Hybrid Steel – a step-change in steel metallurgy
Jan-Erik Andersson, Senior Group Technical Specialist, Ovako R&D answers our questions about the new Hybrid Steel[®] family.What is Hybrid Steel? This invention was made possible by the successful combination of alloy carbide and intermetallic precipitation hardening together with a creative alloying philosophy that minimizes segregation. The result is a steel with more than twice the yield and tensile strength of conventional bearing steel when tempered for use at elevated temperatures. It also offers the production economy of typical engineering steel as it can be produced by large-