Game of Steel Balls Powering Industries

In childhood boys have a fancy over ball bearings and steel balls as they play with those unused ball bearings to built up their miniature heavy truck  or toy.But actually steel balls have a large scale applications from small scale to large scale industries in various roles.Have a little discussion on the steel ball game powering our industries.

How a Ball is Made

In the first step, heading machines cut wire into short lengths and form it into spherical shapes between dies.

Deflashing: The flash line, a ridge left by the forming dies, is removed as balls roll between heavy, cast iron plates.

Soft Grinding: Similar to deflashing, except that a grinding stone is used to improve precision.

Heat-treating: Carbon steel balls are next carburized and hardened. Heat treatment imparts the desired hardness and case depth.

Descaling: This step removes the residues and by-products from the heat-treating process.

Hard Grinding: Slow, meticulous grinding assures proper sizing and sphericity, with tolerances as close as ±.0001".

Lapping: Several proprietary lapping processes can bring balls to the requirements of ISO 3290 Grade 10 - 48.

Finishing: Proprietary chemical and mechanical processes give the balls their final micro-smoothed finish, for increased wear resistance and product longevity.


Applications of steel balls

  1. Ball bearings: Grade 20, hardened chrome steel balls are applicable. Manufactured in high carbon high chrome steel, also called bearing steel (AISI-52100 / EN-31).

  1. In Bicycles: Grade 200 or 500 are suitable.

  1. Automotive Assemblies: Generally stainless steel balls, AISI 304 or 316,Grade 100 are used.

  1. Valves: Material AISI 304 and AISI 316 is used.

  1. Agitators: In the plating bath for plating zinc and lead,In paint spray cans,As valve for spray pumps and dispensers.

  1. Valve for spray pumps and dispensers: Stainless steel AISI-316 balls are used in spray pumps as a one way valve. SS-316 (Chromium 16-18%, Nickel 10-12%) has good corrosion resistance which is essential for personal care products and cosmetics. At times, in detergent pumps, AISI-304 stainless steel ball is used.

  1. Decorative Use: Designer Furniture and Interiors,Artificial & Body Jewellery,Spectacle Frames,Handicrafts and Watches.

  1. Other Applications: Computer Hard Disc,Computer Mouse,Household Appliances,Gas Regulator, Conveyors,Roller Skates,Drawer Slides,Door Locks,Ball Pen and Toys.


Rolling steel

In English  it is a saying that rolling that rolling stone never get moses, means people who doesn’t have any finite goal never stick on to anything  in their life.Rolling steel is different from a stone,just because each rotation accelerate the industrial growth faster with more automatic machines produced to perform  factory functionalities.Steel suppliers in UAE ,opinions that steel balls are the perfect steel babies who could do magics in iron and steel industry. Any heavy material can be easily rotated using these steel balls,so we can conclude steel balls remain always relevant in our heavy metal industry.
 

 

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