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.

Sandvik to present at CORROSION 2015

Global technology engineering group Sandvik will present corrosion resistant alloys, including its new Sandvik SAF 3207 (UNS S33207) hyper-duplex stainless steel at NACE’s CORROSION 2015 in Dallas, Texas from March 15 to 19, 2015.

Central Wire acquires Hempel Wire

It has been announced that Central Wire Industries has acquired Hempel Wire Limited, a manufacturer and distributor of stainless and nickel alloy wire, located in Rotherham, United Kingdom. Hempel Wire manufactures and distributes both round and profile wire in a wide variety of alloys, including virtually all stainless steels and nickel alloys.

Bonomi’s new ANSI 150 flanged valves

Bonomi's new Series VF300, VF600 and VF900 raised-face flanged valves feature 30°, 60° or 90° V-shaped ports for optimal flow control. They feature an ASTM A351-CF8M stainless steel body and ball, and a 316 stainless steel blowout proof stem and meet ANSI 16.

Carel’s E3V-C valve

newsitemThe new E3V-C valve from Carel completes the company’s broad range of offerings for transcritical carbon-dioxide applications, introducing a whole new concept in refrigerant flow design.

New Ross multi-shaft mixer

Ross has launched its new Multi-Shaft Mixer equipped with a helical ribbon agitator for top-to-bottom mixing of viscous pastes, gels and dense suspensions. Two other agitators – a sawtooth blade and a three-wing anchor – deliver high-speed dispersion and thorough product turnover.

ExOne offers 6 new printable materials

The ExOne Company, a global provider of three-dimensional printing machines and printed products aimed towards industrial customers, has added six additional printable materials that can be used in the company's printing systems: Cobalt-Chrome, IN Alloy 718, Iron-Chrome-Aluminum, 17-4 Stainless Steel, 316 Stainless Steel and Tungsten Carbide.

AMETEK’s sulfur tail gas analyzer

The global manufacturer of electric motors and electronic instruments, AMETEK Process Instruments, has introduced its third generation H2S/SO2 tail gas analyzer with reliability advances for control of the Claus sulfur recovery process.

Innovative Soldo switchbox

Rotork Instruments has introduced its Soldo Easy Switch hazardous area limit switchbox for manual valves. It is designed with minimal moving parts and magnetic switching technology for long-term reliability in the most demanding applications and hostile environments.

Weldable stainless shaft collars from Stafford

Stafford Manufacturing Corporation has launched its new line of weldable shaft collars and couplings that are now offered in weldable stainless steel. Included are hinged collars and flange mounts that can be easily modified to improve design options.

Hayward’s thermoplastic electric actuators

newsitemHayward Flow Control has launched its new ECP series of thermoplastic quarter-turn electric actuators that each feature a glass-filled polypropylene (GFPP) housing, which provides corrosion resistance.