Overview
VirinaSteel (Virina) is a steel products company that offers a world changing, revolutionary steel product based on a proprietary production process. Virina markets, licenses and sells steel products that are offered as an uncoated steel microstructure that is fundamentally better than conventional steelin both strength and corrosion resistance.This pioneering steel product is unlike any steel available in the marketplace. Virina steel can be made in all shapes and sizes for applications in all segments of the market.
Virina High Strength Steel
High strength is achieved at the expense of elasticity. Internal stresses resulting from traditional quench and temper hardening processes can result in hot and cold cracking at welds. In many applications, structural or functional demands are met at the expense of increased weight. High hardness is achieved at the expense of ductility, machine workability, weldability, and elasticity/tensile strength. The process through which many characteristics are achieved is usually that of tempering already quenched material, thereby arriving at the desirable hardness. This creates a downstream processing issue whereby the application of heat can have the effect of further weakening/softening, creating a point of potential catastrophic failure.
As a result, the grain structure and physical properties are consistent along all three axis, and issues related to hardness achieved through heat treatment are eliminated. What this means in practical terms is that two plates of Virina F-1000 can be welded with powder filled rods (which create the same formulation within the bead), creating a join with continuous properties. There are no temper related issues. If needed, the steel can be further treated to surface nitriding if the intended application calls for it (pins, for example).