Innovative Material Concepts Extend Your Equipment’s Lifetime

Looking at different stainless-steel families, we find high-alloyed austenitic and duplex stainless steels. All different grades are used in a wide range of temperatures, corrosion environments, and applications. The challenge is developing different materials and product forms that can outperform their standard property portfolio to increase process efficiency and equipment lifetime and reduce costs. Duplex stainless steels show excellent corrosion resistance and double the strength compared to standard austenitic steels, thereby decreasing material costs. Composite and bi-metallic tubes are used where process conditions require properties and cost evaluations that cannot be met only by one material.