Tag: stainless steel

Japan is one of the world’s leading producers of quality stainless steels. While the local market is fairly buoyant, local producer must contend with their share of trials including a volatile currency and low-cost imports. Stainless Steel World spoke to Mr Takashi Imai, President of the All Japan Stainless Steel Distributors Association and President of Daiwa Special Steel Co. Ltd, about Japan’s stainless steel market.

Corrosion resistance, strength, durability, low maintenance and formability are among the defining and most valued characteristics of stainless steels, but the one feature that makes this material so appealing to architects and designers is its appearance.

The Choisy Laboratories have taken a positive step towards environmental protection and user safety. Newly available information reveals disturbing facts about the composition of aerosol cleansers for stainless steel.

Valtorc USA, designs and manufactures products that are used to reduce facility damage and insurance costs, while protecting the safety for the plant's employees and the surrounding suburbs .

Best practise in stainless steel fabrication includes maintaining or restoring clean metallic surfaces. When discolouration is observed, for instance, on edges, in welds or in the heat-affected zone, it should always be removed. Heat tint is not merely an aesthetic question: the oxides, which are visible as discolorations, do not have the protective and self-repairing properties that the original passive layer has.

SPIROL International Corporation introduced a line of 316 stainless steel coiled spring pins designed for applications used in highly corrosive environments. Easily recognised by its unique 2¼-coil cross-section, coiled spring pins are self-retaining pins that compress when installed into the host component.

James Alloys Ltd., a supplier of high value metal products, has started to offer reduced waiting times on its range of special metals products which they report to be crucial for subsea pipe laying and construction.

Evergreen Pacific Partners announced on September 12 that it has purchased a majority stake in PAC Stainless, LTD.