The properties of stainless steel, such as hardness, luster and corrosion resistance, are ideal for myriad applications. The material is used in cookware, cutlery, surgical instruments, appliances, boat components, plumbing fixtures, mixing tanks and other applications.Get more news about stainless steel screws fasteners,you can vist our website!
It’s also good for threaded fasteners. Swedish company BUMAX is among the world’s top producers of stainless steel fasteners. Using hot forming, cold forming and machining, BUMAX manufactures stainless steel fasteners at a factory in Åshammar, Sweden, in the heart of the country’s steel district. The company has deep Swedish roots, dating back to Åshammar Forging Nail foundry, which was founded in 1660. The Åshammar Bolt Factory was established in 1899, and in 1926 the company was one of the first manufacturers in the world to produce austenitic stainless steel fasteners. The company became BUMAX in 1997.
Stainless steel fasteners are more expensive than fasteners made from carbon steels, but the higher cost is easily justified in applications that require strength, durability, and resistance to corrosion, heat and cold.
Fasteners Assemble Prosthetic Joints The Niagara Foot is an affordable, high-performance prosthetic foot designed for individuals with active lifestyles. The All-Terrain Knee is a mechanical prosthetic knee joint for people with above-knee amputations. Both prosthetics can be used in aquatic environments, since they purely work mechanically. However, this requires that all components are resistant to saltwater, including the screws. We tried a variety of stainless steel screws when developing the waterproof knee joint, but the BUMAX SDX 109 was the only screw that provided both the strength and corrosion resistance we required,” explains Jochen Weigel, co-owner of DOI ortho-innovativ.
Super duplex stainless steel fasteners are unique because they combine super high-strength with excellent corrosion resistance compared with alloy steel fasteners. They have two-phase microstructures containing ferrite and austenite and are cold-headed and thread-rolled.
“The SDX 109 is from our high-strength super duplex fastener range. It provides excellent mechanical properties and exceptional resistance to general crevice, pitting and stress corrosion,” says Klaus Vogt, business development manager at BUMAX. “Due to their high levels of chromium and molybdenum, super duplex grades provide even greater corrosion resistance than duplex grades.”
