Last year, a batch of TC6 compressor discs came through the shop. The drawings called for a 42 HRC hardness after solution treatment an…
On Sept. 10, 2026, Commerce published preliminary antidumping review results for PC strand from Malaysia, setting margins of 1.29%-1.42% while the all-others cash-deposit rate stays at 5.13%. A dated look at what the review means for buyers of steel wire, wire-based parts and machined steel.
The first thing you notice when machining TC5 titanium alloy is the chip. It doesn’t peel away …
On Sept. 10, 2026, Commerce published preliminary results of the countervailing duty review of brass rod from Korea, setting company rates of 0.20%-0.52% and keeping the all-others rate at 2.87%. A dated look at what the review means for buyers of brass feedstock and CNC-machined brass parts.
TC3 (Ti-5Al-4V) is a near-alpha alpha-beta titanium alloy that sits between commercially pure titanium and the workhorse TC4 / Ti-6Al-4V in strength, with better elevated-temperature stability and weldability than TC4 but lower hardenability. If you are sourcing TC3 CNC machining for parts that see 350–450 °C service, moderate strength, and chloride exposure, TC3 is a
On Sept. 9, 2026, Commerce kept the countervailing duty order on steel grating from China in place after an expedited third sunset review, finding revocation would likely continue subsidization at a 62.46% net countervailable subsidy rate. A dated look at what the continuation means for buyers sourcing fabricated and load-bearing steel products.
A machinist calls over the shop foreman. The part is a small structural bracket, roughly 150 mm…
Commerce revoked AD/CVD orders on walk-behind lawn mowers from China and Vietnam after no domestic party responded in the sunset review. What the revocation and its metal-part scope mean for CNC and stamped-part buyers.
Six years ago, a customer sent over a drawing for a pressurized housing used in a regional aircraft environmental control system. The material callout …
Commerce’s preliminary AD review finding sets a 22.07% margin on Termomecanica’s brass rod from Brazil and holds the 22.78% all-others rate. What it means for buyers of brass feedstock and CNC-turned brass parts.
When a batch of TA9 valve bodies landed on the shop floor last month, the existing titanium setup sheets were pract…
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Commerce’s amended scope finding holds that carbon steel butt-weld fittings cut and formed into rough shape in China and finished in Vietnam remain subject to the AD order — a direct check on semi-finished sourcing strategies for machined fittings.
Every so often, a purchase order lands on the desk with a material line that makes an experienced machinist stop mid-coffee: TA7. Not the workhorse Ti-6Al-4V that d…
Commerce’s final 2023-2024 AD review of stainless steel flanges from India assigns 0.60% to Chandan and 50.72% to the BFN/Viraj entity — a margin spread that changes supplier risk for buyers of stainless components.
