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.

Frederick Cooper receives Alacero 2013 award

Peruvian architect Frederick Cooper received Alacero Excellence Award 2013 at the Congress Alacero-54 in Lima, an event in which over 800 representatives of the Latin American steel industry participated.

Nickel essential for sustainability challenges

The Nickel Institute has just released the new report called Nickel in Tomorrow’s World: Tackling Global Challenges. It focuses on how nickel contributes to technologies to help create a more sustainable society and economy that will meet the needs of a growing global population.

New technique for bonding stainless steel

The European Stainless Steel Development Association (Euro Inox) has just published a new 16-page brochure that shows successful applications and provides an overview of suitable adhesives as well as surface-preparation techniques.

Innovative stainless steel nozzle

newsitemNew on the market is the Stainless Steel Nex Flow™ Air Edger™ Flat Jet Nozzle, which provides a powerful force while also reducing compressed air use for a number of different “blow off” applications.

Stainless steel handwheels now available

Elesa, the global manufacturer of mechanical engineering components such as handles, levers and knobs, have launched their GN 950 series of three-spoked handwheels in the US.  The AISI 316-grade handwheels are suited for harsh environments such as chemical and offshore applications because they were specially designed for use on external pipeline valves or where there are extra concerns regarding chemicals like aggressive cleaners.

U.S. Steel adds new product to ACRYLUME family

newsitemUnited States Steel Corporation added a new product to their line-up of construction steels. ACRYLUME E PLUS Coated Steel Sheet, a new coated flat-rolled steel that has a chromium-free clear emissive polymer coating, provides all of the quality and performance attributes inherent of ACRYLUME with improved thermal emittance. The new ACRYLUME E PLUS provides users with the same benefits as traditional ACRYLUME.

Thick structural steel for heavy users

newsitemRuukki has expanded the thickness range of its existing high-strength Optim 700 QL steel from 40mm to 60mm. It is now available in thicknesses of 6mm to 60mm.

Stainless steel NPT bug screens, silencers

The Sitecna SLHF series high flow silencers from Red Dragon have been developed to produce a 70 per cent noise reduction while minimizing the resultant pressure drop through a combination of increased surface area and carefully selected pore sizes.

Stainless Steel turns 100 years old

This week stainless steel celebrates its centennial. On August 13th, 1913, Harry Brearley, a metallurgist with Brown Firth Laboratories in Sheffield, England discovered the alloy that first known as rustless steel.

Outokumpu wins contract for stainless steel coin b

Casa de Moneda de Mexico (The Mexican Mint) has awarded Outokumpu a contract supplying coin blanks to support the Latin American marketplace. Outokumpu’s Mexinox facility, located in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, is a regular supplier to Casa de Moneda for its Mexican currency bimetallic coin production.