History of Steel

It begins with a journey that stretches back to the earliest times when humanity felt the need to produce. According to the information obtained, the production of iron started in Anatolia and probably in the north of the Caucasus. The history of steel has also emerged in the last periods of this journey, when more robust and stronger materials needed to be produced.

According to the collected information, the first iron material used was obtained from meteorites that fell to the earth. Due to the technical and economic importance of the metal, every experience related to iron and steel properties was tried to be kept secret. Thus, production techniques remained hidden in certain regions and spread to other places after long periods of time.

Iron and steel tools have been used by human beings in the form of hunting, spearheads, knives and ornaments. The use of the water mill in the 10th century AD also created a revolution in iron production. The power created by water increased the importance of being close to ore deposits. Thus, the quarries used to melt iron were always moved near the water, that is, to the valleys. Since the bellows working with water mills could produce air pressure, it enabled much larger ovens to be obtained. The resulting furnaces weighed up to 100 kilograms of malleable and scrap iron, and with the use of sufficient heat, temperatures were reached in the 12th century AD to help melt iron ore. This event led to the use of blast furnaces. The resulting product, which is quite fluid, was initially called pig because it was not desired. Iron, which we know as Pig Iron, takes its name from here. The commercial production of pig iron in blast furnaces dates back to the 14th century.