our growing number of clients. These new additions have helped us to continue building our reputation as one of the most efficient and reliable steel stockholders in the country.

Why wait any longer to get in touch if you require the services of a competitive stockholder that can get your order to you quickly and safely? Contact us today to learn more.

Order your silver steel rounds from Parkside Steel

2015-08-03T11:44:33Z

Parkside Steel is one of the most trusted steel suppliers in the United Kingdom. We’ve developed a strong knowledge of the industry since we began trading in 1978. More than thirty-five years later, we remain committed to providing reliable products across the whole country. Among them, you will find a selection of sizes for silver steel rounds.

Silver steel is commonly referred to as tool steel in the United Kingdom, and – unlike other steels which are provided in various shapes and configurations – it is always supplied in round bars, sometimes known as tool blanks.

Despite the name, silver steel doesn’t contain any silver in its composition – the name simply refers to the highly polished appearance of the rounds themselves. Silver steel is actually made up of carbon, chromium, manganese, silicon, phosphorus, and sulphur – and its properties allow it to be utilized in a wide selection of ways.

A significant resistance to wear

The high carbon content of these rounds ensures excellent hardenability and provides the silver steel with a significant resistance to wear. Its high chromium content enhances that strength and hardness, and the round will be given annealing treatment during production to allow for superior machinability.

This means that silver steel is highly valued by numerous professionals within the building, engineering, and industrial sectors. A large amount of industrial equipment is made from it, such as machinery which needs to be hard-wearing. It is also used for transportation equipment -often in cars, bicycles, and underground systems. Craftsman value it for use in screwdrivers, engraving machinery, and files. It is even found in the home, for cutlery and cookware. Simply put, silver steel is one of the most commonly utilized metals.

If you need a steel supplier able to deliver a vast range of silver steel round sizes, then Parkside Steel can accommodate. We stock sixty different diameter sizes, moving from just 2mm (1/16 of an inch) right up to 50mm (2 inches). Each one is guaranteed to be of the highest quality; we’re a steel supplier which is fully certified by the British Standards Institution (BSI), and we only use reputable mills which offer traceability on all materials.

Why you should make Parkside Steel your chosen steel flat stockists

2015-07-16T15:05:27Z

Steel flats have long been among the most important products for those that require steel for so many different applications and industries. You may purchase from steel flat stockists like Parkside Steel in order to use such products in the manufacture of automobiles, domestic appliances, agricultural equipment or machinery, or for construction.

Here at Parkside Steel, we have a hard-won reputation for the supply of flats in bright carbon steel, ground steel, key steel, mild steel and R.E.B.Q. (Round Edge Bending Quality). One look at our online range should be sufficient to confirm to you the comprehensiveness of our range, with our bright carbon steel flats alone able to be specified in 070M20 EN3B, 080A15 BMS or 080M15 EN32B steel, in sizes ranging from 10mm x 3mm right up to 220mm x 20mm in metric and 1/4” x 1/8” up to 12” x 1.1/2” in imperial

However, you may just as confidently turn to us for ground steel flats, on account of the similarly extensive range of sizes in which we can supply these - as small as 10mm x 1mm, or as large as 300mm x 50mm. These are supplied in the AISI 01 grade of ground steel. Or maybe it is EN8 key steel flats that you would like to source for your next project, in which case, sizes as modest as 8mm x 7mm or as big as 28mm x 16mm are possible?

Then, there are the mild steel flats that we offer in proportions starting at 10mm x 3mm, with the largest available option here being 300mm x 50mm. All of our mild steel flats are provided in the grade of S275JR. If you are looking to order any of the aforementioned steel flats, you will also be reassured by such other, more general aspects of our service as our extremely accurate and efficient cutting machines and our own fleet of vehicles. The latter helps to ensure that your flats reach you in good time and in immaculate condition, almost irrespective of where you are based in the UK.

Parkside Steel is one of the UK's most comprehensive steel stockholders, and in more ways than one. When you require nothing less than the complete service from your chosen steel flat stockists, there's no reason to look any further than our company, with our commitment to the very greatest quality, affordability and choice.

What do you need to know about EN8 steel?

