Stainless Steel Channel steel

Stainless steel channel offers a wide variety of features and come in a variety of dimensions at Stainless Shapes. Stainless steel channel is shaped using a vertical web with top and bottom flanges at a 90-degree angle to the web and inside radius corners to increase the channel’s strength. Channel can be hot-rolled, extruded, or laser-fused. The following benefits and features make stainless steel channel a great choice for a wide range of industries and applications.

Corrosion resistance makes channel an ideal product for chemical, petrochemical, and waste treatment applications
Low cost
High-temperature resistance
Surface finish is ideal for food, medical and pharmaceutical manufacturing applications
Easily machinable
Weld to exact tolerances

Stainless steel channel dimensions that need consideration are the same dimensions that apply to each of our products. There is height, width, thickness, and length; these all need to fit certain measurements. The height and width are key factors in deciding what kind of channel you need for your application.

Hot rolled stainless steel channel meets the following standards:

ASTM A276
ASTM A484
ASTM A479
ASME SA479
Laser fused stainless steel channel is produced to:

ASTM A1069/A1069M/11
Dimensional tolerances, and grades according to:

ASTM A276
ASTM A484
ASTM A479/A479

Depending on your application and industry, there are two kinds of channel to choose from, U-Channel and C-Channel. Though there are no specific terms, generally the parts of stainless-steel channel are called ‘body’ and ‘legs’. A long body with short legs is a ‘c’ channel, while a short body with long legs is called a ‘u’ channel.

C-Channel: C-channel tends to have shorter legs and thinner bodies overall. This way it can resemble the ‘c’ shape that it is named after. C channel steel is available in:
• 304L
• 316L
Stainless C channel can withstand corrosive environments and is best used around chemicals, acids, and salt water. We offer laser fused non-tapered or hot rolled C channels, tapered.

U-Channel: The U channel is like a square. The best way to produce it is to make all of the portions symmetrical. The U-channel is extremely durable and very reliable. Material available in:
• 304L
• 316L
U channel is offered in laser fused non-tapered with smooth bead blast finish. Stainless Shapes offers custom made to order U channels up to 40’ long. Contact Stainless Shapes today for more information!

 

 

Products	Production	H	B	TW	TF	EST-WT	Alloys
C3 X 4.1	Hot Rolled	3	1.41	0.17	0.273	4.1	•304-304/L •316-316/L
C3 X 5	Laser Fused	3	1.5	0.258	0.273	5	•304-304/L •316-316/L
C3 X 6	Laser Fused	3	1.6	0.356	0.273	6	•304-304/L •316-316/L
C4 X 5.4	Hot Rolled	4	1.58	0.184	0.296	5.4	•304-304/L •316-316/L
C4 X 6.25	Hot Rolled	4	1.65	0.247	0.272	6.25	•304-304/L •316-316/L
C5 X 6.7	Hot Rolled	5	1.75	0.19	0.32	6.7	•304-304/L •316-316/L
C5 X 9	Hot Rolled	5	1.89	0.325	0.32	9	•304-304/L •316-316/L
C6 X 8.2	Hot Rolled	6	1.92	0.2	0.343	8.2	•304-304/L •316-316/L
C6 X 10.5	Hot Rolled	6	2.03	0.214	0.343	10.5	•304-304/L •316-316/L
C6 X 13	Hot Rolled	6	2.16	0.437	0.343	13	•304-304/L •316-316/L