The oil on most steel is considered a 'necessary evil' to prevent rust, but it has a cost – perhaps a greater cost than you realize. With no oil needed to prevent rusting, SCS eliminates the problems and costs caused by HRPO's oil film.

SCS treated steel resists rusting with no oil or protective coating, so long as the SCS steel does not come into direct contact with moisture.

Starting with better steel helps you finish with higher product quality.

SCS advantages in cleanliness and surface quality can create tangible product improvements your customers can see. Page through the slides to the right to see examples of products made with SCS steel that reflect:

SCS steel offers a clean, matte surface finish that’s similar to cold rolled. It's the kind of surface needed for glossy paint coatings and defect-free welds. It reduces surface preparation and offers these other valuable advantages:

Steel buyers who choose SCS enjoy greater inventory flexibility. They only need to buy SCS, instead of both hot rolled black and HRPO, yet they can produce higher quality products from this streamlined inventory. SCS simplifies steel purchasing.

SCS users also enjoy greater sourcing flexibility. If you buy steel in volume and have it toll processed to your specs, using SCS opens more options for sourcing that steel. How ? Since you only need to buy hot rolled black, you can buy from integrated mills or mini-mills, domestic or foreign, and still get great results, time after time. That buffers you from some of the steel price swings you ordinarily just have to absorb.

The SCS process can be the means to transform  secondary steel coils, plate or sheets into prime material.

Ligth-to-medium surface rust can be SCS-brushed away, leaving a clean, matte, rust-free surface that will resist future rusting, so long as the material is stored in dry, indoor conditions.

Coil shape problems like severe edge wave, bow, oil canning and even moderate coil breaks can be removed by the SCS Coil Line, increasing the value of what were "problem coils."