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Stainless Steel
Corrosion-resistant grades from free-machining to marine-grade.
303, 304, 304L, 310, 316 and 316L in bar, tube, sheet, plate, pipe, grating and the specialty forms fabricators actually reach for — bearing quality and pump shaft quality round included.
Bar Shapes
- Strip & Flat
- Angle
- Round
- Bearing Quality (BQ) Round
- Pump Shaft Quality (PSQ) Round
- Square
- Hex
- Channel
- Beams
Tube, Structural & Ornamental
- Square Tubing
- Rectangular Tubing
- Round Tubing
Sheet & Plate
- C.R. Sheet
- P.M.P. & C.M.P. Plate
- Diamond Plate
- Rigidized Sheet
Pipe
- Sch 5 / 10 / 40 / 80
Expanded Metal & Grating
- Expanded Metal
- Grating
- Bar Grating
- Grip Strut
- Ladder Rungs
Common stainless grades
Pick the grade by the environment, not by habit. If it sees salt water, chlorides, or food-processing chemicals, you want 316.
- 303
- A free-machining version of 304 with only slightly less corrosion resistance and physical properties.
- 304
- The most popular type of stainless, with good corrosion resistance, formability and ease of welding by all common methods.
- 304L
- Lower carbon version of 304, used to minimize carbide precipitation during welding. Physical properties somewhat less than 304.
- 310
- Heat resistant, with good resistance to thermal fatigue due to cyclic heating. Resists scaling up to 2050°F.
- 316
- Superior corrosion resistance and higher strength at elevated temperatures than 304. Frequently used in marine applications. Resistant to creep at high temperatures.
- 316L
- Lower carbon version of 316, used to minimize carbide precipitation during welding.
Sheet & plate finishes
- No. 1
- Hot-rolled, annealed and descaled, generally used in HRAP applications in which corrosion- and heat-resistance are more important than smoothness or finish appearance.
- No. 2B
- Annealed, descaled and cold-rolled with a bright finish, commonly used for all but difficult deep drawing applications. This finish is more readily polished than No. 1.
- No. 4
- General purpose, polished finish on one side, widely used in applications requiring a superior cosmetic finish, such as restaurant and kitchen equipment, dairy equipment, etc.
- No. 8
- The most reflective finish commonly available, with a surface essentially free of grit lines from preliminary grinding operations. Commonly used for press plates, as well as small mirrors and reflectors.
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