subject: Variety Of Stainless Steel Profiles [print this page] Have you ever wonder what stainless steel profiles are and what they are used for? Well stainless steel profiles is a broad term which refers to all those stainless steel pipes, rods, wires, and bars that are used to make thousands of applications. Cladding, handrails, automobile trims and grilles, ship containers, hot water tanks, even springs and fasteners such as nuts, bolts and washers are made using stainless steel profiles. Stainless steel profiles turned out to be the perfect alternative to iron and other alloys, where the latter metals i.e. iron and other alloys easily rusts in the corrosive environment, resulting in frequent replacement.
The reason to extensively use stainless steel is because of its unique properties to resist corrosion and at the same time provide good strength over a considerable period of time. Despite increasing the initial costs, it turns out to be cost effective metal as it can eliminate frequent replacement costs caused by corrosion. In order to manufacture these profiles, manufacturers all around the world uses advanced technologies so that they can be produced in a variety of shapes, sizes, grades and different chemical composition to meet various industries specific requirement. Let us go through some of these niche profiles that manufacturers produce:
Stainless steel flat bars these are hot rolled S.S. rectangle shaped flat bars, which are suitable for various applications where superior corrosion resistance and good strength is required. These bars are easy to mold, weld or cut and are ideal for making framework, supports, and braces.
Stainless steel welding wires these wires are suitable for forming and welding, and are further categorized into S.S. MIG (metal inert gas) wires, S.S. TIG (tungsten inert gas) wires and S.S. SAW (submerged arc welding) wires. These wires are suitable for welding for industries like automobiles, shipping, and heavy manufacturing units. However, it can also be used for general welding and soldering.
Stainless Steel Rebar these rebar are the most vital element for all the modern constructions. It is widely used for building tunnels, flyover bridges, dams, skyscrapers, retaining walls and almost in every construction where corrosion prevails. Over the years it has proved to be successful in reducing overall life cycle costs of the building.
Cold heading bars and wires these bars and wires are suitable to make high quality, durable fasteners like nuts, bolts, screws, nails, rivets, washers, etc. These fasteners can be used in almost any applications by any industry.
Stainless steel shape wires and pipes these wires are produced in variety of shapes like oval, triangle, round, diamond, hexagonal, etc. and are extensively used in plumbing, petrochemical, automotive, and electronic industries.
