Sorry, I forgot the links, Heh!
http://www.aksteel.com/markets_products/electrical.asp
http://www.aksteel.com/markets_products/electrical_oriented.asp
Best,
Will
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On 4/20/05 at 2:15 PM Will Matney <craxd1@ezwv.com> wrote:
From: Will Matney <craxd1@ezwv.com>
To: amps@contesting.com
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 14:15:23 -0400
Subject: Transformer core material
>Not to beat a dead horse, but I figured I'd post the link below to AK
>Steel (Armco). They manufacture a good portion of the electrical steel
>used in the U.S. (and one mill are about 15 miles below the house ;-) ).
>Anyhow, the pdf documents they have are very good in explaining the types
>of steel from I think M47 to M2 and the Tran-COR materials. Tran-COR is
>better than M2 for losses and similar to the Permendurs, etc. M2 in CRGO
>is the very top of the heap for the M type AISI numbered steels and M50 is
>about the lowest and is next to plain cold rolled steel. As the M number
>goes up, so does the losses and the silicon content drops. The Armco
>papers explain the use of silicon and where it helps with losses, eddy
>currents, and residual magnetism. They are very educative and I would
>highly recommend the read as they are not so technical to be over
>everyone's head. I think after the read, about all will see what I have
>been talking about, plus have a very in depth understanding of the what's
>and why's. Anyhow, I hops some find this useful and a good read.
>
>Best,
>
>Will
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