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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High-tech facility for alternative proteins

GEA's new technology centre will develop alternative proteins as the booming "new food" industry demands. Joanne McIntyre reports!

Chemical plant maintenance: An interview with Charles Federle, Mechanical Maintenance Engineer, BASF

An interview with Mr Charles Federle, Mechanical Maintenance Engineer, BASF, on all aspects of maintaining chemical plants

Advances in metal waste recycling

Picvisa explains how metal recycling will help Europe in its transition to a circular and sustainable economy

Crack Image Quality Indicators

NASA is using Crack Image Quality Indicators to optimize X-ray part inspections and develop a rapid crack verfication technique

Ionized air offers cleaner machining

Aurion Machining Technologies developed using ionized air as a environmental-friendly alternative to using cutting fluids

New alloy designed for subsea umbilicals

Alleima has developed a new super-duplex stainless steel grade specifically for subsea umbilicals: SAF™ 3007.

Adhesion of stainless steel rebar after elevated temperatures due to fire

A study by the Univeristy Jaune I regarding the adhesion of stainless steel rebar after elevated temperatures due to fire

Super duplex stainless steels in Seawater Reverse Osmosis applications

Dr Glenn Byrne and Mr Nicholas Hicks explain why super duplexes are the alloy of choice for seawater reverse osmosis plants

European Space Agency launches metal 3D printing in space

The European Space Agency sent a metal 3D printer developed by Airbus Defence & Space to the International Space Station

AI powers up “industrial origami” design and manufacturing

Peter Stones (ESAB) talks about filler requirements when creating stainless steel tanks containing liquid gases