Borinox - V3 - Data Sheet

Stainless steel is used when manufacturing components and equipment require some level of corrosion resistance. In most applications, corrosion as well as wear, due to abrasion, cold welding or cavitation, appear and pose new challenges to engineering and final production. The wear concern is not resolved without suitable surface hardening. Traditional methods, such as nitriding, help against mechanical wear, but simultaneously destroy the corrosion resistance of the stainless steel due to the precipitates of chromium nitrides during the process. High temperature processes involve the risk of dimensional and shape change. Lastly, overlay and surface coatings tend to flake off, cannot be applied with contour fidelity and provide insufficient wear protection due to the “eggshell effect.”