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Close up view on a big power transmission tower transporting electricity with steel tower bolts that adhere to ASTM A394-08(2024).
ANSI | Steel

ASTM A394-08(2024): Steel Transmission Tower Bolts

ByAlexandra Schirn March 14, 2024May 21, 2025

Transmission towers are constructed by zinc coated angle steel and connected by bolts. Tower bolts are therefore critical components in transmission towers that influence the…

Steel exhaust stacks at a construction site adhering to ASME STS-1-2021 design controls.
ANSI | Steel

ASME STS-1-2021: Steel Stacks

ByAlexandra Schirn November 4, 2022June 4, 2025

The exhaust stack, made out of steel, removes the combustion gases from heat exchangers to be safely vented outside. ASME STS-1-2021: Steel Stacks covers consideration…

Traditional shiny steel bars that have been tested by ASTM A370-20.
ANSI | Metals and Mining | Steel

Standard Mechanical Testing of Steel Products in ASTM A370-24

ByBrad Kelechava July 28, 2021June 4, 2025

Where Can You Find Steel? Steel is in favor. Look to your right, your left, up, down, wherever—odds are that you will catch a glimpse…

Steel that has an addition of alloying element that is specified in ASTM A572, is being welded
ANSI | Metals and Mining | Steel

Standard for High-Strength Low-Alloy (HSLA) Structural Steel

ByBrad Kelechava July 26, 2021June 4, 2025

Steel is a group effort. The addition of alloying elements or additives heightens the properties of steel, improving its mechanical properties, weldability, and resistance to…

Red beams support bridge and are covered with ISO 12944 protective steel paint.
ANSI | Steel

ISO 12944 – Corrosion Protection of Steel By Protective Paint

ByBrad Kelechava April 16, 2020May 29, 2025

A plentiful resource in industry because of its reliable support and stainless properties, steel is one of the most commonly used metals on the planet….

Corner of a steel bridge under blue sky tested to ASTM A370-21.
ANSI | Metals and Mining | Steel

ASTM A370-24: Mechanical Testing of Steel Products

ByErin Stepka April 4, 2019June 5, 2025

ASTM A370-24 is used to test and determine specific mechanical properties of steel, stainless steel, and related alloy products. It is important that these types…

Killed steel being prepared over hot flame
ANSI | Metals and Mining | Steel

Killed Steel

ByBrad Kelechava August 20, 2018May 30, 2025

If human eyes could examine the world on the atomic level, they’d witness a competing collection of tiny particles joining together, reacting or fortifying one…

Steel fittings in compliance with SAE AMS 2700F
ANSI | Metals and Mining | Steel

SAE Standard for Passivation of Corrosion Resistant Steels, Revision F

ByBrad Kelechava May 3, 2018May 29, 2025

Words are not absolute, but they suffice in representing tangible items and ideas that we can see or feel. For example, steel is not stainless….

NACE SP0187-2017 Reinforcing Steel Concrete Corrosion Control
ANSI | Construction | Metals and Mining | Steel

NACE SP0187-2017: Design Considerations for Corrosion Control of Reinforcing Steel in Concrete

ByBrad Kelechava October 23, 2017May 29, 2025

Reinforced concrete simultaneously combines the compressive strength of concrete and the tensile strength of reinforcing steel to craft an especially durable building material. It is for…

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