Outokumpu

Applications

Plate heat exchangers

Heating, Cooling & Ventilation

Brazed or gasket sealed heat exchangers. Used where one media is to be cooled down or heated up by another media.

Plate heat exchangers

Gaskets

Automotive

Single-layer or multi-layer design in annealed or temper-rolled condition. In vehicle engines, exhaust systems or pipe systems.

Gaskets

Heating elements

Domestic Appliances

Heating up water in dish washers, washing machines, water cookers, grill elements, domestic heaters.

Heating elements

Flexible tubes

Automotive, Oil and Gas

Hydro formed, mechanical formed or interlocked. For domestic gas piping, industrial piping or exhaust-system.

Flexible tubes

Highland Group

Transport

The motorcycle concept, developed by Highland Group is characterised by a very light engine and frame which needs a material combining high strength, low weight and good fatigue properties. Outokumpu’s ultra-high tensile special grades Hy Tens and LDX have proven very adequate for this purpose.

 

Motorcycle frame

Wet polished surfaces

Catering and Appliances

As a specialty product, Thin Strip Nyby offers wet polished materials of both standard stainless grades (such as 304 and 316L) and Duplex grades such as LDX 2101®.

Wet polished surfaces

Domestic water heaters

Heating, Cooling and Ventilation

Domestic water heaters can be conveniently made of Duplex materials such as LDX 2101®, 2304 and 2205. Using Duplex steel increases corrosion resistance and notably reduces the thickness of the tank, which makes the boiler both cheaper to manufacture and easier to handle.

Domestic water heaters

Flexible piping

Oil and Gas

Duplex steel grades are often used in flexible tubes for offshore applications. The stainless material constitutes the innermost part of the flexible tube (the so-called ‘carcass’). Flexible pipes require both good resistance to corrosion and high mechanical strength as well as excellent formability.

Flexible piping