Production

BÖHLER has revolutionized steel production. Even today, melting metallurgy is still considered our domain, and the innovations we produce are the benchmark for the industry. We justify this high standard with ongoing development work and state-of-the-art production facilities.

Melting and remelting under vacuum (VIM, VAR) and advanced pressure ESR processes for the best metallurgical purity form the focus of the BÖHLER special steelworks. The result: high-speed steels, tool steels and special materials for the highest requirements in more than 250 brands.

Materials for this millennium

Constantly increasing tool requirements call for new, highly functional materials. The answer: high-performance materials produced by powder metallurgy with a homogeneous carbide structure for outstanding performance properties – such as our MICROCLEAN® steels. Here too, metallurgical expertise forms the basis for targeted problem solutions and gives our customers decisive competitive advantages. In order to meet our quality standards in the long term, we have built the world’s most modern PM production plant.

Rolling

BÖHLER produces bar steel with round and flat profiles as well as wire of the highest precision and quality on state-of-the-art rolling mills. Reproducible processes, high flexibility and the greatest possible customer proximity guarantee us a leading position worldwide.

Forging

On the 5200 t open-die press or in the long forging machine, materials for the highest stresses are forged to customer specifications up to 45 tons.

P 44 high-speed forge

Another high light is the P 44: A forging unit for the production of the most demanding components for the aviation or oil & gas industry. Thanks to its high forging frequency and the design of the entire infrastructure, this unit is particularly suitable for forming highly demanding materials such as nickel-based alloys.

RF100 long forging machine

With this unit, we forge bars for the oil & gas industry, for example, up to a length of 15 meters and a forging weight of up to 8 tons.

The customized finish

Thanks to the wide range of further processing options for long products, individual requirements can be met quickly and with the familiar BÖHLER quality. The rolled bar steel is subjected to quality heat treatment according to customer specifications and then adjusted, processed and tested. And we also fulfill every wish when it comes to the surface finish: peeled, polished, belt-ground, turned, milled or sawn. In tolerance classes of your choice.

For example:

● IBO ECOMAX bar steel peeled

● ECOBLANK bright steel, peeled and polished

● ECOFINISH bright steel strip ground

● BLANK STEEL ground and polished