12 Factors Related Stainless Steel Strip Selection: Beginner’s Guide

Stainless steel strip, also called stainless steel strip coil and strip stainless steel.

If you are the beginner of this area, you will be an expert through this guide.

The proportion of the nickel and chromium added is different, and the mechanical properties and application fields of the stainless steel strip produced are different.

It is mainly manifested in the following 12 aspects.

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1.6 Tolerance Of Thickness And Width

1.7 Coil Inner Diameter

1.8 Surface Treatment

1.9 Edge

1.10 Mechanical Properties

1.11 Weight

1.12 Packaging Type

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12 Factors Related Stainless Steel Strip Selection

Standard

What are stainless steel strips standards?

The stainless steels strip can be of the GB, ASTM, JIS, GOST, and DIN standard types, etc.

Usually the ASTM A 240 is the common standard in global market. If you come from Japan, you should consider to JIS standard to order your strips cargo.

Here below are the stainless steel standards from different countries.

China GB 1220-92	Russia GOST 5632-72	Japan JIS G4303-91	USA ASTM A276-96	BELGIUM BS970Part1 BSEN10088-1-95	GERMANY DIN17400-96 DINEN10088-1-95	FRANCE NFA35-578-91 NFEN10088-1-95	ISO 683/13-86 TR4956/84
1Cr17Mn6Ni5N	–	SUS201	201	X12CrMnNiN 17-7-5	X12CrMnNiN 17-7-5	X12CrMnNiN 17-7-5	A-2
1Cr18Mn8Ni5N	12KH17G9AH4	SUS202	202	X12CrMnNiN 18-9-5	X12CrMnNiN 18-9-5	X12CrMnNiN 18-9-5	A-3
1Cr17Ni7	–	SUS301	301	BS970Part1-96 301S21	–	NFA35-574-95 Z12CN17.07	14
1Cr18Ni9	12KH18H9	SUS302	302	302S31	DIN17440-96 X12CrNi18-9	Z10CN18.09	12
Y1Cr18Ni9	–	SUS303	303	303S31	X12CrNiS18-9	Z10CNF18.09	17
Y1Cr18Ni9Se	12KH18H10E	SUS303Se	303Se	303S42	–	–	17a
0Cr18Ni9	08KH18H10	SUS304	304	304S31	X5CrNi18-10	Z7CN18.09	11
00Cr19Ni11	03KH18H11	SUS304L	304L	304S11	X2CrNi19-11	X2CrNi19-11	10
0Cr19Ni9N	–	SUS304N1	304N	–	–	–	–
0Cr19Ni10NbN	–	SUS304N2	XM21	–	–	–	–
00Cr18Ni10N	–	SUS304LN	–	X2CrNiN18-10	X2CrNiN18-10	X2CrNiN18-10	10N
1Cr18Ni12	12KH18H12T	SUS305	305	X4CrNi18-12	X4CrNi18-12	X4CrNI18-12	13
0Cr23Ni13	–	SUS309S	309S	–	–	NFA35-578-91 Z15CN23-13	15
0Cr25Ni20	–	SUS310S	310S	310S31	–	Z8CN25-20	16
0Cr17Ni12Mo2	08KH17H13M2T	SUS316	316	316S31	X5CrNiMo17-12-2	Z7CND17-12-2	20 20a
0Cr18Ni12Mo2Ti	08KH17H13M2T	SUS316Ti	316Ti S31635	320S31	X6CrNiMoTi17-12-2	X6CrNiMoTi17-12-2	21
00Cr17Ni14Mo2	03KH17H14M2	SUS316L	316L	316S13	X2CrNiMo18-14-3	X2CrNiMo17-12-2	19 19a
0Cr17Ni12Mo2N	–	SUS316N	316N	X5CrNiMo17-12-2	X5CrNiMo17-12-2	X5CrNiMo17-12-2	–
00Cr17Ni13Mo2N	–	SUS316LN	316LN	X2CrNiMo17-11-2	X2CrNiMoN17-11-2	X2CrNiMo17-11-2	19N 19aN
0Cr18Ni12Mo2Cu2	–	SUS316J1	–	–	–	–	–
00Cr18Ni14Mo2Cu2	–	SUS316JIL	–	–	–	–	–
0Cr19Ni13Mo3	08KH17H15M3T	SUS317	317	316S33	X5CrNiMo17-13-3	–	–
00Cr19Ni13Mo3	03KH16H15M3	SUS317L	317L	Part-4 317S12	X2CrNiMo18-15-4	X2CrNiMo18-15-4	24
0Cr18Ni16Mo5	–	SUS317J1	–	–	–	–	–
1Cr18Ni9Ti	12KH18H10T	–	321	321S31	X6CrNitI18-10	X6CrNiTi18-10	11
0Cr18Ni10Ti	08KH18H10T	SUS321	321	321S31	X6CrNiTi18-10	X6CrNiTi18-10	15
0Cr18Ni11Nb	08KH18H12B	SUS347	347	347S31	X6CrNiNb18-10	X6CrNiNb18-10	16
0Cr18Ni9Cu3		SUSXM7	XM7	X3CrNiCu18-9-4	X3CrNiCu18-9-4	X3CrNiCu18-9-4	–
0Cr18Ni13Si4	–	SUSXM15J1	XM15	–	–	–	–
0Cr26Ni5Mo2	–	SUS329J1	–	–	–	–	–
1Cr18Ni11Si4AlTi	15KH18H12G4TYU	–	–	–	–	–	–
0Cr13Al	–	SUS405	405	405S31	X6CrAl13	X6CrAl13	5
00Cr12	–	SUS410L	–	–	–	Z3CT12	–
1Cr17	12KH17	SUS430	430	430S17	X6Cr17	X6Cr17	8
YCr17		SUS430F	–	–	X6CrMoS17	–	8a
1Cr17Mo		SUS434	–	X6CrMo17-1	X6CrMo17-1	X6CrMo17-1	9c
00Cr30Mo2		SUS447J1	–	–	–	–	–
00Cr27Mo		SUSXM27	XM27	–	–	–	–
1Cr12		SUS403	403	410S21	X6Cr13	X6Cr13	3
1Cr13	12KH13	SUS410	410	410S21	X12Cr13	–	3
0Cr13Ae		SUS405	405	403S17	X6Cr13	X6Cr13	1
Y1Cr13		SUS416	–	416S21	–	X12CrS13	7
1Cr13Mo		SUS410J1	–	–	–	–	X12CrM126
2Cr13	20KH13	SUS420J1	420	420S37	X20Cr13	X20Cr13	4
3Cr13	30KH13	SUS420J2	420	420S37	X30Cr13	X30Cr13	5
Y3Cr13		SUS420F	–	–	–	–	–
4Cr13	40KH13	–	–	X46Cr13	X46Cr13	X46Cr13	–
1Cr17Ni2	14KH17H2	SUS431	431	431S29	X17CrNi16-2	X17CrNi16-2	96
7Cr17		SUS440A	–	–	–	–	–
8Cr17		SUS440B	–	–	–	–	–
9Cr17	95KH18	SUS440C	–	–	–	–	–
11Cr17		SUS440C	–	–	–	–	–
Y11Cr17		SUS440F	–	–	–	–	–
9Cr18Mo		SUS440C	440C	–	–	–	–
9Cr18MoV		–	–	X90CrMoV18	X90CrMoV18	X90CrMoV18	–
0Cr17Ni4Cu4Nb		SUS630	ASTM A564M-95 S17400		–	–	ISO683/16-76 1
0Cr17Ni7Al	09KH17H7YU	SUS631	17700	X7CrNiAL17-7	X7CrNiAl17-7	X7CrNiAl17-7	2

