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.

ATI’s Lean Duplex selected for North Sea project

U.S.-based Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (ATI) has announced that ATI 2003® lean duplex stainless has been selected as the material of choice for a full array of offshore topside structural components.

SMS Siemag supplies hydraulic oscillator to Gallat

newsitemSMS Siemag LLC has been awarded a contract to design and supply a hydraulic oscillation system for Gallatin Steel in Warsaw, Kentucky.

Parker acquires Sea Recovery from Danfoss A/S

newsitemParker Hannifin Corporation has announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Sea Recovery from Danfoss A/S.

Parker to Acquire Velcon Filters

In an effort to strengthen its position in aviation and industrial fuel and process filtration applications, Parker Hannifin has signed an agreement to acquire Velcon Filters, LLC, from The Sterling Group LP, a private equity firm.

DNV gets green light from US-DOE

The US Department of Energy has selected Det Norske Veritas (DNV) to receive funding from the Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy (ARPA-E) for its project on exploring the outer limits of battery operations.

Rolls-Royce launches gas turbine upgrade

  Global power systems company, Rolls-Royce has launched RB211-Gzero, a retrofit upgrade product that provides many existing users of industrial RB211 aeroderivative gas turbine engines with increased power of ten per cent depending on ambient temperature and engine type. “The RB211 is the most reliable and easily maintained industrial gas turbine available in its class today.

WITT to start offering stainless steel products

  Dome pressure regulator manufacturer, WITT has added stainless steel to its range of products.

LE offers new Metalshield® MC®-90 & MC®-110

newsitemLincoln Electric has introduced the new Metalshield® MC®-90 and Metalshield® MC®-110 welding wires.

Precision Castparts buys more Aerospace machining

Proceeding with its “aerostructures” strategy, Precision Castparts Corp. is buying a series of machining operations and the McSwain Manufacturing business from Heroux-Devtek Inc.

Celebrating one hundred years of stainless steel

The International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF) is marking the centenary since stainless steel was first discovered and commercialized in style.