2015-07-16T15:04:41Z

EN8 steel is one of the key material options that we stock here at Parkside Steel, taking pride of place in our range of black carbon and alloy steel rounds as well as our bright carbon and alloy rounds. This unalloyed medium carbon steel grade has decent tensile strength, which has lent itself to such general engineering applications as studs, bolts, shafts, screws, rollers and connecting rods.

The best applications of EN8 steel tend to be those for which superior qualities to mild steel are required, but where the additional expense of alloy steel cannot be justified. The chemical composition of this steel - also known as 080M40 or 080A42 - includes carbon, silicon, manganese, sulphur and phosphorus.

Choose Parkside Steel for 080M40 EN8 steel rounds, and you can take advantage of any of a vast range of diameters - from 1/4” to 300mm. These rounds are produced by processing facilities on a par with those to be found anywhere else in the United Kingdom, with pieces able to be cut to size by us efficiently, accurately and cost-effectively, whether in single pieces or batches running into the thousands.

We don't only specialise in EN8 steel, of course, also being known for our comprehensive ranges of flats, rounds, squares and other shaped pieces in the likes of bright carbon steel, cast iron, ground steel, key steel, silver steel, tool steel and mild steel. In the category of mild steel alone, such offerings as cold reduced sheets, strip mill plates, tee sections, angle equals and tapered channels are all available from us.

However, it is our black carbon and alloy steel rounds that have proved especially popular among certain customers of ours, who tend to return to us time and time again, in the knowledge that we prize only the very highest levels of precision and quality. It's worth remembering that we are proudly certified by the British Standards Institution (BSI), which affirms that we only use reputable mills and ensure that all of our material is traceable.

There are many reasons why we are such a popular and trusted source of EN8 steel here at Parkside Steel, and whatever your own reasons may be for contacting us, you can expect nothing less than a highly responsive and professional service, coupled to the most impressive product range that you are ever likely to find under one roof.

Head to Parkside Steel for your next square or rectangular steel hollow section

2015-07-16T15:03:43Z

Square and rectangular steel hollow section are both venerable options among the mild steel pieces that we offer here at Parkside Steel. Square and rectangular hollow sections are mainstays of the product ranges of steel stockholders, and our own company is no exception, stocking them in S235J2H steel in various dimensions.

Square and rectangular steel hollow sections see widespread use in industry as columns, which only makes it all the more crucial to choose a truly dependable steel stockholder. Such a supplier should not only recognise the importance of providing the best quality products and service, but actually have a longstanding track record of doing so itself.

That's why all of our material is traceable and only comes from reputable mills, these being conditions of our certification by the highly respected British Standards Institution (BSI). Whatever your industry, when you need to order a square or rectangular steel hollow section, it goes without saying that better-than-pinprick precision is essential, and our BSI certification demonstrates our commitment to ensuring exactly that, time and time again.

Hollow square and rectangular sections take pride of place in our wider range of mild steel profiles, this material striking the optimum balance between affordability and the material properties that lend themselves to the broadest range of applications. The relatively low tensile strength of mild steel means that it can be easily shaped into such forms as cold reduced sheets, ERW rounds, flats, squares, strip mill plates, tapered channels, tee sections and circular hollow sections.

Every single one of the aforementioned popular mild steel profile options is available at Parkside Steel, and many more besides. Such a stellar product range under one roof combines with some of the country's best processing facilities to give you the utmost peace of mind when you are seeking the most accurate and cost-effective cut to size pieces for what may be an extremely short turnaround time.

You won't need to consider any alternative supplier of a square or rectangular steel hollow section when you have the option of Parkside Steel, the steel stockholder that adopts every measure to ensure your satisfaction and peace of mind - whatever your industry and other exact requirements.

A steel sawing service of the highest order

2015-07-16T15:02:48Z

It is difficult to think of another steel stockholder in the UK that offers a product range of equal breadth to Parkside Steel's. From black carbon and alloy steel rounds and ground steel flats to cold reduced sheets and key steel squares, all of the obvious options are covered by us. But our customers don't just turn to us for steel - they turn to us for the complete steel sawing service.

This is an aspect of our service that we will always be very proud of here at Parkside Steel. While there may be other stockholders out there that can almost match our range of steels, it's unlikely that they also have processing facilities like ours that can cut pieces to size so swiftly, accurately and cost-effectively.

