Sandvik has increased the range of heavy wall pipes available as part of its standard stock program, with the duplex stainless steel heavy wall pipes in Sandvik SAF 2205. The standard stock range has increased to include pipe of 2in to 8in nominal bore in a variety of wall thicknesses and these new sizes are now available direct from Sandvik. Sandvik SAF 2205 offers a high resistance to stress corrosion cracking in chloride bearing environments and those containing hydrogen sulphide. It also has a high mechanical strength with high resistance to corrosion fatigue, pitting and crevice corrosion. Used extensively in the offshore oil and gas industry, on heat exchangers and in demanding applications in the process industry, the material provides high resistance to erosion corrosion and has good weldability.
