Industry Knowledge

MTSCO Established in 2006, Serving customers from more than 100 countries and regions

Common Flaw Detection Methods For Welded Pipes

In the process of manufacturing and using welded pipe, nondestructive testing to ensure weld quality is particularly important.  The common nondestructive testing methods for welded pipes are: ultrasonic testing, off-line magnetic flux leakage testing and edd......

Learn more

What is Penetrant Testing?

Penetrant testing (abbreviated as PT) is a nondestructive testing method for inspecting surface opening defects based on the principle of capillary action. This method is one of the five conventional nondestructive testing methods and is a comprehensive scienc......

Learn more

The most widely used NDT: Radiographic Testing

Radiographic testing (RT). Radiography (RT) is a nondestructive testing method that uses X-ray or g-ray to penetrate the test piece and film as the equipment for recording information. This method is the most basic and widely used non-destructive testing metho......

Learn more

Will stainless steel rust? Yes!

When there are brown rust spots on the surface of stainless steel pipe, people are surprised: they think that "stainless steel is not rusty, rusty is not stainless steel, maybe there is a problem with the steel".In fact, this is a one-sided wrong view of the l......

Learn more

NDT Method: Eddy Current Testing

Based on the principle of electromagnetic induction, the nondestructive testing method is called nondestructive testing, which can nondestructive evaluate some properties of conductive materials and their workpieces by detecting the change of induced eddy curr......

Learn more

What is Ultrasonic Testing?

Ultrasonic testing is mainly used to detect buried defects in butt welds and cracks on the inner surface of pressure vessel welds. It is also used to detect possible cracks in Pressure Vessel Forgings and high-pressure bolts.Ultrasonic testing can be divided i......

Learn more

Why should stainless steel pipes be solution annealed?

Austenitic stainless steel is softened by solid solution treatment. Generally, the stainless steel pipe is heated to about 950 ~ 1150 ℃ and kept warm for a period of time, so that the carbides and various alloy elements are fully and evenly dissolved in auste......

Learn more

What are the types of welding?

Welding: usually refers to the welding of metal. It is a forming method to connect two separated objects into one by heating or pressurizing, or both at the same time.Classification: according to the different heating degree and process characteristics in the ......

Learn more

Why should steel pipes be heat treated?

The function of heat treatment is to improve the material mechanical properties of steel pipe, eliminate residual stress and improve its cutting performance.According to different purposes of heat treatment, heat treatment process can be divided into two categ......

Learn more

What kind of steel does ice skate use?

Skates are required in figure skating, synchronized skating, speed skating and short track events stipulated by the International Skating Union (ISU) and ice hockey events of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). What kind of steel is used for ice sk......

Learn more

Where are superalloys used?

Superalloy (also known as heat-resistant alloy) is a metal material with long-time creep resistance, high endurance strength and high corrosion resistance under the simultaneous action of stress and high temperature (above 600 ℃). With excellent oxidation res......

Learn more

Indexes that must be Known in Metal Tensile Test

Tension is a simple mechanical property test. Within the test gauge, the stress is uniform, the measurement of stress-strain and its performance indexes is stable, reliable and convenient for theoretical calculation. Through the tensile test, the most basic me......

Learn more

Welding Secret of Austenitic Stainless Steel

Stainless steel can be divided into four categories according to its steel structure, namely austenitic stainless steel, ferritic stainless steel, martensitic stainless steel and AUSTENITIC FERRITIC duplex stainless steel. The following mainly analyzes the wel......

Learn more

Bad Welding? Let's See What Factors Affect It

Weldability of metal materials refers to the ability of metal materials to obtain excellent welded joints under certain welding processes, including welding methods, welding materials, welding specifications and welding structure forms. If a metal can use more......

Learn more

2021, MTSCO, thanks for meeting you !

Last week, Jiaxing MT Stainless Steel held the annual year-end summary meeting. 2021 was an extraordinary year for international trade and steel industry. The global epidemic has not been alleviated, and China shoulders most of the production responsibility......

Learn more

The Machinability of Metal

The machinability of metal materials usually refers to a kind of performance or quality that can be clearly defined and measured as a sign of its machinability. Generally speaking, good machinability should be: good tool durability or high cutting speed under ......

Learn more

Do You Know Which Materials Are Used for Shot Peening Projectiles?

Different kinds of projectiles:1. The hardness of cast steel shot is generally 40 ~ 50HRC. When processing hard metal, the hardness can be increased to 57 ~ 62Hrc. Cast steel shot has good toughness and is widely used. Its service life is several times that of......

Learn more

How to Pickle and Passivate Stainless Steel?

1. Impregnation method:stainless steel pipeline, elbow and small parts are most suitable for this method, and the treatment effect is the best. Because the treated parts can be fully immersed in pickling and passivation solution, the surface reaction is compl......

Learn more

Why can Stainless Steel Resist Corrosion?

The corrosion resistance of stainless steel is mainly due to the addition of a high content of Cr element in the steel. Cr element is easy to oxidize and can quickly form a dense Cr2O3 oxide film on the surface of the steel. The corrosion resistance of stainle......

Learn more

Why should 304/ 316 not be used for flange joints?

In the actual operation of flange joint, bolt force relaxation is inevitable, and the bolt force of initial tightening will always drop with time. Especially for flange joints under high temperature and severe cycle conditions, after 10000 hours of operation, ......

Learn more

What impact will be on steel for different carbon content?

Carbon steel is divided into:①Mild steel with carbon content less than 0.25%;② Medium carbon steel with carbon content of 0.25% ~ 0.6%;③ High carbon steel with carbon content greater than 0.6%.Mild steel is a carbon steel with carbon content less than 0.25%......

Learn more

What are the effects of different elements during steelmaking?

P is brought into steel by ore. generally speaking, phosphorus is also a harmful element. Although phosphorus can increase the strength and hardness of steel, it can significantly reduce the plasticity and impact toughness. Especially at low temperature, it ma......

Learn more

Do you know the influence of these 4 elements on the properties of steel?

C is the main element second only to iron, which directly affects the strength, plasticity, toughness and weldability of steel.When the carbon content in steel is below 0.8%, the strength and hardness of steel increase, while the plasticity and toughness decre......

Learn more

What is finned tube high efficiency heat exchanger?

Low finned tube high efficiency heat exchangerThe low finned tube of the low finned tube heat exchanger is a special tube whose outer surface is rolled into threaded fins. The low finned tube not only increases the heat exchange area, but also divides the flui......

Learn more