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Nickel-based alloys have a long history of application in this industry because of their durability, hygienic characteristics, low maintenance and outstanding overall performance

Nickel-based alloys are used extensively in the pharmaceutical industry for their corrosion resistance to both aqueous, gaseous and high temperature environments, their mechanical properties at all temperatures, and occasionally for their special physical properties.

Proper fabrication is critical for the cost-effective and long lasting use of the equipment. Nickel-based alloys are widely used in corrosion-resistance fabrications.

In many industrialised nations, a considerable portion of annual electricity output is generated from renewable energy sources. Nonetheless, at the global level, power generation from fossil fuels and nuclear energy will not diminish in coming years, but instead will keep growing.
In conventional power generation, the present challenges are to raise efficiency levels at power plants. In these cases, nickel alloys and special alloys often play a decisive role. Added to this is a whole range of peripheral applications in which nickel materials provided by ULTIMetals assist in putting environmentally-friendly technologies into operation.

Nickel-based materials are used in cars, trucks, and buses in the form of stainless steels, nickel alloys, and nickel-plating. Some of their applications are spark plugs, diesel valves, thermostats, turbochargers wheels and casings.

Our daily lives are made easier by a wealth of electronic devices. In almost every area of our personal and work life, electronic components play a very important and decisive role.
The Ferronickel alloys group exhibit a wide range of distinctive features in their physical properties. The main areas of technical application are supported by the electrical, magnetic and thermophysical properties of these alloys. Heat conducting and resistance materials, expansion alloys and soft magnetic materials play a vital role in Electrical and Electronics industry.

The production of oil and natural gas is a complex endeavor. Crude oil and natural gas are organic mixtures with sometimes widely varying composition depending on their deposits. The standard components of crude oil include hydrocarbons and sulphur, oxygen and nitrogen compounds. Natural gas consists of such gases as methane, ethane and propane and likewise contains other secondary constituents such as sulphuric acid. Resistance to pitting, crevice and stress corrosion is therefore one of the most important characteristics of materials used in the oil and gas production.

The advantages of nickel, zirconium and cobalt alloys over other metallic materials are particularly evident in the construction of equipment for chemical and petrochemical processes. The chemical industry needs a wide variety of materials which protect their equipment against corrosion, while at the same time meeting stringent economic requirements.

Many alloys used in aerospace belong to the group known as superalloys. These alloys combine extreme temperature resistance with strong anticorrosive properties.
Most superalloys contain nickel or cobalt as their main constituent. Stability at high temperatures, high creep strength, good fatigue behavior, slow crack propagation, toughness and resistance to high-temperature oxidation comprise the critical properties and features of this group of materials.

Nickel-based alloys are used extensively in the Pulp and Paper industry for their corrosion resistance against the process liquors, and their good mechanical properties.

Transportation on the waters includes craft as small as pleasure boats to large ocean freighters carrying various cargos from wine to petroleum products. Nickel-based alloys have excellent seawater corrosion resistance combined with good anti-fouling properties to prevent marine growth from attaching.

With their low thermal expansion coefficients, the ferronickel alloys provided by ULTIMetals are highly sought after in medical technology and construction of medical diagnostic equipment