The stainless steel invented by Brearley obtained a British patent in 1916 and began mass production. Since then, the stainless steel accidentally discovered in the garbage dump has become popular all over the world. Henry Brearley is also known as the stainless steel. Father?. During World War I, British guns on the battlefield were always shipped back to the rear because the barrels were worn and unusable.
The military production department ordered Brearley, who developed high-strength and wear-resistant alloy steel, to specialize in solving the problem of gun bore wear. Brearley and his assistants collected various types of steel produced at home and abroad, as well as various alloy steels with different properties, conducted performance experiments on various machines with different properties, and then selected more suitable steels to make guns.
From the analysis of stainless steel application industry, the automobile industry is currently the fastest growing stainless steel application field. In the past ten years, the consumption of stainless steel for automobiles in Japan has increased from an average of 10 kilograms to 30 kilograms, and in the United States it has exceeded 40 kilograms. Stainless steel is also widely used in public transportation vehicles such as buses, subways, and high-speed railway vehicles. China's home appliance industry is a potentially large market for stainless steel applications. In addition, the demand for stainless steel in the water industry, construction and structure industry, environmental protection industry, and industrial facilities will also increase year by year.