More Information: Please view worldstainless.org

Grade

Common use stainless steel strips grades are often represented by digital symbols.

There are 200 series, 300 series, and 400 series.

200 Series: Chromium-nickel-manganese austenitic stainless steel
300 Series: Chromium-nickel austenitic stainless steel
400 Series: Ferritic and martensitic stainless steel

They are expressed in the United States standard, such as 201, 202, 304, 316, 410, 420, 430, etc.

Chinese stainless steel grades are It is indicated by element symbols plus numbers, such as 1Cr18Ni9Ti, 0Cr18Ni9, 00Cr19Ni10, 1Cr17, 3Cr13, 1Cr17Ni7, etc.

Before sending us the inquiry of stainless steel strips, you should indicate the detailed grade of them.

Application

Stainless steel strips have excellent strength, precision surface finish, and are widely used in many industries such as aerospace, petrochemicals, automobiles, textiles, electronics, home appliances, computers, and precision parts processing.

When customers need stainless steel strip for welded pipe production, we will help display our case study for reference.

And our staff work for many applications with rich experience.

Thickness

The conventional thickness of cold rolled stainless steel strip is between 0.1mm and 3mm, and hot rolled strip thickness will be 3mm to 6mm.

Superb thin stainless steel strip thickness(0.02mm to 0.1mm) can be produced as customers requests.

Width

The conventional width of cold rolled stainless steel strip is between 10mm and 600mm

hot rolled strip width will be 600mm to 2000mm.

Special width(minimum 1.4mm) will be manufactured as customer’s requirements.

Tolerance Of Thickness And Width

Stainless Steel Strips Thickness Tolerance: Normally it would be +/-0.01mm. For precision stainless steel foils applications, it would be +/-0.002mm.

Stainless Steel Strips Width Tolerance: Normally it would be +/-0.10mm. For precision stainless steel strips applications, it would be +/-0.02mm.

You can check our below excel list for reference.

