A modern innovation in shipbuilding isthe use of specialised grades of Stainless steel to build boats that can weather even the toughest of ocean conditions, ensuring the lifetime of the vessel is decades long with minimal maintenance.

Keep reading to learn about different types of corrosion in seawater, and the Grades of Stainless steel to employ to protect your vessel!

One of the great benefits of Stainless steel over its alternatives in architecture is its customisable, low-maintenance and stunning aesthetic value. This contributes to an attractive, sustainable product that exactly aligns with a client’s needs for all components required, including roofing, balustrading, structural applications, architectural cladding and more!

Nothing quite stands up to the performance of Stainless steel in HVAC systems, thanks to its excellent corrosion resistance and durability. Vital in many industries and buildings, from manufacturing to data centers to high-rises, see how Stainless will provide excellent value for your HVAC needs.

Stainless steel has proven to be the most effective material in plumbing, outperforming its alternatives with a long life span, excellent tensile strength, and resistance to corrosion and high levels of water pressure, leading to excellent value in the long term.

Stainless steel is widely used in the Food & Beverage industry - why?

It has a multitude of benefits when it comes to manufacturing and handling a range of food and beverage products, including corrosion resistance and durability, versatility across a range of temperatures and bacterial resistance.

Read about how you can employ Stainless in your Food & Beverage operation, and see what we stock (including a great range of AS1528 Grade 304 and Grade 316 products).

Duplex Stainless steel benefits from the properties of both Ferritic and Austenitic Stainless steels: high tensile strength, corrosion resistance, stress corrosion cracking resistance, toughness, ductility, and cost effectiveness. Duplex is thus a material ideal for a wide range of applications and industries - click below to learn how Duplex is made, its uses and our range (including 2205 Duplex and 2507 Super Duplex) at Stirlings!

Known for its excellent Tensile Strength, Grade 630 Stainless steel is a precipation hardened martensitic alloy commonly used in the Oil & Gas, Aerospace and other high-tech industries. Strengthen your knowledge and get your hands on our Grade 630 Round Bar here!

Stainless steel Ornamental Tubing is stunning and functional, perfect for a great variety of uses. From balustrading to automotive and much more, see how our low maintenance and customisable Stainless steel Ornamental Tubing will meet your exact needs!

Learn the ins and outs of Hollow Bar - its advantages, the differences from solid Bar, Pipe and Tube, uses, and details about our Stainless steel Hollow Bar range and incoming new stock!

Get the lowdown on Flanges from this blog going through the different types, including Threaded, Socket-weld, Slip-on and more, the faces, standards and industry uses!

Have a read about Pressfit and its benefits in the heat-free installation of Piping systems, written by our resident Pressfit expert!

Copper Nickel alloys are widely used in engineering applications, particularly in seawater and marine environments thanks to excellent corrosion and bio-fouling resistance. Have a read here for a summary on the different alloys, their benefits and uses in industry.

What is a Nickel alloy used for? See here our expert summary on High Nickel Alloys, including information on Inconel, Hastelloy, Nicrofer, Monel & Monel 400, Nickel 200 Alloys 400, 800, 600, 601, 625, 718, 800, 800H and C276.

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Get in the know-how of how Stainless steel differs from ordinary steel, the seven main reasons why rust occurs in Stainless and how to prevent and treat rust formation (with our help).

When making a purchase of Pipe or piping system components, you will likely see written ASME or ANSI, along with the codes B36.10 & B36.19. See here for a simple guide on what these mean, and the differences you can expect to ensure you buy the correct product for your project.

Not sure if Grade 304 or Grade 316 Stainless steel is right for the job? Check out this blog by Stirlings’ specialist metallurgist on the differences you can expect from these two metals and why, as well as a description on corrosion resistance and information across the 300 range.

This blog by Stirlings' specialist metallurgist explains magnetism in Stainless steel, including explanations on the relative permeability of ferritics and martensitics (400 series), austenitics (200 and 300 series, including detail on Grades 304 and 316), and duplexes (including detail on Grades 2205 and 2507).