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Crimping Stainless Steel

Crimping Stainless Steel

Crimping Stainless Steel

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I am contemplating a fixture that uses an aluminum strip to crimp a stainless steel wire.  Would there be an issue with using two different metals?

RE: Crimping Stainless Steel

The aluminum strip will wear much more than the wire you are trying to crimp.  Any thoughts on using a tool steel to crimp the stainless?

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RE: Crimping Stainless Steel

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This fixture will be in a fairly corrosive environment.  I need to stay with stainless and/or aluminum.  I am choosing stainless for the wire because it needs to be formed into a rigid shape.  I am thinking of aluminum to crimp because of malleability.

RE: Crimping Stainless Steel

" I am thinking of aluminum to crimp because of malleability. "

Um, yeah.  Meaning it's going to deform if you try to crimp/bend stainless wire with it.  If that is what you intend, fine, but then you are probably doing more crimping of the aluminum?  I think there is some misunderstanding between what you wrote and what we-all are reading here.  A sketch or picture could help a lot.

RE: Crimping Stainless Steel

hi skuntz

Mixing aluminium and stainless together could generate galvanic corrosion if any electrolyte is present between the two materials.

desertfox

RE: Crimping Stainless Steel

All materials corrode or degrade, it's just a matter of how quickly due to conditions.

What is the material and material condition being crimped?  And also, what is the nature of the corrosive environment?

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