Lower Burrell: 1897 Braeburn Allow Steel

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"Founded in 1897, Braeburn Alloy Steel is a specialist in metal conversion. It offers processing capabilities for a wide range of metal alloys, including titanium, refractory metals, high-nickel alloys, and stainless, tool, carbon and alloy steel. The company offers a variety of services, including forging, conversion bar rolling, cold-finish annealing, stress relieving, thermal treatment,..." [BusinessFinder]

John Gentile posted
The roll turner at Braeburn.....still operable...dates back to 1936
Arthur Godfrey: We had one across the river at Allegheny-Ludlum that was 1905 Hyde Park lathe to rough cut rolling mills. Still worked and was used.
Morgan Gilliland: Man .... walking into that place is like a working time capsule.
Allen Pugh shared
James Wier: Still a Rollturner, and some lathes belong in museum, and this is one, used a piece of tool steel to cut pass shape, really slow.
Birmingham Bob: I remember visiting the Henry Ford museum years ago. The person there told me that that day was a special day. "We have a paying job today." There was a steam locomotive in Canada that had very large drive wheels that needed trued up and the only lathe capable of doing it was in the museum. Amongst all the static machinery displays was a guy on that lathe cutting those wheels.

Is their old-fashioned, hand-operated equipment the key to being able to shape difficult alloys?

"Braeburn has been particularly successful in processing difficult-to-work materials such as high-nickel or cobalt alloys and titanium. Braeburn Alloy Steel was founded in 1897....Originally a fully integrated manufacturer and distributor of specialty steel bars, Braeburn now operates as a specialist in metal conversion. The experience and quality level of our people, coupled with our enhanced forging press, hand rolling mills, and new 60-inch Amada saw, allows us to work with virtually any metal alloy in the marketplace today." [BraefurnSteel-history]

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In 2022, can you really buy this business and its 215,000 sq. ft. facility for just $185,000? [bizquest] For that price, one could turn it into a museum.