You might want just a single piece from us, or instead batches of thousands - whatever your exact needs from a steel sawing service; we're ready and waiting to meet them. That's possible thanks to our exceptional equipment and highly skilled staff with years of experience on our range of saws.

We know that you not only need astonishing accuracy from a steel sawing service, but also competitive lead times. This explains our recent investment in a TSUNE saw that is fully automated for the greatest possible accuracy and speed. There's hardly any delay in cutting due to this machine's automatic bar feeder, and the final cutting finish requires almost zero machining.

A similarly indispensable machine of ours here at Parkside Steel is the band saw - or rather, the seven of them that are manned 24 hours a day. These machines are renowned for the efficient lead times that they deliver, enabling us to cut 99% of our stock to whatever size our customers require

Where our rivals have excuses or exceptions, we have an absolute no-compromise attitude to supplying you with exactly the steel that you want, at exactly the right time and at exactly the right price. Just about every material or size in our range can be cut to size, so if you have any specific requirements from a steel sawing service that haven't been met elsewhere, you shouldn't hesitate to contact Parkside Steel.

070M20 stockists come no better than Parkside Steel

2015-07-16T15:01:34Z

While it isn't difficult to find stockists of 070M20 mild steel, it can be much tougher to find a supplier of such steel that caters for all the obvious priorities that many customers like our own have. These include being able to access the broadest range of sizes which, thanks to our extensive processing facilities, can be cut to size quickly and accurately.

Parkside Steel certainly ticks these, and many more boxes. Our range of black carbon and alloy steel rounds encompasses not only 070M20 EN3B steel, but also such sought-after options as S355J2, 080M40 EN8, 655M13 EN36B and 817M40T EN24T, in all manner of sizes. People make us their choice of 070M20 stockists in part due to our ability to offer this popular, commercial quality mild steel in diameters ranging from 80mm to 300mm.

This combines with such more general benefits as our highly responsive and professional customer service, as well as - of course - the most competitive prices. Our company has been catering for British needs for steel since 1978, and we have since become known for our exceptional level of flexibility and industry knowhow.

Furthermore, customers can be assured of the quality of our steel by our certification from the British Standards Institution (BSI), which indicates that we use only reputable mills, in addition to making all of our material traceable. We know that if you don't believe in the quality of the steels across our considerable range, you won't trust us as your 070M20 stockists, either.

070M20, for those who are unaware, is a mild steel that balances strength, toughness, ductility and weldability, making it a sound choice of steel for forming and machining. These properties have long lent it to such commercial applications as bolts and connecting rods, axles, machinery parts, motor, hydraulic and pump shafts. This steel's low carbon content, however, makes it unsuitable for flame or induction hardening.

As the UK's premier 070M20 stockists, Parkside Steel offers this in-demand steel in bright and black rounds along with squares and flats, as part of a comprehensive wider range of bright and black carbons and alloys. When you require the highest standard of 070M20 or other steels such as cast iron, ground steel, bright carbon steel, mild steel or key steel, we will work hard to meet your most demanding requirements.

What should you expect from EN1A stockists?

2015-07-16T14:59:49Z

There is no shortage of sound reasons to use the low carbon mild steel that is known as EN1A, not least for the manufacture of components where there is a combined need for high rates of production and the best surface finish. There aren't many grades of low carbon-manganese freecutting steel that are more frequently used than EN1A - but what should your expectations be of your chosen EN1A stockists?

Certainly, you will expect the supplier that you opt for to have a strong industry reputation, which is definitely something that can be said of Parkside Steel. We were founded in 1978, and have since grown to become one of the UK's most comprehensive steel stockholders, renowned for our extensive product range as well as for industry-leading processing facilities that help to ensure that you get the right steel, in the right shape and size, exactly when you need it.

With a range that is second to none Parkside can offer 230M07 EN1A in bright rounds and squares in both imperial and metric sizes. With Diameters ranging from 3mm right up to 8”, squares ranging from 6mm up to 5” you are sure to find what you are looking for. However the range doesn’t stop there and Parkside are pleased to offer 230M07 Pb EN1A Leaded in imperial and metric rounds also, If you require hexagonal bright carbon steel profiles, meanwhile, you can again choose from 230M07 EN1A or 230M07 Pb EN1A Leaded with sizes ranging from 5.5mm up to 70mm.

