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Basic ferritic stainless steel with a good resistance to corrosion: widely used in appliances, grills and the automobile industry. Difficult to machine by chip removal but with good cold deformability qualities. Some precautions are necessary during welding.

Steel with the addition of sulfur only, in higher quantities than in 11SMn30; increased machinability at the expense of a slightly more accentuated fragility.

Steel similar to X6Cr17 (AISI 430), with the addition of niobium which improves its machinability on machine tools.

It is similar to X3CrNb17, but the addition of sulfur improves its machinability, making it however less resistant to corrosion. Used for machining with chip removal, it is the low carbon version of the American AISI 430F type. It is also used because of its low magnetic hysteresis characteristics.

Free-cutting steel with the addition of lead similar to the previous one, but with a higher sulfur content. It is the most common type in Italy and France and it provides excellent machinability. The Telyx version has a further improved machinability with respect to PS113.

Steel similar to X6Cr17 (AISI 430) with the addition of molybdenum, which confers a good resistance to atmospheric corrosion at room temperature and at higher temperatures.

The reference steel for the chromium-nickel austenitic stainless steel category, it has good resistance to corrosion, cold deformability, and polishability. Its versatility makes it widely used for cutlery, grills, urban fixtures, and appliances, as well as in the automobile industry and in other applications.

Steel with characteristics similar to X5CrNi18-10 (AISI 304) but with a limited carbon content, which determines a higher resistance to intercrystalline corrosion and improved weldability. The 304Plus version, in addition to a controlled sulfur content, undergoes a special processing during the steelworks process that further improves machinability by chip removal.

Thanks to extensive studies on the characteristics of stainless steels and market needs, Rodacciai has invented and patented Rodinox®, a low-nickel austenitic stainless steel wire with mechanical and corrosion resistance characteristics similar to those of 1.4301 (AISI 304), which it can replace in most cases.  The austenitic structure is obtained through an opportune balancing of Ni (lower than 304), Mn, Cu, and N (higher than AISI 304) contents; the other elements are similar to AISI 304. In addition to the complete range of drawn wire products used for household goods, appliances, grills, racks, bicycle spokes, clothesline wires, etc., Rodacciai has also developed Rodinox Plus® in bars, with improved machinability by chip removal characteristics.