Overview of Manganese Steel
Mangalloy is manufactured from alloying steel, comprising 0.8 to 1.25% iron, with 11 to 15% manganese content. Mangalloy is a special non-magnetic steel with strong properties against wear. The Shredder Parts coating is very prone to abrasion and under contact situations can reach up to three times its surface strength, without any change in brittleness that is typically correlated with toughness. It means that mangalloy maintains its durability.
The bulk of steels produce manganese of 0.15 to 0.8 per cent. Strong strength alloys also produce manganese from 1 to 1.8 per cent. The steel is fragile at around 1.5 percent of manganese content and this tendency rises until it exceeds around 4 or 5 percent of manganese content. Around this stage, a hammer’s strike can pulverize the steel. Higher manganese content will boost hardness as well as ductileness. If sufficiently cooled, the steel should stay in its austenite shape at room temperature at around 10 per cent manganese content. Both toughness and ductility achieve their levels about 12 percent, based on other alloying agents. The primary of these alloying agents is iron, because the application of manganese to low-carbon steel has no impact, but rises significantly with increasing carbon content.
Uses of Manganese Steel
Manganese steel is used for very durable service; it comprises 11–14 percent manganese, offering a smooth, wear-resistant, and self-renewing surface over a sturdy, unbreakable heart. Manganese Steel has self-hardening properties as a consequence of which tractors, cement mixers, rock crushers, elevators and shovel containers, as well as in the rail industry (switches and crossings) and other high-impact conditions have been used for a long time in the mining industry.
Until recently, manganese steel was used in jail window frames, because it helps quick labor to eat the hacksaw blades of possible escapees. Steel is presently widely used in safes, bulletproof cabinets and anti-drill covers.
Does Manganese Steel Rust?
While both steels and low-alloy steels rust in humid conditions, an improvement in manganese steel has a beneficial impact on corrosion resistance, in part due to the adsorption of manganese ions.
Magnetic Properties of Manganese Steel
Mangalloy is a special non-magnetic steel that has extreme anti-wear properties. Although manganese steel ensures hardening characteristics for wear and tear, it is non-magnetic, making it perfect to be used in industrial lifting magnets and electrical transformer modules.
How to Cut Manganese Steel
Most of the mangalloy’s uses are sometimes restricted due to its machining difficulty; sometimes perceived as “zero machinability.” Manganese steel cannot be softened by annealing, and is easily hardened by undercutting and grinding which typically requires special machine tools.
With diamonds or carbides, manganese steel can be drilled to extreme difficulty. Even though it can be forged from yellow heat it may crumble if it is hammered when white-hot and is much harder than carbon steel when it is heated. It can be cut with an oxyacetylene torch but the preferred method is plasma or laser cutting.
Welding Manganese Steel
Manganese steel plate can be welded, but it is important to keep low heat and cool the weld to prevent cracking as soon as possible. Interpass temperatures are recommended below 500 degrees F.Due to the toxic nature of the welding fumes, it is crucially important to protect yourself accordingly.
