CASE STUDIES Alloy 718 High strength nickel superalloy Swedish manufacturer Tractive AB approached Columbia Metals when searching for a material to replace the need for a protective coating on a critical steel component that was under frequent stress. Using the technical advice and expertise provided by Columbia Metals, allied with the support and responsiveness of the export sales team, a solution was quickly found. Tractive believed a high strength corrosion resistant steel would be the answer to their problem. The company required ultimate tensile strength (UTS) to be around 900N/mm 2 , or as high as possible, and needed the material to be highly resistant to corrosion and stress corrosion in strongly oxidising conditions. In addition, Tractive emphasised the importance of high levels o

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