5. Assembly

Stainless steels are supplied in the form of semi-finished products. These are mainly flat products (coils, strips, sheets), long products (bars, wires), tubes and cast or forged parts. These semi-finished products are then cut, shaped and assembled by users ( , § 1.3 Main areas of use). Assembly is one of the major components of the implementation process.

5.1 Welding

Please refer to references [17] and [49].

A large number of welding processes can be applied to stainless steels. The main ones are listed in table 9 .

Different types of stainless steel undergo different structural modifications, depending on the welding process used. The...

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References

(1) - TALBOT (J.) - Les éléments chimiques et les hommes. - 1995, SIRPE Éditeur, France.
(2) - GUILLET (L.) - Rev. Met. 1904,-1-155, 1905 -2-350, 1906-3-372.
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