What is stainless steel alloy SS 304 & SS 430?
304 stainless steel is the most common commercial-grade alloy. It is also known as 18/8 because it contains around 18% chromium and 8% nickel. 430 stainless steel is less expensive because it does not contain nickel. These two alloys are chosen for grills and barbeques for a few reasons.
What is the difference between stainless steel 310 and 310S?
Type 310S Stainless Steel is identical to Type 310 except for a lower carbon content that minimizes carbide precipitation and improves weldability. They are essentially nonmagnetic as annealed and become lightly magnetic when cold worked.
How are Sheet Metal Gauges Used?
Gauges are used to specify the thickness of a sheet metal.
Gauges are neither standard nor metric and the values are independent of those measurement systems.
A gauge conversion chart can be used to determine the actual thickness of sheet metal in inches or millimeters.
For example, 18 gauge steel, according to a gauge conversion chart, is 0.0478 inch or 1.214 millimeter.
The gauge number “18” holds no relevance to the actual measurements.
1.Beams, columns, platforms and supports in water treatment processing plants, pulp and paper manufacture,
nuclear, biomass, chemical, pharmaceutical as well as the food and beverage industries.
2.Primary beams and columns, pins, barriers, railings, cable sheathing and expansion joints in bridges.
3.Seawalls, piers and other coastal structures.
4.Reinforcing bar in concrete structures.
5.Curtain walling, roofing, canopies, tunnel lining.
6.Support systems for curtain walling, masonry, tunnel lining, etc.
7.Security barriers, hand railings, street furniture.
8.Fasteners and anchoring systems in wood, stone, masonry or rock.
9.Structural members and fasteners in swimming pool buildings (special precautions should be taken in structural
components in swimming pool atmospheres due to the risk of stress corrosion cracking).
10.Explosion and impact resistant structures such as security walls, gates or bollards.
11.Fire and explosion-resistant walls, cable ladders and walkways on offshore platforms.
