Technical

Working together with global Stainless Steel Materials’ experts, engineers and companies involved in the manufacture or use of stainless steels/CRAs, we provide here a selection of original, non-commercial articles. These in-depth technical papers are written or co-written by operating companies, describing commercially viable new technologies and case histories of successful applications, backed by data. Topics include tubes & pipes, cladding, offshore, chemical process industry, welding & fabrication, 13Cr stainless steels, titanium, nickel alloys, pulp & paper and duplex stainless steels.

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Stainless steel: an ideal solution for drinking water

A recent press release by NSF shows that corrosion resistant alloys have provent heir worth in the world of plumbing

Minimising waste in the steel pickling process

Marco Zavattoni, Condoroil, gives an overview of various technologies used to regenerate pickling solutions

Nickel demand mitigation: a $100 billion / year climate action issue?

Roger Thomas discusses the advantage of focusing on grades of stainless steel that contain relatively low levels of nickel to achieve both economic and environmental benefits.

Reduced CO2 in Moly production

Between 2018 and 2024 Molybdenum production managed to reduce its carbon footprint considerably, IMOA's Sandra Carey reports.

Turbine blade manufacture using AISI 422 martensitic stainless steel

The blades of a steam turbine play a critical role in converting the energy of high-pressure steam into rotational mechanical energy.

Digging deep with phosphorus

An explanation on how phosphorus is mined and refined, how it is used in global food production, and a look at Ma'aden Phosphate mining.

Case study on failures of duplex stainless steel heat exchangers

Immad Ovais Rohela and Ahmad Raza Khan Rana examine a series of failure events in a twin pass heat exchanger with DSS tubes

Seawater lift pumps delivered in record time

Sulzer managed to cut delivery time on a 2-stage, 25-meter long SJS duplex stainless steel seawater lift pump by almost 25%

On the road to decarbonization: the importance of the EAF route

Helmut Freiherr von Fircks (Swiss Steel Group) explains how the Electric Arc Furnace is important on the road to sustainability

A fish-friendly water extraction facility

ASSDA designed and constructed a fish-friendly water extraction facility using stainless steels, Lissel Pilcher reports.