15-5PH precipitation hardening steel, commonly known as S15500 (XM-12) stainless steel, is an alloy with excellent performance obtained through heat treatment, which has good strength, corrosion resistance, and intergranular corrosion resistance. This article will provide a detailed introduction to the chemical composition, characteristics, properties, application fields, and heat treatment of 15-5PH stainless steel.
Characteristics and performance:
1. High strength: 15-5PH stainless steel is a high-strength alloy that can achieve excellent yield and tensile strength through appropriate heat treatment. It has good mechanical properties under high strength conditions and is suitable for manufacturing components that need to withstand high loads and impact loads.
2. Corrosion resistance: 15-5PH stainless steel has good corrosion resistance and can resist corrosion from various corrosive media, including acidic, alkaline, and salt solutions. It also exhibits good corrosion resistance in seawater environments and is suitable for fields such as ocean engineering and shipbuilding.
3. Resistance to intergranular corrosion: 15-5PH stainless steel is added with copper element, and its resistance to intergranular corrosion can be improved through appropriate heat treatment, reducing its sensitivity to intergranular corrosion. This makes it have excellent corrosion resistance in high-temperature environments.
4. Magnetism: 15-5PH stainless steel has a certain degree of magnetism and belongs to ferromagnetic materials. This makes it magnetic in certain applications, such as magnetic sensors and electromagnetic devices.
Application field:
15-5PH stainless steel has been widely used in many fields due to its excellent performance, including but not limited to the following areas:
1. Aerospace industry: 15-5PH stainless steel is used for manufacturing aircraft components, engine parts, and aerospace equipment. It has high strength and corrosion resistance, which can meet the requirements of the aerospace industry for high strength and corrosion resistance.
2. Medical devices: 15-5PH stainless steel is used for manufacturing medical devices and equipment, such as surgical instruments, artificial joints, and dental instruments. This alloy steel has good biocompatibility and corrosion resistance, making it suitable for use in medical environments.
3. Petroleum and Natural Gas Industry: 15-5PH stainless steel is used for manufacturing petroleum and natural gas extraction equipment, such as pipelines, valves, and storage tanks. It has good corrosion resistance and high strength, suitable for use in harsh working environments.
4. Shipbuilding industry: 15-5PH stainless steel is used for manufacturing ships and marine equipment, such as hull structures, ship accessories, and offshore platforms. This alloy steel has good seawater corrosion resistance and high strength, making it suitable for use in marine environments.
Company Profile
Wuxi Dingyu Xinda Special Steel Co., Ltd. has world-class metallurgical equipment, mature and stable technology, and safe and reliable process flow. The smelting of special functional superalloys adopts the VIM+VAR dual vacuum dual process and the VIM+PESR+VAR triple process for smelting production; Vacuum induction melting (VIM), vacuum consumable (VAR), atmosphere protected electroslag remelting (PESR) and conventional process IF+AOD+LF+VOD metallurgical equipment. Processing equipment such as heat treatment furnaces, peeling machines, rolling straightening machines, cold drawing machines, and coreless grinders; German Spike direct reading spectrometer, hardness machine, tensile machine, impact testing machine, automatic and manual ultrasonic non-destructive testing machine, eddy current non-destructive testing machine, corrosion testing machine, salt spray testing machine, German Leica metallographic microscope and other complete testing equipment. Since 2005, Dingyu Xinda has successively passed the certifications of Lloyd's ISO quality system and PED, IATF16949, ISO13485, KR Classification Society of Korea, and AD2000 in Germany. A high-tech enterprise specializing in the research and development of high-quality special alloy functional new materials, has been committed to providing safe and reliable products for global nuclear power and high-end equipment manufacturing. The company has been focusing on special stainless steel, nickel based alloys, precision alloys, high-temperature alloys, corrosion-resistant alloys, Hastelloy alloy special steel pipes, plates, bars, profiles and forgings, pipe fittings, and flanges for 31 years. The products can also be processed according to customer drawings, and are widely used in fields such as pump valve nuclear power, aviation and military industry, automobiles and ships, medical equipment, marine engineering and petrochemical, light rail high-speed rail, compressors, turbines, etc.
Supply materials: 310S, 309S, 309Si2, 310SSi2, 254SMo, 253Ma, 904L, 304Lmod, 724L, 725LN, 316MoD, 310MoD, 310MoLN, S31050, TP316Ti, 630, 631, 17-4PH, UNS S32101, UNS S32304, UNS S31500, UNS S31803, UNS S32205, UNS S32750, UNS S32707, UNS31260, UNS 32760, UNS 39274, 304/L, 316/L, 32270 1. 347, 304H/321H/347H/347HFG/316H/316Ti/304LN/316LN/317/L/310S/310HCBN S30815/314/904L, AL-6XN No8367, N04400, N06600, N08800, GH3030, H3039, N08825, N06625, N10276, 2507, Incoloy 800, 800H, Incoloy 825, S31254, F55, S32160, 2520Si2 (S314), 0Cr25Ni22Mo2N, 901, Income926/1.4529, Incoloy 800HT, Incoloy 8020, Incoloy 825, Inconel 601, Inconel 600, Inconel 625, GH3030, GH3039, GH2080, GH140, G3, G30 series, HaC-22, HaC-276, HaC-4, HaB-2, HaB-3, etc.
All products of our company comply with national standards (GB), American standards (ASME, ASTM), Japanese standards (JIS), EN (European standard), GOST (Russian standard), our company holds the ISO9001-2008 quality system certificate issued by TUV Rheinland in Germany and the PED/97/23/EC certificate for pressure equipment in the European Union, holds the API 6A and API 17D certificates issued by the American Petroleum Association API, and is also certified by the Eight Nation Classification Society.
F A Q
1. How can I know whether you are a reliable company?
We have been engaged in the steel industry for nearly 7 years and have a high reputation in China, We welcome you to inspect our company at any time.
2. Can you guarantee your products?
Yes, we guarantee your 100% satisfaction on all our products. Please feel free to feedback us immediately.
3. Do you provide samples?
Yes, we can provide most of the product samples. We will charge a little sample fee. But we will return the charge if you place an order. if you asked to use DHL, Blue Dart Express, FedEx, etc. to send samples, you can inform us in advance to prepare.
4. Can I visit your company?
Of course, If you want to order our products and visit our company, please contact us to make an appointment.
5. Can you make boxes according to my request ?
Yes,customization service is available,OEM business is appreciated.
When you place the orders,we arrange the production asap,When finish the orders, we will inform you and also we arrange the shipping in the same time.
6. How much is the freight?
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