Corrosion

Corrosion is defined as a refined metal that is naturally converted to a more stable form such as its hydroxide or sulphide state. Metal corrodes when it reacts with another substance such as oxygen, hydrogen or bacteria. Corrosion can also happen when metals are placed under too much stress causing the material to crack. Corrosion leads to deterioration of the material. In this section you can find newsitems related to all types of corrosion such as stress corrosion cracking, intergranular corrosion, pitting, and corrosion fatigue. If you wish to include your newsrelease on Stainless Steel World Americas and email newsletter, please feel free to contact us

Hygienic machine components for sanitation and safety

Elesa’s new Hygienic Design line is being described as having maximum sanitation, cleanability, using high-quality materials.

Introducing a new series of pancake cylinders

Festo has announced the availability and support for the new DPC family of inch series compact ‘pancake’ cylinders – high-force short-stroke cylinders designed for tight spaces, available in two models.

Additional safety elements for Michigan biodigester

 Recognized as ‘America’s Greenest City’, Grand Rapids, Michigan, has introduced the initiative of a biodigester, which will convert food, to waste, to energy, and will include stainless steel hardware and corrosion-resistant materials in the construction.

Time for a change

In this week’s article, ‘Reliability Moderneering: Time for a change – Acquiring safety through reliability’, by Kelly Callier, Certified Reliability Engineer, Callier recalls a life-changing event that changed the course of his professional career.

CRA LP welcomes new VP of Commercial

Corrosion Resistant Alloys LP (CRA), a manufacturer of high-grade corrosion resistant alloy tubes, has announced Tommy Najar as Vice President (VP) of Commercial.

EBSD analysis and properties of 304H joints: Part two

This week’s article, ‘EBSD analysis and hot tensile properties of pulsed current gas tungsten arc welded super 304h austenitic stainless steel joints (Part two of two)’, talks about the need to increase the efficiency of the power plants, and achieve reduction in CO2 emissions can be attained by increasing the parameters of steam cycles.

Stainless steel power brushes

PFERD has introduced INOX-TOTAL, a new series of 100% stainless steel power brushes. As all components of the brushes are produced from 302 stainless steel, they provide protection against corrosion, making them ideal for use in environments highly sensitive to contamination such as nuclear power, and pharmaceutical industries.

Pipe caps to protect stainless steel

Cortec is now offering CorroLogic® CorrPlug® heavy-wall, black, polyethylene pipe caps. These new pipe caps contain proprietary vapor-phase corrosion inhibitors, which protect pipe threads, pipe ends, and other tubular objects from corrosion, mechanical damage, and contamination during transit, handling, and storage.

EXAIR introduces stainless steel Line Vacs

EXAIR, a company looking to solve problems faced in industrial plants by manufacturing air-operated products, has introduced new 316 stainless steel Line Vacs.

The deterioration of corrosion resistance (Part two)

As mentioned in part one of ‘Deterioration of stainless steel corrosion resistance due to welding’, written by Fandem QA, the coarse grained heat affected zone (CGHAZ) of stainless steel got affected after welding, and the solution to recover the protection film is by performing a passivation process.