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Alloys for Industries & Markets
The alloys manufactured by Special Metals are used in a wide range of industries and applications around the world, including:
Aerospace Engineering
Aerospace Engineering
The first of the NIMONIC®alloys made the prototype jet engines of the early 1940s a practical reality. Today, the superalloys of the INCONEL®, NIMONIC®, INCOLOY®and UDIMET®series are used for their hot strength in civil and military engines, from combustors, through power turbines, to exhaust systems. The NILO®alloys are used for tooling for the production of composites.
Our alloys are specified for applications in commercial jets, supersonic military aircraft, helicopters and space exploration programs.
Power Generation
Power Generation
From superalloys for land-base gas turbines, to feedwater and superheater tubing in coal- and oil-fired utilities, to nuclear engineering, the INCONEL® , INCOLOY®, NIMONIC®, MONEL® and UDIMET® alloys are used for their corrosion resistance and high-temperature strength. And we have alloy products used in solar engineering and nuclear fission development programs.
Automotive Engineering
Automotive Engineering
New engine ratings and pollution control requirements are creating new applications for the INCOLOY®, INCONEL®, NIMONIC® and other high-nickel alloys in exhaust systems, exhaust valves, spark plugs, ignition equipment, sensors, electrical and electronic switchgear, and safety devices.
Welding
Welding
Our Welding Products Company produces a range of coated electrodes, filler metals and flux-cored filler wires, weld strip and fluxes for joining nickel alloys, high-performance steels, dissimilar metals and cast irons. Welding Products Company's trademarks include INCO-WELD® , INCO-CORED® and NI-ROD® .
Electrical Resistance
Electrical Resistance Heating
From industrial furnaces to household ranges, water heaters and toasters, alloys of the RESISTOHM® and BRIGHTRAY® series are used for wire, ribbon and strip heating elements. The INCOLOY® and INCONEL® alloys are used for seam-welded tubing for element sheathing, and other alloys are used for starter and traction resistors in locomotives and other heavy engineering applications.
Telecommunications
Electronics & Telecommunications
The physical properties of the pure nickel grades and the nickel-iron alloys account for their use for a variety of applications from precision components to glass/metal seals, magnetic shields and integrated circuits.
Heat Treatment
Thermal Processing and Heat Treatment
With high-temperature strength and resistance to corrosion by furnace atmospheres, the INCOLOY®, INCONEL® and NIMONIC® alloys are used for furnace components such as radiant tubes, muffles, retorts, belts and hearths, and for the jigs and carriers that support the work through the heat-treatment processes. KOTHERM® and NIOTHERM® wires and INCOTHERM™ alloy seamless tubing are used for thermocouples.
Pollution Control
Pollution Control and Waste Processing
Helping meet new standards for clean-up and conservation, our products are used in power utilities and municipal and hazardous waste management systems, calling for the highest known performance from metallic materials working in aggressively corrosive environments. Applications include stack linings, scrubbers, boiler tubing and heat-exchangers.
Oil & Gas Extraction
Oil & Gas Extraction
On land and offshore, the INCONEL®, INCOLOY® and MONEL® alloys are used for applications ranging from downhole tubulars and tools, through well-head hardware and processing equipment, to flare booms. Some of these alloys are particularly useful for wells where sour gas and oil products at high-temperatures could create major operating problems.
Petrochemical Proc...
Petrochemical Processing
The INCOLOY® and INCONEL® high-temperature corrosion-resistant alloys are used for vessels, reactors, heat-exchangers, pyrolysis tubing, pigtails, headers and transfer piping. In this largely continuous process industry, the predictably reliable performance of these alloys is a major benefit to plant designers and operators.
Marine Engineering
Marine Engineering
This is one of the longest established applications for nickel alloys; MONEL® was first registered as a trademark in 1906. Today our products are used for their resistance to seawater corrosion in marine and submarine applications, on offshore platforms and in power and process plants using seawater as a coolant.
MONEL ®alloys
Inconel®alloys
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INCOLOY®alloys
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Hastelloy®alloys
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Other alloys
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Available forms are seamless pipe, welded pipe, seamless tube, welded tube, bar, wire, sheet, plate, forgings, pipe fittings and flanges..
| Products |
Standard |
| Sheet/Plate content |
ASTM B443, AMS 5599, AMS 5869, ISO 6208, VdTüV 499, BS 3072NA21, EN 10095, DIN 17750 |
| Round Bar/Wire content |
ASTM B446, AMS 5666, AMS 5837, ISO 9723, ISO 9724, ISO 9725, VdTüV 499, BS3076NA21, EN 10095, DIN 17752, DIN 17753, DIN 17754 |
| Pipe & Tube content |
ASTM B444, ASTM B751, ASTM B829, ASTM B775, ASTM B705, ASTM B704, AMS 5581, ISO 6207, VdTüV 499, BS 3074NA21, DIN 17751 |
| Fittings content |
ASTM B366 |
| Forgings content |
ASTM B564, AMS 5666 |
| Weld Wire content |
AWS A5.14 ERNiCrMo-3, AWS A5.11 ENiCrMo-3, DIN 1736 SG NiCr20Mo9Nb |
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