Eco Pickled Surface, EPS, is a proven, patented process to replace acid pickling of flat rolled steel. It is used around the world to descale any hot rolled steel, including stainless. Unlike acid pickling, the EPS process is safe and completely harmless to the environment. The economics of EPS processing are more favorable than acid pickling and it produces a demonstrably superior product. Explore the many advantages of the EPS . . .
Handles 'Tough-to-Pickle' Steels
EPS pickles high carbon, AHSS, silicon steels fast and uniform. Acid is slow and unreliable.
Flexible EPS Line Configurations
Lines designed for coil, sheet or plate … wide or narrow. Even hybrid EPS-acid pickling lines.
EPS Economics Beat Acid Pickling
EPS operation and maintenance costs are consistently lower than acid pickling.
EPS' High Performance Surface
Clean, rust resistant and oil-free, optimized for paint adherence and appearance.
Manufacturers Prefer EPS Steel
The clean, oil-free surface is better for laser cutting, welding, stamping, rollforming.
Auto OEMs Demand EPS Steel
It’s tested, trialed and now EPS pickled steel is routinely used in vehicles around the world.
EPS GLOBAL INSTALLATIONS
EPS UPDATES - Latest Developments
Lloyds Buys Global Market Exclusive Eco Pickled Surface (EPS) Rights
The Material Works Ltd. (TMW) of Red Bud, Illinois USA is pleased to announce that Lloyds Engineering Works Ltd. (LEW) of Mumbai, India has purchased patents from TMW that allows Lloyds to exclusively sell and manufacture Eco Pickled Surface (EPS) equipment to all...
US Steel Big River Adds Two EPS Cells
Creating a Sustainable Future Together. We are proud to announce that Big River Steel installed EPS (Eco Pickled Surface) processing cells as part of their Big River 2 expansion. US Steel’s Big River facility became the first mill in the world to be qualified to sell...
EPS Gen 4 opens the door to Pickled Dry Plate!
Pickled Dry plate is a product category you probably never considered... …until now clean, oil-free, rust-free, pickled 12 - 25mm (0.50 - 1.0") plate was not a realistic option ...because until now, producing this required: an unjustifiable investment in a separate...
I’m very impressed with EPS. We proved it is rust-resistant and obtained excellent salt spray test results. It even removes silicon streaks. And with no oil, there’s less smoke in our thermal processing and our paint pretreatment system stays much cleaner.
We produce the highest quality steel products in the most efficient, sustainable way possible. EPS is the natural fit – it produces a much better surface finish than acid pickling, it is more efficient, and it has no negative impact on the environment.
Our customers love how EPS’ clean, oil-free surface laser cuts, how it lets them increase laser speed, and how the dry surface helps them throughout their other fabricating processes. Nothing else we supply elicits the positive feedback EPS does.
What attracted us to EPS was the dry surface. We bell anneal EPS coils and they leave no oil in the annealing bell or vent lines. EPS’ clean, consistent surface masks the silicon streaks that acid pickling highlights. We’ve been very happy annealing and cold reducing EPS.
