Wow, thanks for all the posts!
In response to some of the veins people are taking, the 316L has been used routinely for 10 years in this application. It’s not perfect, you do lose mass over time but you do get several years of service. Basically, this is a hot dip galvalume operation and the...
I have a vendor that is requesting a deviation from a drawing spec for 316L stainless steel that requires 0% ferrite on a Schaeffler diagram. The deviation has lower nickel which would put us at 5% ferrite. The application is a structural "arm" in a molten bath of 55 %Al - 43.5 %Zn - 1.5 %Si at...
