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.

New gear pump with stainless steel shaft

The Series UP6 Gear Pump, designed for small-scale water and process systems, is available with an optional microchip-based control circuit, which acts as an “electronic brain” to control flow rate and prevent dry running.

Diverter valve with stainless steel plug

The Pennsylvania-based Pelletron has developed a new diverter valve with a 30-degree diversion angle. The valve has a smooth pass-through design that is ideal for pellet and granular applications to retrofit existing pneumatic conveying lines or for integration into new pneumatic conveying systems.

SPX’s Bandlock 2 Closure with duplex locking band

SPX has launched its Bandlock 2 Quick Opening Closure to meet the specific needs of the oil and gas market. The Bandlock 2 Closure is specifically designed for global high pressure applications in the oil and gas and petrochemical industries.

QA1 launches ball joints with stainless spring

QA1 Precision Products, Inc. has launched staked design ball joints and quick connect/disconnect style ball joints for the industrial market.

In the widely used staked design ball joint, the tube is swaged around the ball for a metal-to-metal ball joint that doesn’t allow excessive play.

Stainless steel toggle clamps

Clamp-Rite is expanding its manual toggle clamps to include new models built out of stainless steel. The new stainless steel clamps resist corrosion and heat, providing an economical Clamp-Rite work holding solution for OEMs and end-users in a broad range of industries.

MSC expands Hertel™ line of products

MSC Industrial Supply Co., a leading distributor of Metalworking and Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) products and services, is expanding its Hertel line of metalworking products.

This expanded offering features a wide range of new tools, including material-specific turning insert grades, spotting drills, combined drill and countersink tools as well as additional solid carbide roughing end mills.

Miniature stainless steel check valve

Lee products has launched its newest product a miniature medical grade stainless steel cartridge style corrosive resistant check valve specifically designed for installation into plastics with sufficient elongation like nylon, polyethylene, polypropylene, acetal and PEEK.

Clark Solutions’ new gear pump

The Series UP6 of gear pumps are self-priming and designed for small scale water and process systems. They provide flow rates of to 6.9 GPM at pressures up to 29 PSI and are available in 12VDC or 24VDC versions.

Pentair’s Hypro 500 & 700 pump series

Pentair has announced the launch of its Hypro 500 & 700 series poly diaphragm pumps. The new poly diaphragm pumps have max flow rates of 15.6 gpm/59.1 lpm (9910-¬-DP573) and 20.2 gpm/76.4 lpm (9910-¬-DP763) with pressures to 290 psi/20 bar.

Conval’s stainless steel clampseal throttling valves

Conval now offers Clampseal® Throttling Valves for severe service applications that require repeatable flow control and dependable shut-off. Throttling valves are available in ½” through 4” sizes through ASME Class 4500.