Rhythm magazine Paiste factory tour.

Rhythm magazine Paiste factory tour showing B8 production. Video courtesy of Rhythm magazine. https://www.cymbal.wiki/wiki/Paiste%2... B8 alloy is very different compared to B20: It's softer, much more malleable, easier to work and doesn't require multiple heating stages before each rolling cycle to prepare it for hammering. Paiste's B8 alloy blanks originally came from Metallwerke Dornach AG, aka: Swissmetal, the same source as their B20, they are now supplied by the "Wieland works". Wieland produces cast ingots that are cooled and "cold rolled" [1] multiple times into thin sheets. (Cold rolling operation actually increases the strength via "strain hardening" up to 20%, it also improves the surface finish and holds tighter tolerances). The mill then cuts circular blanks out of the sheets and delivers them to Paiste. Once they arrive at Paiste, they would heat the center of the cymbal in order to press the in the bell. For the china type cymbals they "form or spin" the shape of the bell into the unique cylindrical shape.