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.

Duplex pumps for precision fluid control

Fluid Metering, Inc. (Fluid Metering) has added STH and STQ Ratio:Matic® Duplex pumps to its line of products. These pumps are ideal for precision mixing, diluting, and proportional metering for OEM medical, analytical, and industrial instrumentation.

Boeing funds Dalhousie project for aerospace

The Boeing Company is making an investment in Dalhousie University to support research and development projects that will strengthen the aerospace industry’s potential and competitiveness in Canada and across the globe.

Christopher Mapes, new C.O.O at LE

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. (Lincoln Electric) has chosen Christopher L. Mapes as their new Chief Operating Officer, effective 1 September 2011. Currently a member of the Company’s Board of Directors, Mapes will retain his seat on the Board in addition to becoming a member of the Company's executive management team.

Solazyme, Bunge to build renewable oil plant

Solazyme, Inc. and Bunge Global Innovation LLC announced that they have entered into a framework agreement for the formation of a joint venture entity focused on the production of triglyceride oils in Brazil. The JV anticipates building a 100,000mt renewable oil production facility

Houston Structures replaces wire rope assemblies

Houston Structures Inc., a member of Ulven Companies, has successfully completed a contract from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to provide tainter gate wire rope assembly replacements for 11 dams in Oklahoma and Kansas. The USD 2.96 million contract, awarded through the Corps of Engineers' Tulsa District

LE introduces new Pipeliner® 81M

Lincoln Electric has introduced the Pipeliner® 81M,  a gas-shielded, flux-cored (FCAW-G) wire designed for hot, fill and cap pass welding on up to X70 grade pipe. The Pipeliner 81M offers optimal performance during automated pipe welding applications where consistent arc length is vital.

New Big Blue® 450 Duo CST from Miller Electric

Miller Electric Mfg. Co. has added the new Big Blue® 450 Duo CST, a dual-operator diesel engine-driven welding generator, to its line of products. The generator features two CST 280 Stick/TIG inverters and 12,000 watts of continuous three-phase power in a single unit.

Universal Stainless to purchase Patriot Forge proj

Universal Stainless & Alloy Products Inc. has agreed to purchase the Patriot Special Metals greenfield forging project for USD 104.5 million, expanding its production capacity and boosting its product range.

Shell signs agreements for CCS project

Shell has signed agreements with the Governments of Alberta and Canada to secure USD 865 million in funding for its Quest Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Project in Canada. The Quest Project will capture and permanently store deep underground more than one million tonnes of CO2 per year

FIA holds annual Lobby Day

On June 14, 2011, the Forging Industry Association (FIA) held its Annual Lobby Day, which enables industry executives to visit congressmen and senators in their Washington D.C. offices to explain the important role the