Lightweight structural components and panels in transport vehicles. Architectural framework and panelling
304/304L
Cookware, sinks, cutlery, catering equipment, hospital equipment, food & beverage equipment, abattoir equipment, pharmaceutical equipment, cryogenic, pipework, tanks and process vessels for a large variety of corrosive liquids
309/309S
High temperature oxidation (scaling) resistance, good high Temperature strength. Furnace parts, muffles, radiant tubes
316/316L
Pipeworks, tanks, process vessels for more aggressive.
317L
Corrosive liquids and conditions in chemical, petrochemical, pulp and paper, pollution control, hydro metallurgical and petroleum industries.
316Ti/321
Components requiring good elevated temperature strength e.g. super heaters, compensators, expansion bellows. Equipment exposed to elevated temperature/aqueous corrosion cycles. (316Ti for more aggressive corrosive conditions).
409
Automotive exhaust pipes, silencers and catalytic convertors
441
Catalytic convertors for more arduous conditions than 409. Heat exchangers, tubes, geysers
430
Sinks, washtroughs, trim for domestic equipment, kitchen and cafeteria utensils, cutlery.
444
Applications where the conditions do not warrant the use of 316, but a risk for pitting exist. High temperature cyclic loads are successfully handled by grade 444.
3CR12
Ore cars, freight cars, bus chassis, bus frames, chutes, launders, buntons, conveyor equipment and systems, tanks. General material handling equipment particularly wet sliding abrasion conditions. Structural applications in corrosive industries, ladders, walkways, cable racks
410,420,440
These are all martensitic grades that can be heat treated to increase strength and hardness. Blades, nozzles, spindles and impellors.
2101
A lean Duplex grade suitable for high strength and high corrosion environment. It is usually used as an alternative to austenitic grades where there is a risk for Stress Corrosion Cracking.
2205, 2304
Conventional Duplex grades suited for marine and off-shore installations. It is highly corrosion resistant, strong, and not prone to SCC. Also used in petroleum and gas industries.
2507
Super Duplex grades for extreme corrosion conditions