Applications

Stainless steels are a suitable materials for many applications where both the strength of steel and corrosion resistance are required. It is resistant to corrosion, staining and stainless steel can be rolled into sheets, plates, bars, wire, and tubing for a variety of applications. Below you can find news on the application of stainless steels in a broad variety of industries, such as architecture, oil and gas, shipbuilding and heat exchangers. If you wish to include your newsrelease on Stainless Steel World Americas and email newsletter, please feel free to contact us.

Wavy Bandsaw Blades from Bahco®

The new Wavy Bandsaw Blade from Bahco® is a customized blade designed and engineered specifically for tough cutting applications, including high nickel alloys, Rene-type materials, and super alloys.

Wilo USA receives NSF certifications

Wilo USA, a provider of pumps and pump solutions for building services, water management, and groundwater, is pleased to announce its newly acquired NSF-61 and NSF-372 certifications for its entire range of vertical multistage pressure boosting systems.

Weir builds one of the largest tungsten control valves

Weir Valves & Controls UK, which is owned by the Weir Group that has locations across North America, is delighted to confirm the design and build of one of the largest ever tungsten carbide control valves – designed to tackle the issues associated with black powder.

Tantaline CVD’s distribution agreement with ME-Metals

CVD Equipment Corporation, a provider of chemical vapor deposition systems and materials, announced today that its subsidiary CVD Materials Corporation through its Tantaline CVD group has entered into an agreement with ME-Metals & Technologies (ME-Metals) to market CVD’s Tantaline® anti-corrosion tantalum surface treatment services across The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, and Switzerland.

Expanite’s surface hardening break-through

Expanite has recently developed surface hardening solutions for the pump and valve market. The main problems in these industries often involve wear and galling – all applications where either metal sealing is needed, or due to high operational temperatures (far above 300 °C) and/or corrosive environments, conventional coatings and most non-metallic bushings cannot be used.

Southco’s stainless steel two-stage rotary latch

Southco, Inc. has expanded its line of rotary latching solutions with the addition of a stainless steel version of its popular R4-30 series.

EIA: natural gas to increase in consumption 40% by 2050

According to the annual report from the Energy Information Agency (EIA), natural gas is predicted to  see a 40% increase in consumption by the US industrial sector by 2050.

Doering’s manual cartridge valve in 316

Doering Company has redesigned its manual cartridge valve to include extremely low- and zero-leak options. The company's zero-leak technology is integrated in the Doering valve used for manual fire suppression in the International Space Station and was specifically engineered to hold pressure for 15 years.

Fluoslide’s stainless steel pneumatic control valves

Control valves are fundamental components in every pneumatic system. Choosing the correct pneumatic control valves to regulate the system pressure, the direction and the rate of flow are critical considerations for the designers of fluid power circuits.

Outokumpu’s Prodec® high machinability round bars

Outokumpu the global producer of high performance stainless steel, IMS group and Sidenor have announced an agreement where IMS will act as an exclusive distributor of Prodec® high machinability round bars in key European countries including Germany, Denmark, France, Spain, Portugal and Italy.