What are the uses of stainless steel?

Most of the usage requirements are to maintain the original appearance of the building for a long time. When determining the type of stainless steel to choose, the main considerations are the required aesthetic standards, the corrosiveness of the local atmosphere, and the cleaning system to be used. However, other applications increasingly seek only structural integrity or water impermeability. For example, roofs and side walls of industrial buildings. In these applications, the owner's construction cost may be more important than aesthetics, and the surface is not very clean. 304 stainless steel works reasonably well in dry indoor environments.

However, to maintain its appearance outdoors in rural and urban areas, frequent cleaning is required. In heavily polluted industrial and coastal areas, the surface can be very dirty and even rust. However, for an aesthetic effect in an outdoor environment, nickel-containing stainless steel is required. Therefore, 304 stainless steel is widely used in curtain walls, side walls, roofs and other construction purposes, but in severely corrosive industrial or marine atmospheres, 316 stainless steel is preferred. 304 and 316 stainless steels are included in several design guidelines.

Because the "duplex" stainless steel 2205 combines good atmospheric corrosion resistance with high tensile and elastic strengths, this steel is also included in European guidelines. Product shape, in fact, stainless steel is produced in full standard metal shapes and sizes, and there are many special shapes. The most commonly used products are made from sheet and strip, but also special products are produced from medium and heavy plates, for example, in the production of hot-rolled structural steel and extruded structural steel. There are also round, oval, square, rectangular and hexagonal welded or seamless pipes and other forms, including profiles, bars, wires and castings. To meet the aesthetic demands of architects, a number of different commercial finishes have been developed.

3D Printing Field

Stainless steel itself has good corrosion resistance, and stainless steel can still maintain its excellent physical and mechanical properties at high temperatures. It is also widely used in the field of 3D printing.

Stainless steel has a certain charm due to its beautiful appearance, corrosion resistance, wear resistance and high strength. In the past few decades, it has been widely used in all industrial fields and all aspects of daily life.