Game-changing materials
We pour our hearts and minds into developing advanced materials which can make industrial processes more efficient, profitable and safer.
With a combination of world-leading research in metallurgy and extensive application knowledge, we continue to push the boundaries of what's possible forward. We will not rest until we find the answers that will help you change the game – for productivity, for energy efficiency, for safe operation.
If it is possible to do this with advanced stainless steels and special alloys, we will find a way. In close cooperation with you , we will develop material with exactly the qualities needed for your processes and products.
Some examples of material developments that have changed the game:
Sandvik Hiflex™ compressor valve steel
Making energy efficiency cool
With the number of refrigerators and air conditioning systems worldwide skyrocketing, it's essential to make them energy efficient. Sandvik Hiflex is a martensitic chromium strip steel grade with extremely high fatigue strength. It's been designed to meet the tough demands on compressor valves brought about by trends for smaller, highly energy-efficient compressors such as those found in refrigerators and cars.
Did you know?
Exchanging just a third of Chinese household refrigerators (about 125 million) into energy-smart models with compressor valves using material like Sandvik Hiflex could save 25TWH annually. That's enough energy to power one million Swedish houses for a year!
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Sandvik Sanergy™ pre-coated strip steel for fuel cells
Save the planet. Use more fuel (cells).
A fuel cell is an energy converter used to make electricity and heat from hydrogen and oxygen – with zero harmful emissions. A real "save the planet" idea. At Sandvik, we're proud to offer our materials expertise for the pre-coated stainless steel strip for fuel cells, a technology whose market is growing. With a unique, full-scale plant, we're ready to help fuel cell manufacturers put this great idea in more hands.
Did you know?
The only emission from fuel cells is pure water. That's clean energy to heat your home, power your smartphone, and move your car. In fact, a fuel cell vehicle has a range of about 500 km and is refueled in less than 5 minutes.
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Pressurfect™ seamless steel tubes for GDI
Handling the high pressure for fuel savings
Gasoline direct injection (GDI) technology in cars helps reduce fuel consumption by 20% or more and lowers emissions. Yet achieving this means a doubling of pressure in the fuel system. Sandvik has developed Pressurfect GDI tubes specifically to meet the higher pressure requirements for next-generation engine platforms. Plus, as the automotive industry chases every gram to reduce fuel consumption, The thin, seamless walls of Pressurfect tube offer a powerfully lighter alternative.
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Already in use by Ford, GM and others, high-pressure GDI fuel systems are now in more than 500,000 engines on the road, including the Ford EcoBoost series.
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Umbilical tubes
Diving deep for high performance
Today, the easily found oil is gone. We have to drill deeper and deeper. For offshore oil and gas extraction, umbilicals (just as their biological namesake) are essential links – delivering power, signals and more between surface rigs and ocean floor. They must simply work. Without fail. As a leading supplier of stainless steel tubing for umbilicals, we strive to set the standard for high performance at extreme depths with aggressive, chloride-rich environments.
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In the last 20 years, we've supplied over 100 million meters (330 million feet) of umbilical tubes. That's longer than diving to the bottom of the world's deepest ocean trench and back again 5,000 times!
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Hot isostatic pressed (HIP) products
Pressed for design flexibility
Powder technology yields material characteristics and product forms not possible with conventional production methods. Via hot isostatic pressing (HIP), steel powder allows compression into all kinds of shapes — even irregular and complex geometries. With these "near-net shape" products, you come close to the end form at once without the need for costly machining operations to remove excess material.
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You can get near-net shape products made by hot isostatic pressing in a range from 100 grams up to 15 tonnes in weight. A true material evolution!
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