Thickness（mm）	Width＜125mm	125mm≤Width＜250mm	250mm≤Width＜600mm
≥0.03-0.10	±0.06T	±0.10T	±0.10T
≥0.10-0.15	±0.01	±0.015	±0.020
≥0.15-0.20	±0.015	±0.020	±0.025
≥0.20-0.25	±0.015	±0.020	±0.025
≥0.25-0.30	±0.018	±0.025	±0.030
≥0.30-0.40	±0.020	±0.025	±0.030
≥0.40-0.50	±0.025	±0.030	±0.040
≥0.50-0.60	±0.030	±0.030	±0.040
≥0.60-0.80	±0.030	±0.040	±0.040
≥0.80-1.00	±0.030	±0.040	±0.050
≥1.00-1.20	±0.040	±0.050	±0.050
≥1.20-1.50	±0.050	±0.060	±0.060
≥1.50-2.00	±0.060	±0.070	±0.070
≥2.00-2.50	±0.070	±0.070	±0.080
≥2.50-3.00	±0.080	±0.080	±0.090

Coil Inner Diameter

Coil inner diameter can be divided into many types such as 200mm, 300mm, 400mm, 500mm, etc.

According to customer’s plant equipment core diameter, choosing the right coil inner diameter of each stainless steel strip.

Surface Treatment

Through different processing methods of cold rolling and surface reprocessing after cold rolling, the surface finish of stainless steel can have different types.

The surface processing of stainless steel strips have NO.1, 2B, 2D, No. 4, HL, No. 6, No. 8, BA, TR hard, Rerolled bright 2H, polishing bright and other surface finishes, etc.

Edge

Rolling Edge
Slit Edge
Deburred Edge
Square Edge
Square With Round Angle Type Edge
Round Edge

Mechanical Properties

The mechanical properties of stainless steels strip includes hardness, YS, TS, elongation, etc.

Many customers are very concerned the hardness when buying stainless steel strip from China market. Hardness is directly related to the chemical composition of the stainless steel. Different states also have a great influence. Our hardness range is from 150HV to 600HV.

The surface processing of stainless steel strips have NO.1, 2B, 2D, No. 4, HL, No. 6, No. 8, BA, TR hard, Rerolled bright 2H, polishing bright and other surface finishes, etc.

Grade	Standard	Yield Strength Rp0.2 (N/mm²)	Tensile Strength Rm (N/mm²)	Elongation %	Hardness (HV)	Hardness (HRB)
201	ASTM A240	≥ 275	≥ 520	≥ 35	≤ 260	≤ 101
202	ASTM A240	≥ 275	≥ 520	≥ 40	≤ 218	≤ 95
301	ASTM A240	≥ 205	≥ 520	≥ 40	≤ 200	≤ 90
304	ASTM A240	≥ 205	≥ 515	≥ 40	≤ 210	≤ 92
304L	ASTM A240	≥ 205	≥ 520	≥ 40	≤ 200	≤ 90
316L	ASTM A240	≥ 177	≥ 480	≥ 40	≤ 200	≤ 90
316Ti	ASTM A240	≥ 205	≥ 520	≥ 40	≤ 200	≤ 90
317L	ASTM A240	≥ 205	≥ 515	≥ 40	≤ 218	≤ 95
309S	ASTM A240	≥ 205	≥ 515	≥ 40	≤ 218	≤ 95
310S	ASTM A240	≥ 205	≥ 520	≥ 40	≤ 200	≤ 90
321	ASTM A240	≥ 205	≥ 520	≥ 40	≤ 200	≤ 90
347	ASTM A240	≥ 205	≥ 520	≥ 35	≤ 200	≤ 90
410S	ASTM A240	≥ 205	≥ 440	≥ 20	≤ 210	≤ 92
420J2	ASTM A240	≥ 225	≥ 540	≥ 18	≤ 180	≤ 80
430	ASTM A240	≥ 206	≥ 450	≥ 22	≤ 200	≤ 88
2205	ASTM A240	≥ 450	≥ 620	≥ 25	≤ 293	≤ 30
2507	ASTM A240	≥ 450	≥ 620	≥ 25	≤ 290	≤ 30
253 MA®	ASTM	≥ 310	≥ 600	≥ 40	≤ 217	≤ 95
254 SMO®	ASTM	≥ 300	≥ 650	≥ 35	≤ 223	≤ 96
654 SMO®	ASTM	≥ 430	≥ 750	≥ 40	≤ 250	≤ 100
904L	ASTM	≥ 216	≥ 490	≥ 35	-	≤ 90
UNS N08926	ASTM	≥ 295	≥ 650	≥ 35	-	≤ 100
UNS S17400	ASTM	≥ 725	≥ 930	≥ 10	-	-

Weight

For some shipment case, agent of shipping companies do not allow the more weight cargo loading. So each coil with the packaging all gross weight should not be more than 1500kg.

In other condition, customer’s factory line only slit light weight stainless steel strip. So they hope all coils net weight can not be more 600kg.

When you want to place the order to us, please advise how many tons should be packaged before shipment.

Packaging Type

Standard export wooden pallet or wooden case are workable. Also we can meet special requirements from your requests. Delivering strip in coil, hard paper core inside. Eye to wall and eye to sky are both available.

In addition, clear labels are tagged on the outside of the packages for easy identification of the strip before shipment.

Special packaging methods can be done as your requests.

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