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.

NSSC® makes NSSC2120, weldable lean duplex

newsitemNSSC (Nippon Steel & Sumikin Stainless Steel Corporation) has successfully developed NSSC2120 (21Cr-2Ni-N), the world’s first type 304 substituting type lean duplex stainless steel with high heat-input weldability.

Cameron LNG to build gas export facility

newsitemA Sempra Energy unit, Cameron LNG, has signed commercial development agreements with Mitsubishi Corporation and Mitsui & Co., to develop and construct a natural gas liquefaction export facility.

Sandvik Mining signs major project orders

newsitemSandvik Mining has signed three major materials handling contracts with customers in Latin America and Australia.

Kingsbury, Inc. Celebrates 100 years

Throughout 2012, Kingsbury, Inc. will be celebrating a century of innovation that began in 1912 with the first successful installation of Dr. Albert Kingsbury's invention at a hydro generating station.

LE Flextec™ 650 for multi-process welding

Lincoln Electric’s new high amperage Flextec™ 650 multi-process welder delivers up to 815 amps of welding power.

LE Cruiser® Tractor for submerged arc welding

  Lincoln Electric’s self-propelled modular Cruiser® Tractor provides increased mobility and operator-friendly features to longitudinal submerged arc welding applications typically used in bridge and barge decking, large tank fabrication and shipbuilding.

High-performance coolants for titanium, superalloy

Specially formulated for machining titanium, Inconel, hardened steels, stainless steels and other superalloys, MAG's new CYCLO COOL® 900 and 5000 series synthetic coolants are both additive free and low foaming.

Rotork acquires

Rotork has announced the acquisition of Fairchild Industrial Products Co., a manufacturer of high-precision pneumatic controls and power transmission products based in North Carolina, USA. Fairchild manufactures a full range of market leading regulators, boosters, relays and transducers.

SAIC & Carlyle finance Connecticut biomass project

newsitemScience Applications International Corp. (SAIC) and Carlyle Energy Mezzanine Opportunities Group will be financing to build the USD 225 million Plainfield Renewable Energy biomass project in Connecticut, USA.

Jacobs wins contract from JV

newsitemJacobs Engineering Group Inc. has been awarded a contract to provide engineering and procurement services for a newly formed joint venture between Honeywell and Sinochem.