EN1A stockists particularly serve those who require the right steel for the manufacture of such repetition turned components as nuts, bolts, studs and hydraulic fittings, especially in cases necessitating intricate drilling and machining operations. We are the complete such stockists here at Parkside Steel, offering you a reliability and responsiveness of service that simply isn't matched anywhere else. Speaking of machining did you know that Parkside Steel carry a range of 230M07 EN1A Precision Ground in both metric and imperial sizes? This saves customers time, money and can be the difference between winning or losing a job

You can also trust us to provide the most competitively-priced EN1A steels, without any compromise in quality - indeed; our use of only reputable mills is shown by our certification from the highly regarded British Standards Institution (BSI), which also signals that all of our steels are traceable. When you are ordering steels like EN1A, quality will be one of your watchwords, and it is firmly one of ours, too.

So, why contact any other EN1A stockists when Parkside Steel ticks every important box? Enquire now about our steels to find out more.

Don't look to any other tool steel stockists

2015-07-16T14:58:45Z

Tool steel has proved its worth time and time again for such tool applications as stamping or extrusion dies, cutting, mould-making or hammers for either personal or industrial use. Certainly, for those seeking tool steel rounds in various sizes and grades, there can be no sounder choice of stockholder than Parkside Steel.

'Tool steel' is the term given to the especially hard and abrasion-resistant steels that lend themselves well to the making of tools. These carbon and alloy steels also resist deformation and are able to hold a cutting edge even at the most elevated temperatures. This makes such steels highly effective for shaping other materials.

As you might expect, a high level of quality is essential in tool steel, which is why it needs to be manufactured in carefully controlled conditions with a carbon content typically between 0.5% and 1.5%. No tool steel stockists take quality as seriously as we do here at Parkside Steel, as signified - among other aspects of our service - by our British Standards Institution (BSI) certification.

BSI certification indicates that we use only reputable mills, while also ensuring complete traceability on all of our material. This is something that you should expect from any tool steel stockists, with the same able to be said of the responsive service, high stock levels and competitive pricing that also marks out Parkside Steel from the competition.

Whatever application you may have in mind for your own tool steel - such as cutting, extruding, pressing or coining of metals or other materials - you are sure to appreciate the services of Parkside Steel.

We offer tool steel rounds in cold work grades BS4659 BD2 or BS4659 B01, in diameters ranging from 15mm, right up to 207mm, and can also offer hot work & plastic moulding grades on a short lead time. We are also able to cut all of our stock to size whether it be one offs or multi-cutting jobs. We are simply the most comprehensive tool steel stockists, and if you have any questions or are unable to find what you require in our online range, you are welcome to get in touch with our professional and capable team for more tailored advice and help.

Don't look to any other tool steel stockists when you have the option of sourcing your tool steel rounds from Parkside Steel.

A brief introduction to carbon steel

2015-07-16T14:57:33Z

With available Section types that range from Angles, Channels and Flats, through to Square, Rectangular and Circular Hollow Sections and on into Plates and Sheets, we're confident that we are the complete Steel Stockholders here at Parkside Steel. It should therefore be of little surprise to you that we are a well respected carbon steel supplier - but what are the characteristics of this type of steel that demonstrate its worth to so many of our customers?

Mild steel (also referred to as plain-carbon steel) consists primarily of the two elements Iron and Carbon. While there may be other elements in the alloy, for the steel to be described as carbon steel, these should not be present in sufficient quantities to affect its character.

The amount of Carbon present affects its properties. When the carbon content is low, the steel is soft but easily formed, being much like iron. Carbon steel with a higher carbon content isn't as ductile or as easy to weld, being both harder and stronger. The higher the carbon content, the lower the melting point of such steel also tends to be.

Carbon steels can also be heat treated to improve properties like yield strength and hardness. Another common practice is case hardening, which creates a hard, wear resistant skin (or case) to the steel whilst preserving a tough ductile core. Whilst Alloy Steels offer better hardenability characteristics and can be through-hardened, case hardening mild steel can offer a more cost effective solution for some applications.

