Stainless steel bright bars are commonly known for their exceptional tensile strength, high resilience, and smooth surface finish. Stainless steel is a widely used steel that is resistance to corrosion, rust, and stains. This type of steel is fused with non-corrosive or low corrosive metals that render low corrosive and stainless properties.
The chemical element that is commonly infused to manufacture this type of steel is chromium. Although, only a small proportion of merely 10.5 percent of chromium is required to manufacture this type of steel. Along with chromium, 25 percent of a metal known as molybdenum is also infused to produce this type of steel. Both these metals, i.e. chromium and molybdenum, grants stainless properties to the ordinary steel. These metals make the steel immune to corrosion by forming a thin protective layer on it. In addition to these metals, some proportion of nickel and nitrogen are also added to provide some extra corrosion resistive properties. This type of steel is eco-friendly and fully recyclable.
Stainless steel bright bars are available in a variety of sizes, grades, and surface finishes. These steel bars are largely used in a variety of industries including petrochemical, oil, gas, power generation, construction, automobile, paper, pulp, fittings, valves, transportation, and so on. Besides, these bright bars also have a wide range of production and maintenance applications. Some of the applications of these stainless steel bright bars are:
1. Machine tools
2. Road sign boards
3. Telephone booths and bus shelters
4. Fasteners
5. Valve bodies, pump shafts, and mixed shafts
6. Medical and surgical equipment
7. Elevators and escalators
8. Handles, hinges, studs, and bolts
9. Chemical and fuel tankers
10. Subway trains and stations
Now, let us understand the process of producing stainless steel bright bars. These bars are manufactured by two processes i.e. either hot rolled or cold rolled. Bright bars are produced using blast furnace. Inside the furnace, carbon electrodes are placed and aligned so that they can make contact with chromium, molybdenum, nitrogen, and nickel at a melting temperature. When the furnace reaches the optimal temperature, all these chemical elements fuse together, to produce a metal alloy. Then this metal alloy is carried to a refiner where unwanted materials are extracted. Once through with the cleaning, the steel is rolled into a desired dimension.
Bright bars made from such steel have several advantages over other metal bars. Some of those advantages are:
A. Rust and corrosion resistance
B. Resistance to scratching, bending, and staining
C. Better heat tolerance
D. Improved mechanical properties
E. Minimal wear and tear