Stainless steel: what grade for molds?
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Stainless steel: what grade for molds?
:?: There was a discussion recently about recommended grades of stainless steel for molds. Tried searching archives and the tutorial but couldn't find info. I want to have some molds made and want to tell fabricator what type of steel to use and what thickness to use for some drop-ring molds. Since cost might be a factor, (largest ring will be 28 " in diameter) what other kinds of steel can I use? I don't mind the scaling which will occur. I can deal with that. Thanks
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Re: Stainless steel: what grade for molds?
I use whatever standard stainless steel the fabricator has. My molds don't scale.lohman wrote: There was a discussion recently about recommended grades of stainless steel for molds. Tried searching archives and the tutorial but couldn't find info. I want to have some molds made and want to tell fabricator what type of steel to use and what thickness to use for some drop-ring molds. Since cost might be a factor, (largest ring will be 28 " in diameter) what other kinds of steel can I use? I don't mind the scaling which will occur. I can deal with that. Thanks
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request 316 Stainless Steel. It has higher temperature resistance than other grades of stainless steel and the high levels of nickel and molybdenum make it less prone to pitting.
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