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Stainless steel balls are divided into 3 big families: Austenitic and Martensitic and Ferritic grades. Austenitic grades (stainless steel balls) are commonly in use for stainless steel application and are widely known as 300 series. They are the most corrosion resistant of the stainless steel grades. They are recommended when there is a food contact. They have a good resistance to water, oil, steam, alcohol, organic chemicals, oxidant solutions and a relative resistance to sulphuric acid compounds. They are not or lightly Ferro-magnetic. They are not hardened. Martensitic grades (stainless steel balls) are corrosion resistant and have higher hardness. These grades are Ferro-magnetic. They can be used in water, oil, steam, alcohol. They are mainly used where hardness, strength and wear resistance are required. Ferritic grades resist to corrosion and oxidation, and are resistant to stress corrosion cracking. These steels are Ferro-magnetic but cannot be hardened or strengthened by heat treatment. They are more corrosive resistant than the Martensitic grades, but inferior to the austenitic grades.AISI 420

Low carbon steel balls also called case hardened carbon provide substantial savings for applications where moderate loads and low speed are requested. Typical applications include: bearings, castors, conveyors, bicycles. - High carbon steel balls is through hardened and can be used for higher loads. It is a good alternative to chrome balls.

Chrome steel balls are widely used in high speed ball bearings, as well as, in a number of other industrial applications. Chrome steel balls have excellent surface quality, high hardness and high load bearing capacity, as a result of through hardening. International Equivalents for chrome steel balls:AISI 52100, EN31, JIS G4805 SUJ2, Wks 1.3505

Plastic balls are manufactured from standard and special polymer resins in sizes from 1mm to 180mm. Plastic balls are a cost-effective substitute for steel balls for some applications. They are in aerosol spray cans, lightweight check valves, medical diagnostics, light bearings, drawing slides and a wide variety of other applications. Tolerances to +-0.0005" (+-0.0125mm). Surfaces can be tailored from rough to highly polished finishes.

Ceramic balls are mainly used in harsh environments. Their main advantages on steel is that they have a density 40% lower than steel, have 29% lower thermal expansion and are 150% harder. In certain high-speed applications their life is extended hundred times. It is also used as grinding media. There are three main types.

Used for applications where chemical resistance, high electrical insulation performance and high hardness is required. This type is soda glass but lead glass and boro silicate are available.Hardness Mohs 6

Tungsten Carbide is used where high compressive strength, hardness and resistance to wear is requested. It also has a high resistance to shocks and impacts. Typical applications are bearings, valves, flow meters, ball screws. This material is also used for gauging and ball pens.

Besides pool, snooker, and carom billiards, numerous other varieties of billiard games exist throughout the world. Besides more than 800 different billiard types, Saluc makes balls in a range from 38 inch to over 7 inches, for applications going from industrial, computer, and medical to 9-pin and duck-pin bowling balls.