ASTM vs ASME vs API vs ANSI Standards
ASTM International provides industrial material and service standards across a wide range of industrial sectors.
Introduction to Valves: What Are Valves & How Do They Work?
Introduction to Valves: What Are Valves & How Do They Work? WHAT ARE VALVES AND HOW DO THEY WORK? At their most basic, valves are devices that work to control, regulate or direct flow within a system or process. They often feature a range of characteristics that help to define their ideal application. However, whether you’re [...]
Lesser Known Facts About Stainless Steel Tubes
Lesser Known Facts About Stainless Steel Tubes People are using stainless steel from a very long time now since 1990s. It is used in many sectors. House hold sectors usually uses stainless steel in wide manner so let’s see what makes this stainless steel so unique that it has been used in such wide range. Some facts about [...]
Different Types of Stainless Steel
Different Types of Stainless Steel When people use the term “stainless steel,” they often use it as a “catchall” term, but in reality, there are several different types of stainless steel with a variety of uses. Stainless steel is an alloy that is produced by combining a variety of different base metals to create a new material. Like with other alloys, the [...]
How to drill chrome steel
How to drill chrome steel Equipment you'll need; suitable drilling bit , cutting fluid, eye protection, ear defenders, heavy duty tape, marker pen or 3 corner pyramid punch, sturdy clamp, and felt or plastic to guard work piece within the clamp. Begin by clearing your workspace to make sure there's nothing which will catch within the drill once [...]
IS STAINLESS STEEL MAGNETIC?
IS STAINLESS STEEL MAGNETIC? Stainless steel is widely renowned for being a strong and corrosion-resistant metal, but is stainless steel magnetic? This question is slightly more complex. The answer: it depends, because different grades of stainless steel have different magnetic qualities. Stainless steel does not, in fact, refer to a single type of material. Rather, think of it [...]