As one low nickel material, 201 stainless steel had been deemed as a replacement of 304 stainless steel at the very beginning.

Now that there has been wide application of all pot parts.

According to the different application parts, the shape to use stainless 201 is different, and they are mainly 201 stainless steel plates, 201 stainless steel bars and 201 stainless steel tubes.

      According to different annealing temperatures and time, the stainless steel plate with different hardness and elongation rate could be gained.

The 201 stainless steel plate is mainly used to make pot body. It is seldom to be made as the bottom of pot for having no magnetism, so the use is restricted and it could not be used in electromagnetic furnace.

Many stainless steel coil factories would have a shorter annealing times in order to increase output and cost down,it can meet be needs of most customers.But it could not be drawing. It is only suitable for the materials with simple bending.So if you need good tensile 201 stainless steel coil materials and there is no professional supplier,you’re likely to end up material that doesn’t drawing.

Therefore, each batch of drawing stainless steel coil needs to be customized by the stainless steel coil factory according to our required hardness, tensile strength and elongation rate to ensure the stretching effect.

      When the kitchenware factory first used drawing 201 stainless steel coil,you may encounter the following situations.

1. The 201 stainless steel plant cracks when drawing.
2. After drawing the 201 stainelss steel product breaks by own.
3. The 201 stainless steel product cracks when polishing.
4. After drawing for more than 5-20 days,the product crack.

If the crack occurs at drawing stage,it could be several things

• Stainless steel material
• Die clearance
• Lubricating oil
• press pressure

If the crack after drawing stage,it’s caused by stress in the material.

These situations are the problem of annealing treatment after drawing.

There should be annealing treatment for material 201 after stretching because it could eliminate the internal force raised by the deformation. This is the uniqueness with other drawing materials.

Along with the vast of application of 201 stainless steel coil, everybody have more understanding on the material.

Now some factories stimulate the production process suitable for stainless steel 201 according to the research outcomes of some experts, so that there is no bigger force after stretching, and it could be producted to be the finished one without annealing treatment.

You can read the article in my blog.

      The stainless steel 201 rod is mainly used for the pot handle and lid knob.

According to the different requirements of finished products, the stainless steel 201 stainless steel rods could be made to be different section, and then it is installed to the pot through bending, flattening, punching, polishing, welding or riveting.

The main shapes are circular section, elliptical section, semi elliptical section, square or rectangular section.

As for the materials to make kitchenware, we also require that the material is easy to polish and does not crack after bending and flattening, and the surface is free of scratches and sand holes, so as to adapt to the customers to polishing handle and knob.

In China, most of kitchenware factories use stainless steel 667 or 669 that have replaced stainless steel 201 basically for the lower price and better performance.

They are used in the same way, so please contact our company for the materials if your company wants to make pot handle with it.

      201 stainless steel tube is widely used in cookware.

they are mainly used for the cookware handle and knob since it would be light and cheaper

When it is made with tube materials, the hollow tube would increase the time of heat conduction.

      The stainless steel handles by rods or bakelite handle for the lower price and durability.

201 stainless steel casting handle and knob have advantages as follow:

• Unique appearance,
• It is one-third cheaper than 304 stainless steel casting.

To reduce the price, most of 201 stainless steel casting handles and knob are hollow, which would increase the time of heat conduction, reduce the weight of casting and the cost.

201 stainless steel casting handles and knob are surface hairline or mirror polishing.