What Are Stainless Steel 304 Square Bars?
Stainless Steel 304 Square Bars are known for their exceptional corrosion resistance, making them suitable for applications in harsh environments. Made with chromium and nickel to form an oxide-forming layer which protects it against acidic or chloride-rich conditions, perfect for outdoor or marine uses where exposure to moisture and other corrosive agents are commonplace. This corrosion protection extends the lifetime of this material making it suitable for long-term durability in harsh conditions.
Stainless Steel 304 Square Bars boast not only exceptional corrosion resistance, but they're also excellently machinability, making fabrication into various shapes and sizes much simpler than with other metals. Due to this feature, industries requiring precision components or intricate designs often choose this material over others as it allows efficient drilling, milling, or turning processes that produce top quality finished products.
Weldability of Stainless Steel 304 Square Bars is another key feature. They demonstrate excellent weldability, which enables seamless joining using various welding techniques such as TIG, MIG or resistance welding - an ability which makes this material suitable for applications which involve welding to construct components, structures or machinery, keeping corrosion resistance intact while still offering mechanical properties to preserve integrity of final product.
Stainless Steel 304 Square Bars find applications across industries due to their exceptional properties. Common uses for them include manufacturing industrial equipment, chemical processing plants, pharmaceutical machinery and automotive components, in particular they're known for being corrosion resistant, machineable and weldable making it an excellent material choice when looking for strength, durability and environmental resistance in applications requiring strength or weldability.
In construction, Stainless Steel 304 Square Bars are employed in structural frameworks, support beams and architectural features where durability and aesthetic appeal are of equal importance. Meanwhile in aerospace applications they're often utilized in fabricating aircraft parts such as fittings, fasteners and brackets due to their lightweight yet resilient nature - while medical instruments, heat exchangers and oil refining equipment all benefit from using its versatile properties too!
Apple Steels is a prominent manufacturer and supplier of Stainless Steel 304 Square Bars in Mumbai, India. Committed to quality and dependability, we specialize in offering premium-grade stainless steel products tailored to diverse industrial requirements - be they construction projects, machinery manufacture or automotive needs. Trust us for precision engineered solutions tailored to serve these industries!
Melting and Casting
Steel and alloying metals are loaded into an electric arc furnace. Once in the furnace, the metal is heated to a specific temperature above its melting point, usually in excess of 2800°F.
Forming
Most cast steel is formed by hot rolling—the slab, bloom, or billet is heated and passed through large rollers, stretching out the steel into a longer, thinner form.
Heat treatment
Heat treatment strengthens rolled stainless steel by recrystallizing the deformed microstructure. Most stainless steel is heat treated by annealing.
Descaling
A rolled piece of stainless steel acquires a layer of oxidized “mill scale,” which needs to be washed away to restore a shiny surface finish.
Cutting or Machining
Stainless steel is cut to a specified shape and size. The stainless steel can be sheared with circular knives, sawed with high-speed blades, or blanked with punches.
| Specifications | ASTM A276, A479 / ASME SA276, SA479 |
|---|---|
| Range | 3.17 MM TO 350 MM DIA |
| Diameter | 25mm to 152mm |
| Tolerance | h8, h9(DIN 671), h10, h11, ASTM A484, DIN 1013. |
| Finish | Bright, Polish & Black. |
| Form | Square |
| Condition | Cold Drawn & Polished Cold Drawn, Centreless Ground & Polished |
| Other Services | Machining (CNC), Centreless Grinding (CG), Heat Treatment, Anneling, Pickling, Polish, Rolling, Forging, Cutting, Bending, Minor Fabrication |
| USA | France | North America | Germany | Germany | Italy | Japan | Russia | Spain | Sweden | UK | European Union |
| AISI | AFNOR | UNS | DIN 17006 | W.N. 17007 | UNI | JIS | GOST | UNE | SIS | BSI | EURONORM |
| 304 | Z 6 CN 18-09 | S30400 | X 5 CrNi 18 10 X 5 CrNi 18 12 | 1.4301 | X 5 CrNi 1810 | SUS 304 | 08KH18N10 06KH18N11 | X 6 CrNi 19-10 | 23 32 | 304S15 304S16 | X 6 CrNi 18 10 |
| Grade | C | N | Si | P | S | Cr | Mn | Ni | Fe |
| 304 | 0.08 max | 0.10 max | 0.75 max | 0.045 max | 0.030 max | 18.0 - 20.0 | 2.0 max | 8.0 - 10.5 | Remainder |
| Grade | Tensile Strength (ksi) | 0.2% Yield Strength (ksi) | Elongation% in 2 inches |
| 304 | 75 | 30 | 40 |
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