The cost-effectiveness of carbon as an alloying material for solidifying the structures in iron make it unsurprising that there is such a wide variety of grades of carbon steels available – from structural steel grades such as S275 and S355, through to engineering steel grades such as 080A15 and 080M40, all of which are available here at Parkside Steel.

When your own organisation is in need of a reliable and competitively-priced carbon steel supplier, look no further than Parkside Steel. As one of the UK's most in-depth and comprehensive Steel Stockholders, we offer an almost unrivalled product range, as well as some of the finest processing facilities of any supplier anywhere in the UK. Contact us now about placing an order for carbon steel from one of our sales departments in Nottingham or London.

Make us your chosen cast iron suppliers

2015-07-16T14:56:03Z

The iron or ferrous alloy known as cast iron has long offered a vast range of applications, particularly within engineering. Machines, pipes and automotive industry parts like cylinder blocks, cylinder heads and gearbox cases are just some of the items to have been made from cast iron, due to such qualities as a relatively low melting point, castability, fluidity, machinability and wear and deformation resistance.

Such characteristics all help to explain why cast iron is such a mainstay of the range here at Parkside Steel. We offer BS1452 Grade 250 cast iron rounds in diameters ranging from 25mm up to 260mm, with other sizes and grades available on a short lead time. Our cast iron rounds are just one aspect of what makes us one of the UK's leading metal stockholders. Not only is our product range truly unrivalled, but we also take pride in our formidable processing facilities that enable the quick, accurate and cost-effective fabrication of the customer's desired metal.

Founded in 1978, we are long established and reputable cast iron suppliers. Through good times and bad, we have entrenched our position as one of the premier providers of cast iron rounds in the UK. And with our quality certification to ISO 9001, you can be assured that we only purchase material of the highest standards from reputable manufacturers from the UK and the EU.

Cast iron has a long history of use in engineering and other applications. The earliest cast iron artefacts to have been discovered by archaeologists date back to the 5th century BC, and were found in what is now the Jiangsu area of China. Cast iron was invented in Ancient China and saw some of its earliest use for warfare, agriculture and architecture. By the late 1770s, cast iron was being used for structural purposes, the Industrial Revolution necessitating the erection of cast iron bridges across the world.

When you require cast iron rounds for any of the wide range of 21st century applications of this useful metal, you cannot hope to find a better provider than Parkside Steel. We are the complete cast iron suppliers for customers across the United Kingdom.

Parkside Steel - one of the leading steel stockholders in the UK

2015-07-16T14:51:56Z

For customers who are seeking nothing less than one of the most comprehensive steel stockholders in the UK, there is no need for them to look any further than Parkside Steel. Our product range is almost unrivalled, encompassing Bright and Black, Carbon & Alloy Engineering Steels, in addition to general steels including merchant bar, plates, sheets and hollow sections.

We offer steel products in all manner of shapes, grades and sizes - precisely what you would expect from one of the premier steel stockholders in the UK. You may turn to us for black carbon and alloy steel rounds, for instance, or for bright carbon steel flats or squares. We also stock mild steel in angles (both equal and unequal), flats, plates, cold reduced sheet, tapered & parallel flange channels, tee sections, square edge convex and a comprehensive range of other forms.

Parkside Steel doesn't just specialise in only stockholding - indeed, we also have one of the country's finest processing facilities, which allows us to offer accurately cut to size pieces to our customers, whenever they require them and at a competitive price. You might request a single piece from us, or batches of thousands of pieces - whatever your specific requirements, our formidable skills and resources enable us to fulfil them.

As a matter of fact, almost anything in our range can be cut to size in this way, which is one more reason why we really are the most renowned steel stockholders in the UK. Since our establishment in 1978, when we identified a gap in the market for a stockist responding to the widest range of customer needs, we have come to be associated with a highly reliable service, delivered by the most dedicated staff.

Engineers and maintenance staff alike have long known that we are the ultimate reliable, flexible and expert source of all things steel. A further signal of our quality is our certification from the immensely respected British Standards Institution (BSI). It demonstrates that Parkside Steel uses only reputable mills and offers traceability on all material, as is essential in an industry that emphasises the utmost precision.

With our broader range of services including everything from cutting and delivery to centreless grinding and external testing, Parkside Steel is well-placed to cater for your most demanding needs from steel products.