Machinability

How easily a steel can be cut — tool life, surface finish and chip control. Sulphur and lead additions create free-machining grades (e.g. 1.0715 / 1215); hardness is the strongest everyday influence, with annealed structures cutting best.

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Annealing · Austenite · Bainite · Carbon equivalent (CEV) · Carburizing · Case hardening · Charpy impact test · Cold drawn · Decarburization · Elongation (A) · ESR (electroslag remelting) · Ferrite