{"id":192,"date":"2022-06-23T16:47:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T16:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/obenhardware.com\/blog\/?p=192"},"modified":"2023-08-14T05:24:49","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T05:24:49","slug":"importance-of-friction-hinges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/obenhardware.com\/blog\/importance-of-friction-hinges\/","title":{"rendered":"Importance of Friction Hinges in Austenitic steel for Coastal Climate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The most popular material of construction for <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/obenhardware.com\/blog\/tag\/friction-hinges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Friction Hinges<\/a><\/strong> are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>SS430 \u2013 FERRITIC STEEL<\/li><li>SS304 \/ SS316 \u2013 AUSTENITIC STEEL<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/obenhardware.com\/blog\/importance-of-friction-hinges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/obenhardware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Friction-Hinges-in-Austenitic-steel-1024x480.jpg\" alt=\" Importance of Friction Hinges in Austenitic steel for coastal climate \" class=\"wp-image-193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/obenhardware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Friction-Hinges-in-Austenitic-steel-1024x480.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/obenhardware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Friction-Hinges-in-Austenitic-steel-300x141.jpg 300w, https:\/\/obenhardware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Friction-Hinges-in-Austenitic-steel-768x360.jpg 768w, https:\/\/obenhardware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Friction-Hinges-in-Austenitic-steel-520x245.jpg 520w, https:\/\/obenhardware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Friction-Hinges-in-Austenitic-steel.jpg 1209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SS430 has higher Chromium (17%)<\/strong> content but less Nickel (0.5%) content making it magnetic.&nbsp; It is cheaper and suitable for dry climatic conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SS304 has higher Chromium (18%)<\/strong> and Nickel (8%) content making it non-magnetic. It is costly (80-90%) compared to SS430, and strongly recommended for humid Coastal climatic conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In coastal climate, the chance of catching rust is high and SS430 is prone to rusting.\u00a0 Therefore, it is essential that the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/obenhardware.com\/blog\/tag\/friction-hinges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Friction Hinges<\/a><\/strong> used in Coastal areas are made out of SS304.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The most common austenitic stainless steel is SS 304, also known as 18\/8. SS 304 is extensively used in such items as, cookware, cutlery, and kitchen equipment. SS 316 is slightly superior than SS304.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Austenitic steels are non-magnetic stainless steels which contain high levels of chromium and nickel and low levels of carbon.&nbsp; Known for their formability and resistance to corrosion, austenitic steels are most widely used grade of stainless steel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/obenhardware.com\/blog\/tag\/upvc-windows-accessories\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UPVC windows<\/a><\/strong> have a long life of 35-40 years, it is essential that the hardware like Friction Hinge should be long lasting and trouble-free.\u00a0 To ensure this in Coastal climate, it is essential that <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/obenhardware.com\/blog\/tag\/friction-hinges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Friction Hinges<\/a><\/strong> are made out of Austenitic steel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The most popular material of construction for Friction Hinges are: SS430 \u2013 FERRITIC STEEL SS304 \/ SS316 \u2013 AUSTENITIC STEEL SS430 has higher Chromium (17%) content but less Nickel (0.5%) content making it magnetic.&nbsp;&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":193,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[34,5,15,14,3,9],"class_list":["post-192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-accessories","tag-friction-hinges","tag-hardware","tag-upvc-windows-accessories","tag-upvc-windows-hardware","tag-windows-accessories","tag-windows-hardware","post_format-post-format-image"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/obenhardware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/obenhardware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/obenhardware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obenhardware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obenhardware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/obenhardware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":198,"href":"https:\/\/obenhardware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192\/revisions\/198"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obenhardware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/obenhardware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obenhardware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obenhardware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}