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.

Madison Chemical introduces the ReStore Kit

Madison Chemical introduces the ReStore Kit, a combination of several of its cleaning and surface preparation products that are ideally suited for many food industry cleaning, surface preparation, and passivation applications.

Advanced Heat Treat Corp. receives Nadcap Merit

Advanced Heat Treat Corp. (AHT), which specializes in stainless steel products, titanium alloys and other heat treatment applications, has been awarded Nadcap Merit status for heat treating (ion nitriding) at the MidPort location in Waterloo, Iowa.

HANTEMP announces pressure regulator line

HANTEMP Controls of Westmont, Illinois, has unveiled a new line of stainless steel control valves & modules for pressure, temperature and liquid control.

Last week for early bird pricing for SSWAM 2016

Up until August 31st, 2016 registrants can sign up to attend the 2016 Stainless Steel World Conference for the special price of $799 USD.

Alcoa aluminum flies high on Embraer aircraft

Alcoa has entered into a multiyear agreement with the Sao Paulo-based company, Embraer. Alcoa will supply Embraer with corrosion-resistance aluminum sheet alloy and plate for use in Embraer's new E2, second generation E-Jets family of commercial aircraft.

Buehler upgrades hardness testing software for welding

Buehler announced that it has extensively upgraded its Wilson DiaMet hardness testing software with features designed to facilitate and accelerate specific applications, such as the documentation of the hardness distribution in welds, or the depth of hardening in induction-hardened workpieces or in objects hardened with conventional processes.

Top notch Steering Committee to head SSWAM ’16

Stainless Steel World Americas Conference and Exhibition is proud to announce Fred Schweighardt, International Expert at Air Liquide, as its 2016 Conference Chairman.

EWI collaboration to print 3D metal parts

The Edison Welding Institute (EWI) has purchased an industry-leading Electron Beam Additive Manufacturing (EBAM) system from Sciaky Inc.

ITA announces 2016 Lifetime Achievement winner

Clyde E. Forney, who enjoyed a distinguished 45-year career in the titanium industry and was instrumental in the development and commercialization of Ti-3Al-2.

Simonds Saw new bandsaw blades for steel grating

Simonds Saw of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, has intruduced a bandsaw blade designed to provide low vibration and high efficiency cutting of steel grating applications, including stainless steel

The new BITEC PLUS blade, manufactured by Simonds’ partner WESPA in Germany, features a wide band in a variety of widths from 1.