316 Stainless Steel

Manufactured by CastCon Process

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.
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An optical micrograph, about 200x

Property Comparison Between Wrought and CastCon 316 Stainless Steel
Product form Tensile strength ksi 0.2% yield strength ksi Elongation % 
Wrought(1)   Hot finished and annealed bar
             Cold finished and annealed bar
             Annealed wire
             Cold finished wire
             Annealed plate, sheet and strip
75
75
75
90
75
 30
30
30
45
30
 40
30
35
40
40
 
CastCon      (Specimen produced from Anval 316 ss
             powder, as consolidated)
100.8 48.7 38.4
(1) Metals Handbook Tenth Edition, Volume 1, Properties and Selection: Irons, Steels, and High Performance Alloys (1990), ASM International, p855. 



For a quote or more information contact:
Dr. Scott (Xiaodi) Huang           	Voice:  906-487-1822 or 906-487-2600
Institute of Materials Processing       Fax:    906-487-2921
Michigan Technological University       E-mail: xihuang@mtu.edu
1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton, MI 49931-1295


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