Stainless Steel Fabrication

Erection and Installation of Stainless Steel Components

Posted on 15, Aug

The latest informative pdf from EuroInox is related to the erection and installation of stainless steel components. Target audience: . Designers and fabricators of stainless steel building parts . Building site managers Content: . Introduction . Site conditions . Erection planning . Supports, anchors and bearings . Erection drawings . Tolerances . Transportation, handling and [...]

Stainless Steel in the Food and Beverage Industry

Posted on 9, May

Euro Inox has a new pdf relating to stainless steel usage in the food and beverage industry. It’s a 24 page document intended for and covering the following: Target audiences: • Designers and consultants in the food and beverage industry • Maintenance engineers • Hygiene inspectors • Fabricators of equipment for the preparation, storage and [...]

Stainless Steel Prices Up

Posted on 5, May

I overheard John the other day telling somebody over the phone that stainless steel sheet costs had risen 40% in the last couple of months. In this game you tend to price jobs individually and no two are ever really alike. A particular job priced now will have a materials increase of 40%, but would’ve [...]

New Sheet Metal Craze Sweeping L.A.

Posted on 11, Apr

Can you believe that L.A. is getting all warm and fuzzy over their changing metal skyline? I don’t know whether it’s just me, but I kinda get the sense it was written whilst waiting for the microwave to ping or after a night out on the brass razoo. Then again, we can’t complain if sheet [...]

Industrial Bondage

Posted on 29, Mar

In the none too dim and distant past I worked at John Smiths Industrial Supplies ( now Rothwells). They sold all manner of tubing and piping, flanges, elbows and connectors to your average plumber and industrial boiler maker. There was something particularly old school about the place and its clientele. In fact it could all [...]

Bespoke Stainless Steel at The Sheraton.

Posted on 24, Nov

We got these pictures sent ot us of a pair of elongated bespoke stainless steel planters we fabricated for the Sheraton Hotel down at Heathrow Airport. Here they are at either side of the foyer as you walk in. Here’s one of them from the front. Here’s one from an angle. (Although I’m sure you [...]

Care and Maintenance of Stainless Steel

Posted on 1, Nov

From the British Stainless Steel Association comes a downloadable pdf relating to the care and maintenance of stainless steel for a wide variety of applications. A cleaning frequency or schedule for external or various architectural application site types is shown and covers grades 1.4016 (430) 1.4301 (304) and 1.4401 (316). The sites include rural urban [...]