武生特殊鋼材株式会社 日本語

We manufacture metal veneer sheets

We produce laminated metal sheets (roll -bonding different types of metal).
Takefu Special Steel takes pride in being one of the original steel makers in Japan, to widely supply original steel products for knives (from household use to industrial machinery), industrial blade steels, and craft material.

What is clad metal?

Cladding is the manufacturing process whereby two or more metal sheets are joined together, either from edge to edge (fully clad) or embedded (partially clad).
This is fundamentally different from metal plating and gluing.
The metal cladding process enables a synergy of combined properties, greater than the sum of properties of the individual component metals, achieving a final product. We call this "composite property"

Clad effect

Toughness

The steels made by this process are as difficult to bend or break as a Japanese KATANA (Samurai sword) because the hard steel core is covered by soft metal.

Easy processing

Clad steel is easy to process, to forge and grind (edging and polishing).

Corrosion resistant

Using the correct material combination enables improved corrosion resistance (corrosion resistance differentiation).

Improved wear resistance and edge retention

The blade steel component is worked to a fine structure by the forging press, in order to improve the wear resistance and edge retention.

Material saving

There is material cost saving realized by only using high-quality blade steel where necessary.

Easy to straighten

The steel is difficult to split and crack, yet easy to straighten after bonding with soft metal.

Drilling holes and welding after heat

It is possible to drill holes in the steel and weld it after it has been quenched hardening.

Improve design

The clad steel has the appearance of a multi-layer or waved "HAMON" pattern visible in the area where the cutting edge joins the different multi layered steel.

Clad Metal

Our unique method for cladding different kinds of metals shows compound characteristic of the steel.

Original Blade Steel

Our range blade steel is suitable many blade uses."V-steel" series

Metal processing

With the plant and equipment which we have, we are able to process most types of steels on a contract rolling basis.

Clad Art

Original products that utilize a certain design creativity, enabled through bonding a diversity of various metals.