Steel & Ferrous

Recycle Steel Near Lancaster, PA

Items for steel recycling Near Lancaster, PA
  • Household Appliances (no Freon bearings)
  • Sheet Iron
  • Cast Iron
  • Bushling
  • Steel Chips, Shavings or Turnings
  • Automotive Motor Blocks
  • Rotors
  • HMS
  • Unprepared Iron
  • All kinds of Rebar
Are there different kinds of ferrous metals?
But some ferrous metals don’t fit into that category. That includes wrought iron and stainless steel, which is protected from rust since it contains chromium.

Other elements of ferrous metals include:

  • Steel, made by adding iron to carbon, which serves to harden the iron.
  • Carbon steel, containing a higher carbon content, which makes it exceptionally hard, and common in machine tools.
  • Alloy steel, including stainless steel, made using chromium and a popular metal used in construction projects.
  • Cast iron, an alloy made from iron, carbon, and silicon, that is resistant to wear and frequently found in water pipes and automobile engines.
  • Wrought Iron, an alloy containing very little carbon and mostly pure iron, used often in creating nails, chains and barbed wire.
  • Scrap iron, and other irons found in industry and in machinery and component parts
What is Ferrous Processing?
Ferrous scrap metal is the base metal that sticks to a magnet. Beartown Recycling offers ferrous processing, buys and sells all grades of scrap metal, which creates a major benefit to our environment.

We provide expert ferrous processing services to all our clients, including private businesses, demolition companies and the general public. Materials are safely stored in our 4-10 cubic yard containers while our trucks, cranes, excavators, car crushers, loggers and balers make it easy process just about any material.

Your ferrous scrap metal can provide you with additional cash revenue, while providing all of us with a cleaner and healthier environment for a better country and world.
Ferrous vs. Non-Ferrous Metals
WHAT WE BUY
  • Household Appliances (no Freon bearings)
  • Sheet Iron
  • Cast Iron
  • Bushing
  • Steel Chips, Shavings or Turnings
  • Automotive Motor Blocks
  • Rotors
  • HMS
  • Unprepared Iron
  • All kinds of Rebar
Top Dollar for Ferrous Scrap
We check the market in order to offer the best price in exchange for ferrous scrap metal. Beartown pays top dollar for all ferrous materials by putting our knowledgeable staff and extensive equipment fleet to work for you. We offer various containers ranging in different yards in size to suit your site, maximize payload efficiencies, all to pay you more.

We offer a safe, clean, environmentally-friendly facilities with lots of space filled with dedicated professional staff ready to help you!
Who uses ferrous metals?
Ferrous and non-ferrous metals each have their own distinctive properties. And that helps determine how they get used and the applications they’re most suited for.

Ferrous metals are alloys. That means they’re made from a combination of several different metals.

What links them is they contain iron, which means a magnet will stick to a ferrous metal, but not, for example, to an aluminum can, which has no iron.

The use of ferrous metals started around 1,200 BC. That’s when iron production became common and the world started what became known as the Iron Age that has progressed to modern day iron production.

Because of their strength and durability, ferrous metals are a staple in the construction industry. Large buildings and lengthy bridges, shipping containers and industrial piping all use carbon steel. Because it is also known as structure steel.

The magnetic quality in ferrous metals makes them particularly useful for electrical applications. One challenge with ferrous metals is they have a high carbon content. That means they can rust more easily when exposed to moisture and the elements.
Share by: