Silver Steel
Silver Steel or Tool Steel BS1407
Centerless ground to extremely tight tolerance and when required can be hardened extending it’s use in many applications.
Suitable protective packaging is used to supply the Silver Steel and each lenght of Silver Steel is coated in a protective solution to prevent corrosion.
We stock most standard lenghts of Silver Steel and offer a fast turn around on non-stocked items.
Most orders are despatched the same day for small orders our carrier cut off time is 3.00pm
Silver Steel supplied lengths
Metric 333mm, 1 Metre, 2 Metre
Imperial 13″, 36″
Metric Diameter Silver Steel Range 1mm – 50mm
Imperial Diameter Silver Steel Range 1/16″ – 2″
Silver Steel Imperial Tolerance Guide
| < 1″ | +/- 0.00025″ |
| 1″ – 2″ | +/- 0.0005″ |
Silver Steel Metric Tolerance Guide
| < 25mm | + 0/-0.015mm |
| 25mm – 50mm | +0/-0.025mm |
The surface finish is better than 25µ inch (0.6 microns) cla.
Silver Steel Chemical Composition
| Analyis Range (%) | Typical Analysis (%) | |
| C .95/1.25 | 1.13 | |
| Si .40 max | .22 | |
| Mn .25 / .45 | .37 | |
| P .045 max | .014 | |
| S .045 max | .018 | |
| Cr .35/.45 | .43 |