result Spotlight: Materials High-strength stainless armor Custom 465 stainless.

result Spotlight: Materials

High-strength stainless armor

Custom 465 stainless, a modern stainless alloy, provides strength and fracture toughness for instruments used in the medical industry. The novel material is well-suited to clamping, spreading, and impacting instruments.

When peak aged, Custom 465 stainless retains higher notch tensile toughness than other precipitation-hardenable grades. Its notch toughness proffers potential design advantages, including the ability to model instrument size and to use tighter radii. Custom 465 stainless is a premium-melted,

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