Applications

In his article ‘Fabrication in the world of stainless steel’, Jon Blanchard, Welding Engineer at ALS – Maverick Testing Laboratories talks about how welding stainless steels and cladding stainless on other metals has been a viable solution for many applications where corrosion-resistant structures, pressure vessels, tubing, or piping are required for service.“Whether it is on a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, a petrochemical processing plant, a water-treatment facility, or a cryogenic tanker travelling down the highway, it is imperative that the correct understanding and applications of welding processes be implemented during product fabrication,” Blanchard writes.

In his article, ‘Evolution of materials in car body design: New concepts’, Jesse Wili Paegle Filho, part of Global Technical Business Development Automotive at APERAM, discusses how the automotive sector is always looking for new materials and technologies since safety and emissions requirements have been introduced into the industry.

Desktop Metal has launched its H13 tool steel for its metal 3D printing system, Studio System, for prototyping and low volume production.The H13 tool steel is recommended for hot work and cold work tooling applications, as it is known for its stability in heat treatment, has exceptional hot hardness, and abrasion resistance.

Force Control Industries celebrates 50 years of manufacturing long lasting oil shear clutches, brakes and clutch brakes. Although industries and applications have come and gone in the five decades that the company has been in business, it continues to develop new uses for its unique oil shear technology.

Munson Machinery has introduced a new De-Clumper™ Lump Breaker model RDC-1530-SS with a support base and infeed hopper designed for stand-alone operation.Unlike units permanently installed between upstream and downstream equipment, the self-standing configuration can be fed from a variety of upstream sources including handheld containers, and can straddle downstream equipment, drums, boxes or mobile bins for processing, storage or packaging.The unit de-lumps bulk materials that have agglomerated or solidified during storage or shipment, returning products to their original particle sizes and flowability.Material entering the 15 by 30 inches (381 by 762 mm) infeed throat via the hopper is reduced in size by dual rotors with three-point, single-piece, stainless steel breaking heads rotating with minimum clearance inside a curved, perforated bedscreen.

Interstate Connecting Components, (ICC), a division of Heilind Mil-Aero and a leading distributor of military-aerospace connectors and accessories worldwide, has expanded its portfolio of harsh environment interconnects with SOURIAU’s D38999 hermetic connectors.The recently expanded hermetic line is qualified to MIL-DTL-38999 Series III specification and features glass-to-metal seal technology to counter extreme changes in temperature and pressure.

EXAIR Corp. has introduced its new Sanitary Flange Line Vac air-operated conveyor, made from 316 stainless steel.The Sanitary Flange Line Vac conveyor has been designed to be incorporated within the existing sanitary flange piping systems, and convert into a conveyor for waste, parts, and bulk materials.

In his market report, ‘The pharmaceutical opportunities for stainless steel suppliers’, Robert McIlvaine, President of The McIlvaine Company, discusses how stainless steel systems and components have become a major buying point for pharmaceutical manufacturers, with applications such as valves, pumps, and filters being priced higher per unit volume for the pharmaceutical industry, than they are for other industries.“Performance requirements are high due to larger purchases being made for components used to manufacture the product, as opposed to being used in cooling or water intake.

BIG KAISER has launched a new set of insert grades for its indexable tools—C-Cutter Mini, C-Centering Cutter and Fullcut Mill, and are optimized to extend tool life in stainless steel or aluminum.The Fullcut Mill is now available with the PVD-coated carbide ACP300 with nanometer-level thickness and ultra-multilayered TiAIN and AICrN film, replacing the ACZ350S for general steel applications.

Bimba has introduced a new line of pinch valves, BPVA, has been designed as an alternative to traditional wetted valves by opening and closing flexible tubing to control the flow of media, therefore avoiding contact with the valve.The BPVA expands Bimba's pinch valve portfolio with a more cost-effective solution for industrial and medical applications.