Stainless steel processing - Import export

Surgical Implant 316L is a double melted stainless steel, regarded as a medical grade, this stainless steel is melted to achieve high levels of purity and cleanliness. It has excellent resistance to both general and intergranular corrosion, and pitting and crevice corrosion. The double melting allows for superior surface finish. Surgical implant 316L Stainless Steel is our most commonly sold medical stainless steel. Beyond removing impurities, this process, in combination with the unique nickel and chromium content of 316, tends to facilitate the formation of the surface chromium oxide layer that makes stainless steel corrosion resistant. There is some belief that surgical implant 316L forms a more substantial surface layer, and that this plays a strong role in protecting the host body from reactions to the nickel content of the material. Please note that we have a minimum order value of £10,000.