Soft Ground Polished Balls

Frantz® Sterling® Steel Ball has been manufacturing carbon steel balls in Sterling IL since 1947.  Sterling Steel Ball products earned a national reputation for quality, precision, and performance.  In addition to our manufactured balls, Sterling Steel Ball globally sources steel balls for customers desiring soft ground polished balls with roundness, surface roughness, case depth, and hardness standards commensurate with their application.

This is our Soft Ground Polished Ball value to you:

·    Quality Manufacturing and Sourcing.  Soft ground polished ball products can be manufactured or globally sourced providing product that meets Sterling Steel Ball standards.  In other words, we stand behind what we sell and provide our customers with peace of mind.

·    Inspection Services.  Customers requiring closer tolerances or additional quality assurance in a soft ground polished product may choose to employ Sterling® Steel Ball inspection services.  Sterling Steel Ball operates a state of the art test lab to assure an additional level of quality beyond that available from traditional distributors and provides value from a supplier whose reputation has been built over decades manufacturing steel balls.  Click here for more details about our steel ball quality.

·    Drilling Capabilities.  Sterling® Steel Ball utilizes high speed technology to drill holes of various diameters and depths into spheres of various sizes and materials.  In addition to drilling our precision manufactured balls, we can drill soft ground polished balls of various materials to your specification.  Click here for more details about our ball drilling capabilities.

·    Finishing Options.  Sterling® Steel Ball provides plain, polished or various plated finishing options.

·    Sterling Armor®.  For applications where corrosion is an issue, Frantz® offers Sterling Armor;  a patented heat treating process that changes the physical microstructure within the steel surface of the ball to provide corrosion protection superior or equivalent to stainless steel in most environments.  Finishes include gloss black or dull patina.  Sterling Armor® is a cost effective solution to your soft ground polished ball corrosion challenges. Click here for more details about Sterling® Armor.