Featured Story

Our Featured Story archive is a collection of the Featured Story’s which have been published in our magazine and taken pride of place as the ‘unique feature article’ on our Stainless Steel World Americas home page. In addition to industry updates, market news and topical issues of the day the Feature Story provides an interesting mix of company profiles, in-depth technical articles, reports from major end users and features projects in a variety of industries ranging from oil & gas, chemical and petrochemical to the architecture, power generation, medical and food and beverage industries.

Improving Life-Cycle of Stainless Steel: From Start to Finish

From a lifecycle perspective, stainless steel can often be considered a preferred option compared to competing materials, but there are large opportunities to strengthen this position further, with a focus on improving its production.

Failure Analysis of a 304L Stainless Steel Pipe in Heated Ammonium Nitrate Service Downstream...

The pipe was made from 304L Stainless Steel (SS) manufactured to the ASTM A312 specification and was situated in 5” carrier pipe containing 750 kPa steam at ~175ºC. The failed AN line operated at ~1013 kPa between 144ºC and 153ºC.

Featured Story – Upcoming Trends for the Stainless Steel Market

The global economy is finally rebounding from almost two years of COVID-19 restrictions and in these early days of a post-pandemic world, some signs of things to come appear to be seen.

Corrosion Resistant Alloys: A Just-In-Time Mill Manufacturer

The market for air, water, and energy products used in blood plasma fractionation, and the development of drugs derived from the plasma, is approaching $5 billion per year. Alongside this, the market for AWE stainless products is approaching $80 million dollars per year

Messages from the Chairman and Vice Chairman

I am honored to be the Chairman for Heat Exchanger World Americas Conference & Expo 2022. I look forward to this stellar event where attendees can enjoy the networking opportunities, technical demonstrations, and learn of the latest innovations in heat transfer equipment.

Growing Demand in Various Industrial Sectors Will Offer Lucrative Opportunities for the Steel Casting...

In the last few years, there has been a rise in the demand for the steel casting industry. Increase in consumer demands for components in various markets such as mining, oil, gas, and power generating industries, agricultural sector, and other manufacturing industries, drives the growth of the global steel casting market.

Molten Salt Reactors: Transforming Testing and Energy Production

Nuclear energy is expected to play a key part in providing for future energy needs. To help further develop this energy source, new safer technology like molten salt reactors (MSRs) have been much explored in recent years. MSR’s are a class of low-pressure liquid fuel nuclear fission reactor where the primary nuclear reactor coolant or fluid is a molten salt mixture.

Get It Straight – Avoiding Distortion In Stainless Steel Welding

When process conditions or aesthetics require the use of stainless steels over carbon steels, fabrication tends to face new challenges, especially if it requires welding.

3D Printing: DM HH Stainless Steel

3D printing and additive manufacturing have been gaining traction in the metal industry. Many companies are looking for new and innovative ways to not only prototype and test, but produce different parts, materials, and more.

Stainless Steel Selection for Hydrogen Production

By 2030 there will be over 200 million tons of hydrogen produced under the Net Zero climate change program. Hydrogen sales will generate revenues of over $400 billion USD, and also generate stainless steel sales for hydrogen production.