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Stainless Steel Basics Part 3

There are Austenitic Grades (200 and 300 series), sometimes referred to as type 18-8. The 300 series, particularly types 304 and 316, are the most used grades in maintenance applications. • Grain Type of Austenite   • Generally non-magnetic (will…

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Stainless Steel Basics #2

So, in our last post we briefly introduced Stainless Steel (SS) in general overview; We introduced the grades most common to general industry (304 and 316), and we looked at some of the properties of those grades. There are, however,…

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Availability

Are you able to find the particular material, grade, size and shape, by conducting a simple web-search? Availability will be influenced by many factors. Let's assume the adage; "If you got the money and the time, you can probably get…

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Stainless Steel

Introduction to a Series Over the 45 years of working with materials used for heavy industrial maintenance, I’ve seen that matching stainless grades of steel with the appropriate application can be awfully confusing to the many support folks who do…

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