Patented Technology Creates a New Market for High Strength Stainless Steel Tubing
KVA Stainless Introduces American Made Seam-Welded Stainless Steel Tubing for High Performance Bicycle Frame Applications
Escondido, CA, September 24, 2010 --(PR.com)-- After years of engineering and development, KVA Stainless is introducing its new, patented, custom-made stainless steel bicycle tubing called MS² for high-performance bicycle frame applications.
Already proven by KVA Stainless in other industries, patented KVA martensitic stainless structural tubing can now be integrated into high performance bicycle frames to reduce weight, increase strength and stiffness, at significant cost decreases over competitive materials. KVA Stainless controlled atmosphere thermal processing ensures consistent, high-quality tubing.
MS² is an air-hardenable, martensitic stainless steel with amazing tensile strength > 200 ksi (1400 Mpa) which means it’s twice as strong as titanium with a frame weight comparable to high-end aluminum. The tubing has excellent corrosion-resistance, with elongation > 14% and a hardness ~ 38-42 HRC.
MS² tubing is made in the U.S.A. from first quality domestic stainless steel alloys using the most modern forming, welding and precision thermal processing technology available to produce custom-made tubing; including variable wall thickness known as "butted" tubes.
Cycling enthusiasts will experience excellent ride characteristics with outstanding durability and toughness from our new MS² bicycle tubing. Excellent mechanical properties, including specific strength and stiffness, toughness and fatigue performance, can be achieved using MS² tubing in place of other materials.
Ideal applications include silver brazed lugged construction and TIG welded bicycle frames.
Ed McCrink, the founder of KVA Stainless set up Hi-Temp, Inc. in 1953 and grew the company into one of the largest thermal processors of martensitic stainless steels in the United States. Successful with this venture, Mr. McCrink sold Hi-Temp in the 1970s and, with an entrepreneurial spirit, moved on to a number of different ventures. But Mr. McCrink couldn't forget about martensitic stainless steel. Mr. McCrink wondered why people weren't using this material in structural applications. Years after he sold the company, he came back to his roots of metallurgy, and he wanted to introduce the high strength features and benefits of martensitic stainless steel to different industries.
Working with a team of engineers and metallurgists, Mr. McCrink developed a way to take flat sheets of martensitic stainless steel and transform them into tubes. “Rolling the sheet to create the tube was never the hard part, welding a seam in martensitic steel so the tube became one solid, homogenous structure was always the issue,” said Douglas Gore, KVA vice-president of sales. After years of engineering and testing, Mr. McCrink found a method to prevent the inherent cracking and weakness when a martensitic alloy is high-speed welded.
The resulting stainless tube is light and strong, and not nearly as expensive to produce as a seamless tube when compared to other stainless steel alloys or other metals, including titanium.
For additional information, please visit KVA’s website http://www.kvastainless.com or call 760-489-5821.
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Already proven by KVA Stainless in other industries, patented KVA martensitic stainless structural tubing can now be integrated into high performance bicycle frames to reduce weight, increase strength and stiffness, at significant cost decreases over competitive materials. KVA Stainless controlled atmosphere thermal processing ensures consistent, high-quality tubing.
MS² is an air-hardenable, martensitic stainless steel with amazing tensile strength > 200 ksi (1400 Mpa) which means it’s twice as strong as titanium with a frame weight comparable to high-end aluminum. The tubing has excellent corrosion-resistance, with elongation > 14% and a hardness ~ 38-42 HRC.
MS² tubing is made in the U.S.A. from first quality domestic stainless steel alloys using the most modern forming, welding and precision thermal processing technology available to produce custom-made tubing; including variable wall thickness known as "butted" tubes.
Cycling enthusiasts will experience excellent ride characteristics with outstanding durability and toughness from our new MS² bicycle tubing. Excellent mechanical properties, including specific strength and stiffness, toughness and fatigue performance, can be achieved using MS² tubing in place of other materials.
Ideal applications include silver brazed lugged construction and TIG welded bicycle frames.
Ed McCrink, the founder of KVA Stainless set up Hi-Temp, Inc. in 1953 and grew the company into one of the largest thermal processors of martensitic stainless steels in the United States. Successful with this venture, Mr. McCrink sold Hi-Temp in the 1970s and, with an entrepreneurial spirit, moved on to a number of different ventures. But Mr. McCrink couldn't forget about martensitic stainless steel. Mr. McCrink wondered why people weren't using this material in structural applications. Years after he sold the company, he came back to his roots of metallurgy, and he wanted to introduce the high strength features and benefits of martensitic stainless steel to different industries.
Working with a team of engineers and metallurgists, Mr. McCrink developed a way to take flat sheets of martensitic stainless steel and transform them into tubes. “Rolling the sheet to create the tube was never the hard part, welding a seam in martensitic steel so the tube became one solid, homogenous structure was always the issue,” said Douglas Gore, KVA vice-president of sales. After years of engineering and testing, Mr. McCrink found a method to prevent the inherent cracking and weakness when a martensitic alloy is high-speed welded.
The resulting stainless tube is light and strong, and not nearly as expensive to produce as a seamless tube when compared to other stainless steel alloys or other metals, including titanium.
For additional information, please visit KVA’s website http://www.kvastainless.com or call 760-489-5821.
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