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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T4 pipe is loaded on the 4-point bending rig in our Indonesian facility.

32-Inch CRA-lined pipes: advancing performance for offshore & CCUS applications

An article from Cladtek Holdings describing the manufacturing and testing process of a 32" mechanically lined pipe.
Figure 1: Life cycle of stainless steel for the year 2019. Source: KIT and Team Stainless 2022

CO2 emissions associated with stainless steels – facts and reflections

Worldstainless assesses the total CO2 emissions of stainless steels over their entire lifetime, i.e. "from cradle to grave"
ANYbotics robot 'dog'

Utilising robots for safety inspection

Outokumpu now uses three AI-enhanced robots for safety inspections to its production sites in Germany, Sweden and Finland.
Fig 3: % Volume Fraction at 900°C for cast and wrought SDSS

Comparison of the precipitation of secondary phases in cast & wrought SDSS

Saira Sehar (University of Padua) and her team compare the precipitation of secondary phases in cast and wrought SDSS
With a combination of streak methods and sensor measurements, Wolfram Industrie offers development services and consulting to optimise the TIG welding process for industrial applications. Photo: Gesellschaft für Wolfram Industrie mbH

Practical industry applications of inert gas flow analysis

Wolfram Industries bridges the gap between academia and weld shops to optimize TIG welding in industrial processes
Nick Warwick of All Seasons Uniforms explains about the importance of protective workwear that is also comfortable to wear.

Keeping workers safe with industrial workwear

Nick Warwick of All Seasons Uniforms explains about the importance of protective workwear that is also comfortable to wear.
Figure1. Generic image of a cold-welded screw connection

Improving material performance with surface hardening

Mia Grundtvig (Expanite) explains how surface hardening can solve roughness and insufficient hardness of stainless steel screws
Sanmac 2205 microstructure

Microstructures and mechanical properties: forged vs rolled bar in Sanmac 2205

Dr Munir Al-Saadi, R&D Senior Engineer at Alleima, talks about microstructures and mechanical properties of Sanmac 2205
Mr Mano Misra and Mr Pradeep Menezes

Combatting CISCC in nuclear storage casks

Professors Pradeep Menezes and Mano Misra describe how hybrid laser arc welding will create stronger nuclear waste storage canisters
Walt Disney Concert Hall, designed by architect Frank Gehry

Revolutionising planning & construction

Anna Liza Montenegro and Tom Schwarzweller talk about how new materials and digital modelling tools have revolutionized the building industry