Stainless Steel Surfaces - A Guide to Alloys, Finishes, Fabrication Maintenance in Architecture

A full-color guide for architects and design professionals to the selection and application of stainless steel
 
Stainless Steel Surfaces offers an authoritative and comprehensive guide to the application of stainless steel to create surfaces for building exteriors, interiors, and art finishes. The first volume in Zahner's Architectural Metals Series, the book is a visual, full-color book filled with the information needed to ensure proper maintenance of stainless steel and suggestions for fabrication techniques. The author--a noted expert in the field--covers a range of topics including the history of the metal, choosing the right alloy, information on a variety of surface and chemical finishes, and facts on corrosion resistance.
 
Stainless Steel Surfaces is filled with illustrative case studies that offer strategies for designing and executing successful projects using stainless steel. All the books in the Zahner's Architectural Metals Series offer in-depth coverage of today's most commonly used metals in architecture and art. This important book:
 
* Contains a comprehensive guide to the use and maintenance of stainless steel surfaces in architecture and art
 
* Features full-color images of a range of stainless steel finishes, colors, textures, and forms
 
* Presents case studies with performance data that feature strategies on how to design and execute successful projects using stainless steel
 
* Offers methods to address corrosion, before and after it occurs
 
* Discusses the environmental impact of stainless steel from the creation process through application
 
* Explains the significance of the different alloys and the forms available to the designer
 
* Discusses what to expect when using stainless steel in various exposures
 
Architecture professionals, metal fabricators, developers, architecture students and instructors, designers, and artists working with metals, Stainless Steel Surfaces offers a logical framework for the selection and application of stainless steel in all aspects of architecture.

List of contents

Preface xi
 
Chapter 1 Introduction to Stainless Steel 1
 
Stainless Steel 1
 
History 9
 
Modern Production 10
 
Environmental, Safety, and Hygiene 13
 
Stainless Steel for the Arts 15
 
Chapter 2 Alloys 23
 
Alloys 23
 
Alloying Elements 24
 
Tempers and Heat Treatment 27
 
Stainless Steel Classifications 28
 
Austenitic Stainless Steels 29
 
Magnetism and Magnetic Permeability 31
 
Ferritic Stainless Steels 32
 
Martensitic Stainless Steels 32
 
Precipitation-Hardened Stainless Steel 33
 
Duplex Stainless Steels 34
 
Choosing the Right Alloy 35
 
Architectural Alloys: Wrought Sheet, Plate, Bar, Rod, Pipe, Tube, and Wire 38
 
Architectural Cast Alloys 52
 
Chapter 3 Surface Finishes 57
 
Metallic Luster 57
 
Finish on the Surface 58
 
Natural Color 59
 
One Side Prime for Flat Products 63
 
The Need for a Clean Surface 64
 
Anti-Fingerprint Coatings 65
 
Post-Finishing Protection 65
 
Stainless Steel Finishes 66
 
Mill Finishes 67
 
Mechanical Finishes 73
 
Directional Finishes 74
 
Non-Directional Finishes 82
 
Custom Mechanical Finishes 89
 
Highly Custom Surface Finishes 91
 
Mirror Finishes 93
 
Plastic Deformation Surface Finishes 95
 
"Water" Finish 96
 
Embossing 96
 
Selective Embossing 98
 
Coining 100
 
Chemical Finishes: Coloring of Stainless Steel 101
 
Electropolishing: Brightening the Finish 115
 
Etching 118
 
Bluing 119
 
Chapter 4 Expectations of the Stainless Steel Surface 123
 
Reflectivity: Brightness and Intensity 123
 
Surface Finish and Reflectivity 135
 
Arriving At Objective Criteria 143
 
Flatness 145
 
The True Nature of the Metal 147
 
Effects of Fabrication 149
 
Effects of Temperature Changes 152
 
The Relationship Between Thickness and Flatness 155
 
Prototype Viewing Protocol 157
 
Texturing to Improve Flatness 157
 
Standards of Flatness 159
 
Grain Direction 164
 
Grain Size and Surface Clarity 167
 
Alloying Constituents and Surface Clarity 168
 
External Variables: Energy of Light Source 170
 
External Variables: Angle of Illumination 172
 
Surface Finish and Perceived Distortion 172
 
Arriving at the Best Possible Outcome 174
 
Chapter 5 Designing with Available Forms 177
 
Basic Forms of Stainless Steel 178
 
The Stainless Steel Mill 179
 
Mill Packaging Requirements 183
 
Sheet: The Architectural Form of Stainless Steel 184
 
Stainless Steel Sheet Dimensions 185
 
Perforated and Expanded Stainless Steel 190
 
Plate 196
 
Bar and Rod 197
 
Cold Drawn Stainless Steel Shapes 199
 
Tubing and Pipe 199
 
Wire, Woven Wire, and Screens 201
 
Extrusion 203
 
Structural Shapes 204
 
Designing with Stainless Steel Structural Forms 206
 
Powder, Bead, and Shot 208
 
Foil 209
 
Cast Stainless Steel 209
 
Chapter 6 Fabrication Processes 213
 
Working With Stainless Steel 213
 
Temporary Protective Coatings 215
 
Cutting Stainless Steel 216
 
Forming 220
 
V-Cutting 226
 
Hot Forming 227
 
Forging 228
 
Machining 229
 
Soldering and Brazing 230
 
Welding 232
 
Casting 243
 
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About the author

L. WILLIAM ZAHNER is President and CEO of A. Zahner Company, Inc. and Chairman of Metalabs LLC, an internationally recognized expert on the design and use of architectural metals. He has authored two books on architectural metals, Architectural Metal Surfaces and Architectural Metals: A Guide to Selection, Specification, and Performance, both from Wiley.

Product details

• Authors: L William Zahner, L. William Zahner, L. William (A. Zahner Company Zahner, Lw Zahner
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2019
• EAN: 9781119541547
• ISBN: 978-1-119-54154-7
• No. of pages: 368
• Series: Architectural Metals Series; Architectural Metals; Architectural Metals Series; Architectural Metals
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Miscellaneous; Architektur, Architecture, Bauentwurf, Edelstahl, Allg. Architektur, Building Design