Australian Stainless Blog

A Safe Surface for Food Processing

A Safe Surface for Food Processing

A contaminant-free surface is a critical requirement of the food processing sector and electropolishing is a highly effective way to achieve the level of surface smoothness required for keeping stainless steel components scrupulously clean. 

Stainless Takes Flight

Stainless Takes Flight

Lightweight stainless steel sheet, polished to a high level of reflectivity, has been chosen to interpret the layered feathers of one of Australia's national icons, the dancing brolga. 

Stainless Memorial to Rail Workers

Stainless Memorial to Rail Workers

Stainless steel responds admirably to the strength and durability imperatives of public art at the Ipswich Workshops Rail Museum, opened to the public earlier this month.

Stainless, Sun and Air

Stainless, Sun and Air

Stainless steel is well-known as a versatile and attractive medium for large scale public artworks. Two recent projects by Perth’s Stusha Studio make use of different treatments of the material to deliver attention-grabbing results.

Walking on Water

Walking on Water

Pedestrians using Brisbane’s scenic RiverWalk when it opens next March will be strolling across 150 tonnes of stainless steel reinforcing, embedded in 287 concrete pontoons linked to form an 875 metre long walkway from the CBD along the river to New Farm Park.

Stainless Braves the Elements

Stainless Braves the Elements

Advanced engineering solutions are required to handle conditions found on offshore drilling and processing platforms. The saltwater environment is highly corrosive, the flare presents extremes of temperature and the force of winds and currents is constant. The most durable and reliable materials need to be employed, which is why stainless steel plays and important part.

Cleaning your indoor stainless steel

Cleaning your indoor stainless steel

Quick and easy tips for keeping that shine

Retaining a sparkling finish on stainless steel surfaces is just a matter of a few simple steps. And you don't need expensive products or special equipment - ordinary household cleaners are usually all that's required. You just need to bear in mind a few easy DOs and DON'Ts...

Walsh Bay

Walsh Bay

A Style Statement in Stainless

The transformation of Sydney's Walsh Bay from derelict wharves and sheds into a prestigious residential complex, complete with cultural, retail and commercial facilities, provides a stage for Australian innovation in design and technology, including some of the finest examples of stainless steel structural and architectural applications.

Hooked on Stainless

Hooked on Stainless

Grade 316 stainless steel offers superior corrosion resistance and has become the norm for architectural applications within 5km of the coastline. Another natural use for grade 316 stainless is in boating and marine sports gear, which has to withstand the corrosive effects of salt water.