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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Okuma offers automation with GENOS L3000-e STANDROID

Okuma is now offering a new combination of lathe and robot system. Users can benefit from a flexible automation solution with impressive cutting performance on the entry-level model GENOS L3000-e STANDROID.

VDM Metals’ Service Center expands its product range

To be able to offer its customers in the industrial apparatus and mechanical engineering sectors an even more comprehensive service, the company has added stainless steel alloys typical for these industries to its portfolio with immediate effect.

AWI appoints Gürfil San to grow its Turkish business

Alloy Wire International (AWI) has appointed Gürfil San.Ve Elek.Cih.Paz.A.S to help it grow its Turkish business by 20% over the next twelve months.

Binyan He becomes CEng and MWeldI

TWI Senior Project Leader, Binyan He has been elected as a Member of The Welding Institute. The election committee also approved Binyan’s registration as a Chartered Engineer. This means that she can now also carry the designatory letters CEng and MWeldI after her name.

Alfa Laval expands its range with AlfaNovaTW® 66

To best meet the needs of the tap water systems market, Alfa Laval has made the AlfaNovaTW range available as standardized models with connections corresponding to common tap water systems.

Patkau Architects wins 2021 Architecture Award

On behalf of The Polygon, a very proud congratulations to John and Patricia Patkau, and Peter Suter of Patkau Architects, on the announcement of a 2021 Architecture Award from The American Institute of Architects for its building.

Outokumpu updates its sustainability strategy

Outokumpu updates its sustainability strategy and aims to become the industry benchmark for sustainability. The company commits to the Business Ambition for 1.5°C objective according to Science-Based Targets (SBT) initiative, clearly raising its earlier climate objectives.

ARNO develops the field-proven ACS1 and ACS2 variants

One of the main tasks in metal cutting is to extract the enormous heat in the cutting zone efficiently. This is quite a challenge, especially in turning work where there is continuous contact between the cutting edge and the workpiece.

Rigaku launches KT-500: a handheld LIBS analyzer

Rigaku Analytical Devices has announced the launch of the KT-500 - a new, handheld laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) analyzer. The Rigaku KT-500 features the first carbon-capable, miniaturized, high-resolution echelle spectrometer, known as HiRES Technology.

Duplex steels provide resistance to embrittlement

Researchers from Sandvik and the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm used high-energy X-rays at the Swedish Material Science beamline to find out why their steels are more resistant to hydrogen embrittlement than competitors’ steels.