Can Cromgard provide an advantage in material handling applications?
In wet or damp conditions where abrasion occurs, utility stainless steels have demonstrated excellent performance by resisting corrosive attack and so maintaining better flow and slideability characteristics compared to non or low alloyed steels, including abrasion resistant grades. In general it can be shown that in dry abrasion, utility stainless steels are no better than mild steel, but in a real industrial situation where corrosion is also present they have shown to be vastly superior to carbon and low alloy steels. When cost per unit volume loss is also taken into consideration then they are superior to all types of steel that have been tested. Further information is available on request from American Utility Stainless’ technical staff.
