Stainless Steel For The Medical Industry – Complete Guide

1. By Vishwa Stainless

2. Medical industry in one of the toughest when in come to Quality Checks. While some metal passes the test but they are not cost efficient like Titanium. Stainless steel is dominating the medical Industry with Its Quality over other metals. And affordability than other metals.

3. Stainless Steel Quality For Medical Industry • Corrosion Resistance • Durability • Sanitization

4. Corrosion Resistance Stainless Steel is Corrosion Resistant property makes it usable in place like hospital where many medicines and chemicals get contacted and affect metal. While with a special coating in stainless steel it becomes immune to acids. With this property it is widely used in body implant and surgical Equipment.

5. Durability How durable stainless steel is? Stainless steel is used in construction, aerospace and many heavy duty place like bridges, Building’s structure, automobiles, space shuttle. Stainless steel is prefered after titanium in medical industry because it’s durability and cost efficiency.

6. Sanitization Stainless steel is not an Antimicrobial metal, still it is used because with help of sanitizing solutions anyone can sanitise stainless steel easily. High temperature resistance, with heat treatment sanitizing is possible. In remote area this helps doctors many times. Some medical Equipment manufacturer are developing a technique that adding some component makes stainless steel self cleaning

7. Stainless Steel In the Orthopedic Industry Safe and strong enough to implant in Human body stainless steel is used in cases like broken leg, joint replacement. A prosthetic body parts like leg, hand, fingers are made with stainless steel. Use of stainless steel is growing day by day as new applications are found

8. Stainless Steel In Dental Industry You will find stainless steel in many for at your dentist. Mouth prop, Dental mirror, Cheek retractor, Tongue retractor, Lip retractor, Steel Wire. Low cost and high performance makes it possible to use stainless steel in dental industry

9. Medical Stainless Steel Grades and components • Grade 17-4PH • Grade 304 • Grade 304L • Grade 316L • Grade 410 • Grade 420

10. Grade 304 Non-magnetic stainless steel containing chromium from 15% to 20% and nickel from 2% to 11%, maximum carbon of 0.08%. versatile type of steel used in most of the industry.

11. Grade 304L Lowe carbon variant of grade 304 containing chromium from 18% to 20% and nickel from 8% to 12%, maximum carbon of 0.03%. can be welded by fusion and resistance welding processes.

12. Grade 316L It is second importance after grade 304 in austenitic stainless second in importance to 304 amongst the austenitic stainless steels containing chromium from 16% to 18% and nickel from 10% to 14%, maximum carbon of 0.03%, Molybdenum from 2% to 3 %.

13. Grade 410 It is general-purpose stainless steel containing chromium from 11.50% to 13.50% and a maximum of 0.15% carbon.

14. Grade 420 High-carbon steel with a minimum chromium content and can be hardened with a heat process. contains chromium from 12% to 14% and a minimum of 0.15% carbon.

15. Hospital beds Wheelchairs Surgical equipment such as scalpels Orthopedic implants (Predominantly 316 / 316L) Artificial heart valves (Predominantly 316 / 316L) Chemical / Hazardous waste containers Screws Prostheses Plates Medical needles Medical syringes Sensor probes Catheters Otolaryngology ear scope nozzles Sinks Bowls Knives Stainless Steel Equipments

16. Vishwa Stainless Pvt. Ltd. Vishwa Stainless Pvt. Ltd. manufactures stainless steel bright round bars, hex bars, square bars in various grades such as 17-4PH, 304, 304L, 316L, 420, 410, which is widely used in medical equipment manufacturer. We are a leading stainless steel bright bars manufacturer and exporter in India providing high-quality products for various industries. For Business Inquiry Contact Us

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