We are always heard about "stainless steel 304".
What is this? What is the benefits?

Currently, stainless steel 304 is widely used in a lot of industries which including:

1. Kitchen sink, troughs, and appliances

2. Food Processing equipment

3. Springs

4. Heat Exchanger

And more, please click to this link: http://www.azom.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=965


The benefits of the stainless steel 304 are:

1. Corrosion Resistance

2. Aesthetic(shinning) Appearance

3. Fire and heat resistance

4. Hygiene

5. Ease of Fabrication

6. Long term value

7. Impact resistance

If you interested with the benefits of stainless steel 304, please click to this link: http://www.wilkinsonsteel.com/Stainless/benefits.htm

This post has been edited by Sorento Malaysia: Aug 23 2011, 03:43 PM

Dear Weikee,

Basically, stainless steel 304 will not rust. Unless you damage its surface or pour the acid or chemical material on it.

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Added on August 24, 2011, 9:48 amDear Phoenix69,

Thanks for your question. Basically, there have a few stainless steel that better than 304 and 316 as well. But we need to consider whether it is suitable to our products and the usage of our end customers. Therefore, we will not consider to use all of those stainless steel. Since different grade of stainless steel have different applications and usage in different industry. Some of them are suitable to the application of marine industry.

For instance,

1. Stainless steel 316N- Higher strength than standard 316 and 304.

2. Stainless steel 317L- Higher resistance to chlorides than 316L, but with similar resistance to stress corrosion cracking.

3. Stainless steel 904L-Much higher resistance to chlorides at elevated temperatures, with good formability.

4. Stainless steel 2205- Much higher resistance to chlorides at elevated temperatures, and higher strength than 316.

And more. If you interested, please click to link: http://www.azom.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=863

Furthermore, some of our bathroom accessories are made from stainless steel 304, but it didn't have any link with where we produce it. Because both of them are unrelated. Let say, even though our products are made from China, Hong Kong, india, Vietnam, Singapore and etc, but our bathroom accessories still definitely made from stainless steel 304. We will not simply change it.

This post has been edited by Sorento Malaysia: Aug 24 2011, 10:14 AM

Dear WeiKee,

Thanks for your sharing. Very detail and understandable!!!

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Added on August 24, 2011, 1:24 pmEither rust proof or rust resistance. Stainless 304 will not rust, if you follow the instruction (avoid pour acid on it or damage its surface by using steel brush and so on).

The situation just like the example of "water resistance watch" above, "water resistant is being waterproof only up to a certain amount of water exposure." (This is the condition when using water resistance watch)



This post has been edited by Sorento Malaysia: Aug 24 2011, 01:58 PM