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Technical deep-dives, industry commentary, and updates from the factory floor at Halol, Gujarat.

28MnCrB5 steel coils in warehouse
Technical June 2025
Why 28MnCrB5 Beats High-Carbon Steel for Disc Blades
Most Indian disc blade manufacturers use high-carbon spring steel. We don't. Here's the metallurgy behind why boron-chromium steel delivers superior hardness, edge retention, and impact resistance — and what that means for your machine's uptime.
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Press quench operation at Rajpal
Technical June 2025
What is Press Quenching and Why It Matters
Press quenching simultaneously hardens and shapes a disc blade in a single die operation. Here's why it produces a harder, flatter, more consistent disc than conventional quenching — and why most manufacturers skip it.
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