Applications of Stainless Steel Plate in 5 Major Industries

Nowadays, stainless steel plate is applied in various industries due to its good appearance and practical performance. As a steel material, stainless steel plate has different applications in different industries. What are the roles of stainless steel plates in these six industries? Let’s list the applications of stainless steel plates in 5 major industries.

Applications of Stainless Steel Plate in 5 Major Industries:

No. 1.  In the Environmental Protection Industry:

Industrial waste gas, garbage, and sewage treatment facilities require the use of stainless steel plates for manufacturing. In the process of flue gas desulfurization, double-phase stainless steel plates and high-grade austenitic stainless steel plates are needed to resist the corrosion of sulfur dioxide, chloride ions, and iron ions. Facilities such as garbage incinerators and wastewater treatment require the use of high-performance stainless steel materials for production.

No. 2. In the Construction Industry：

It is one of the earliest applications of stainless steel plates. In terms of architectural decoration, currently, stainless steel plates are mainly used for the cladding of high-rise buildings, indoor and outdoor columns, handrails, floors, elevator walls, doors and windows, curtains, and other interior and exterior decorations and components. Surface-treated, colored, and coated stainless steel plates solve the problem of easy hand prints after touching, further expanding the application scope of stainless steel plates.

No. 3. In the Automotive Industry：

This is currently the fastest-growing application field for stainless steel plates. The use of high-strength stainless steel plates for manufacturing vehicle body structures can greatly reduce vehicle weight, enhance the strength of the body structure, and reduce maintenance costs by using stainless steel plates for vehicle panels and decorative components.

In addition, stainless steel plates are also used in automotive exhaust systems due to their resistance to chloride ion corrosion and heat resistance. Currently, Japan, the United States, Sweden, and other countries have extensively used stainless steel plates for vehicles. Japan began promoting the use of stainless steel plates in the 1980s, and currently, its stainless steel train vehicles have reached 60%. The passenger car industry is the focus of development for stainless steel plate applications.

No. 4. In the Household Appliances Industry：

 In the household appliances industry, the largest use of stainless steel plates is in the automatic washing machine inner drum, water heater inner cylinder, microwave outer shell, and refrigerator inner liner, often using ferritic stainless steel plates. In Western Europe, the proportion of household appliances using stainless steel plates is relatively large, while in Asia, Japan is close to the European level in terms of use, while other countries generally use less.

No. 5. In the Water Industry

The issue of water pollution during its storage and transportation has been increasingly gaining attention. Numerous practices have proven that stainless steel plate is an ideal material for water preparation, storage, transportation, purification, regeneration, seawater desalination, and other water-related industries.

Its advantages include: corrosion resistance, earthquake resistance, water conservation, hygiene (no iron rust or copper green), lightweight and low maintenance, long service life (up to 40 years), low life cycle cost, and it is a recyclable green environmental-friendly material. According to reports, currently, the proportion of Tokyo’s pipeline system using stainless steel plates has reached 76%, and the leakage rate of pipelines has decreased from 14.7% to 7.5%.

After the earthquake in Osaka, Japan, stainless steel water storage tanks remained intact. Recently, Japan developed a corrugated pipe joint that reduced the construction cost of stainless steel water pipelines by 20%, total cost by 3%, and maintenance cost by 3/4.

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