What does Inconel sheets, plates and strips used for
What does Inconel sheets, plates and strips used for
Inconel sheets, plates and strips are often encountered in extreme environments. Inconel sheets, plates and strips are common in gas turbine blades, seals, and combustors, as well as turbocharger rotors and seals, electric submersible well pump motor shafts, high temperature fasteners, chemical processing and pressure vessels, heat exchanger tubing, steam generators in nuclear pressurized water reactors, natural gas processing with contaminants such as H2S and CO2, firearm sound suppressor blast baffles, and Formula One and NASCAR exhaust systems. Inconel sheets, plates and strips are increasingly used in the boilers of waste incinerators. The Joint European Torus vessel is made in Inconel sheets, inconel plates and strips.
Inconel sheets, plates and strips are also used for the lightweight sport exhaust of recent supercars, the McLaren MP4-12C and the Koenigsegg Agera.
Inconel sheets, plates and strips are also used in the construction of higher end firearms sound suppressors and muzzle devices. This is especially common in suppressors designed to be especially small or for use with machine guns.
Rolled Inconel was frequently used as the recording medium by engraving in black box recorders on aircraft.
Alternatives to the use of Inconel in chemical applications such as scrubbers, columns, reactors, and pipes are Hastelloy, perfluoroalkoxy (PFA) lined carbon steel or fiber reinforced plastic.