Stainless steel profiles

Sandvik can shape your profile – in more ways than you can imagine! Sandvik is a well-established supplier of customized stainless steel profiles for a large number of applications and industry segments. We control the entire process from the melt to finished profile. Our flexible production process and in-house tool manufacturing allows for small batches with short delivery times and high delivery precision. Examples of application areas (from left to right): Bone plates for improved healing of broken and fractured bones Decorative elements in exterior and interior designs Watch bracelets Household appliances



Stainless steel profiles from Sandvik have found worldwide use in everything from watch bracelets and household appliances to products manufactured by the automotive, aerospace, food and process industries. Sandvik profiles are also used for implants, such as bone plates in stainless steel that correspond to international medical standards. Tailor-made for your application We develop profiles in close cooperation with our customers. Sandvik’s extensive development resources and application knowledge can help customers improve product design and performance. By teaming up with our customers, we can provide new ideas on how profiles can add to the appearance, functionality and quality of a product range. In many cases, using profiles can solve production issues and improve productivity.

A technological advantage By controlling the entire manufacturing process, Sandvik ensures reliable supplies and a thorough quality assurance. Our in-house tool production and flexible profile manufacturing provides fast cycle times, ability to produce in small batches and a very high delivery precision. A wide range of quality grades and shapes We have to this date produced more than a thousand different steel profiles matching our customer’s requirements. We produce them in a wide variety of grades and with excellent surface characteristics. Contact us to find out how profiles could benefit your product range!



Technical information

Steel grades Sandvik

Corresponding standard



ANSI / UNS

12R10 11R51 12RA12 5R10 5R62 3X22R60HV 1802 SAF 2205 SAF 2507 Safeni 48

302 302 303 304 316 316LVM S18235 S31803 S32750 -

W.- Nr. 1.4310 1.4310 1.4305 1.4301 1.4401 1.4441 1.4523 1.4462 - -

C

Si

Mn

Cr

Ni

0.08 0.08 0.05 0.04 0.04 0.025 0.02 < 0.03 < 0.03 < 0.02

0.6 1.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.5 < 1.0 < 0.8 < 0.06

1.2 1.8 1.5 1.3 1.5 1.7 < 0.50 < 2.0 < 1.2 0,2

18 17 17.5 18.5 17 17.5 18 22 25 < 0.15

8,5 - 7.5 0.7 8.5 8.5 11 2.2 14 2.8 < 0.54 2.3 5.5 3.2 7 4 48

Steel grades Since profiles are manufactured starting with a round drawn wire or wire rod, we are able to supply profiles in all austenitic steel grades within the Sandvik range. Other austenitic stainless steels and nickel alloy grades can be supplied on request.



Mo

Others S=0.18

ASTM F 138 S=0.3; C+N