![]() which guide and convey the incandescent glass article along its path from the mould to the annealing arch. For this particular application of glass, also known as "optical glass", the quality requirements of the delivered products are extreme, especially when our customers are active in the luxury car industry for example.įor "hollow glass" such as bottles and flasks, the stainless steel fibres are used to make transfer guides, transfer fingers, push bars, stackers, pushers, quench tapes, conveyor belts, mats, braided gripper linings. In this case, the use of knitted, woven or non-woven panels or tubulars is common. In the glass industry, products based on pure stainless steel fibre or mixed with other technical fibres such as PBO Zylon® or aramid (Kevlar®, Twaron®.), are used for conveying and shaping/bending glass plates, or "flat glass" such as car, train or plane windscreens, boat windows, yacht windows or simple windows for example. Depending on the application, other grades of stainless steel (304, 304L.), including "super stainless steel" or "super alloys" (inconel, hastelloy, fecralloy.) can be used. We mainly use 316L stainless steel in pure or blended with other technical fibres in high temperature (glassware, filtration, etc.) and conductive (smart textiles, filtration, personal protective equipment, etc.) applications. Stainless steel : Features & Applications Electrical conductivity : 10.E6 Siemens/m) : 1,32.Ténacity : 20 cN/Tex (from raw material data sheet).Maximum recommended use temperature for fibres and fabrics : +/-800☌.100% virgin and pure stainless steel fibre.Fibres with a round cross-section of 8µ - 12µ - 22 microns in diameter (0.008 to 0.022mm) - (as an indication the diameter of a human hair is around 20-25 microns).Stainless steel fibres can be endlessly combined with other fibrous materials to bring lightness, comfort, reinforcement, appearance or elasticity. Made of fibres, 316L stainless steel becomes soft, extremely flexible, resistant to fatigue and bending, while at the same time achieving special characteristics of thermal resistance (-200☌ / +800☌) and electrical conductivity, as well as the special aspect and high density specific to 316L alloy. The contribution of the fibrous structure Stainless steel is transformed into fibres and integrated into the heart of a woven or knitted fabric according to a particular know-how in order to make it functional. Textiles made of stainless steel combine the characteristics of the material (thermal resistance at 800☌, density, weldability, electrical conduction, metallic appearance, shape memory, heating by joule effect.) with the very particular structure of the textile ( softness, elasticity, comfort, functionalisation, flex fatigue resistance, shape mobility.). IMATTEC's know-how: Combining textile structures and metallic materials Textiles made of stainless steel IMATTEC also uses a wide range of other alloys and metals (copper, nickel, silver, aluminium, stainless steel 304, inconel, hastelloy, fecralloy.). The 316L stainless steel fibre is commonly used by IMATTEC for these various applications based on metallic textiles. This steel is commonly used in food processing, construction and medical environments thanks to its remarkable chemical stability. Molybdenum (Mo) in higher proportions in the alloy than in 304 stainless steel, brings better mechanical performance to 316L stainless steel including in hot and cryogenic conditions. This chromium, present in the alloy, participates in the creation of a self-regenerating passive surface layer, which protects the fibre from corrosion. Amagnetic, austenitic, it offers among other things, by the presence of a high chromium content, an excellent corrosion resistance (better than stainless steel 304). The qualities of stainless steel are well known and appreciated. Stainless steel and its properties The qualities of stainless steel AISI 316L (steel 1.4404)
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