Recently although a large quantity of corrosion-resistance alloy is required for the chemical industry and others, the Nickel production in this country is very poor at the present time. Therefore, the requirement of Nickel always cannot be filled. To economize this material and produce a lower-price stainless steel, we studied the manufacturing method of stainless clad plate and its qualities.
Base metal of stainless clad plate is mainly low carbon steel, and clad metal is 18% Chromium and 8% Nickel type austenitic stainless steel.
As the results of various tests, it is recognized as follows : -
1. Of many manufacturing methods, the casting method is the most suitable for mass-production because of easiness of working and the lowest cost.
2. In its manufacture, finishing of contact face in both metals, heating time or reduction ratio do not affect the contacting strength of clad plate. For convenience of making, reduction ratio can be fixed properly as about 3-10.
3. The tensile strength of clad steel generally agrees with the value, calculated from the thickness ratio between clad metal and base metal layer. Nevertheless the endurance limit of clad plate is far higher than the calculated limit.
4. The thermal conductibity of clad steel is considerably improved compared with the mere stainless steel.
5. When the clad plate is heated, both metals diffuse mutually in contact face and consequently contacting stress increases. On the contrary, there arise some warp which is attributed to the difference of thermal expansion, and it grows up greatly by heating up to the transformation of mild steel. When heating is necessary, it is desirable to make the temperature about 600°C. To avoid any distortion to arise in heated clad plates, the double-clad plate is recommended.
6. In the weld joining of clad steel plates an unbroken corrosion-resistant surface must be maintained. There is no difficulty in welding processes.
7. Clad plate can be cut easily by oxy-acetylene gas with the backing steel on top and incline the torch at proper tip angle from the vertical toward the direction of cut.
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