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CastCon - 316 Stainless Steel

Manufactured by CastCon Process

316 Stainless Steel

An optical micrograph, about 200x

CastCon is a new manufacturing approach capable of producing parts with a wide variety of sizes, shapes, materials and structural characteristics. The mechanical properties of CastCon parts can be as good as those of wrought materials.

Applications of 316 stainless steel

One of the most commonly used stainless steels. Various castings used in the aircraft, chemical processing, electronic, nuclear, fertilizer, food processing, guided missile, marine, mining, oil refining, pharmaceutical, plastics, power plant, soap, and textile industries.

Property Comparison Between Wrought
and CastCon 316 Stainless Steel

Product Form Tensile strength
(ksi)
0.2% yield strength
(ksi)
Elongation
(%)
Wrought1 Hot finished and annealed bar 75 30 40
  Cold finished and annealed bar 75 30 30
  Annealed wire 75 30 35
  Cold finished wire 90 45 40
  Annealed plate, sheet and strip 75 30 40
CastCon (Specimen produced from Anval 316 ss powder, as consolidated) 100.8 48.7 38.4

1Metals Handbook Tenth Edition, Volume 1, Properties and Selection: Irons, Steels, and High Performance Alloys (1990), ASM International, p855.

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