EspañolEveryone knows that stainless steel is highly corrosion resistant in a wide range of environments – as long as the correct grade is selected. Similarly, it offers a wide range of mechanical and physical properties. The correct grade will provide the necessary ductility, toughness, strength, hardness, etc, which is required for the particular application.
It is because of these properties that stainless steel is the preferred choice for a vast range of applications, and can be seen, or in many cases is used but not seen, in the most diverse of sectors, all of which are served by Stainless Band. From everyday items in your home to plant and equipment in the largest industrial enterprises, you can bet that stainless steel will be playing a major role.
You will find many examples without any difficulty, although some may be more difficult to find or recognise. The kitchen is a prime example. It is almost certain that you will have a stainless steel kitchen sink. Your work surfaces are likely to be stainless steel, as is your cooker hood (and air ducts in many industrial applications), and as is most of your cutlery – knives and forks and spoons, as well as most of the other kitchen utensils – although perhaps not the ones you use on your favourite non-stick pans (although the handle will almost certainly be stainless steel!) One day, or perhaps already now, even some stainless steel chopsticks might be lurking in the drawer. And then, of course, there are your pots and pans, and components in and possibly the exterior of the microwave oven, the refrigerator, the freezer, the toaster, the kitchen tiles, and so the list goes on.
When it comes to catering, stainless steel is, of course, a given. Whether this is for display purposes, for freezing or cooling food, for preparation, cooking or serving. Whether you are looking for a Hamburger, fish and chips, a curry, “Bratwurst und Pommes”, or even “du vin blanc or rouge”, you will almost always find copious amounts of shiny and, of course, hygienic, stainless steel.
Almost every enduse sector that you can think of, whether it is the chemical, petrochemical, offshore, or pharmaceutical industry, will be using stainless steel tubes and pipes. More often than not, with all the advances in production technology that have been made over the years, these will not be what can be very expensive seamless tubes, but welded tubes, made from stainless steel strip that Stainless Band specialises in – slit to a precise width, with the relevant edge finish, and, of course, in the right grade and with the required surface finish. And it is not only in industrial applications that stainless steel piping can be found. It is a viable alternative to copper in potable water applications. Stainless steel filters, gaskets and springs of all types are also indispensable in a vast range of sectors, and will possibly be made from strip from Stainless Band.