Tag: stainless steel

Although coming from a carbon steels background, Dr. Willem Maarten van Haaften was quick to adapt to his current focus on corrosion resistant alloys as Senior Researcher, Materials & Corrosion at Shell Global Solutions International. Based in Amsterdam, one of the company’s three technology hubs, the main areas of his work center on upstream issues and the development of new materials for the short and long term.

A recurring theme when talking to managers in the stainless steel business is the diminishing pool of young engineers willing to join the business. Stainless Steel World spoke to Alessandra Spaghetti, a chemical engineer from Sandvik, about how the industry can attract – and retain – the young visionary talent required to keep their businesses flourishing in the future.

There are hundreds of thousands of bridges in the world. They provide essential links between regions and countries. The costs of maintenance or/and replacement amount to huge figures over time.

Somerset Community College’s (SCC) Additive Manufacturing (AM) program has successfully produced stainless steel parts using a USD600 desktop 3D printer.

Based in Spain, Envases Técnicos Zaragoza S.L. (Entinox), is a leading manufacturer of stainless steel beer barrels/kegs. Henkel has helped it to set up an innovative pickling and passivating line using a nitric acid-free process. Benefits include superior HSE performance and bath life over traditional mixed acid pickling systems as well as outstanding corrosion resistance.

Andreas Furukrona is Product Manager for hydraulic & instrumentation tubing at Sandvik Materials Technology. In this short interview, he spoke to Stainless Steel World about the H&I tubing market and the benefits of sustainable purchasing.

Since the successful sale to Siemens Windmill farms of Stainless steel 316 clamps, a complete and unique catalog has been launched of similar products.

To augment domestic manufacturing, the domestic stainless steel industry body, Indian Stainless Steel Development Association (ISSDA), has recommended some curative measures to the government ahead of the Union budget 2020.

Stainless steel is playing an important role in delivering effective infrastructure to achieve water savings, securing a sustainable environment and future for irrigation communities in Australia.

The International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF) has released figures for the first nine months of 2019 showing that stainless steel melt shop production increased by 3.4% year-on-year to 39.8 million metric tons.