Monel K500 pipe bend and elbow with good fatigue and corrosion fatigue resistance
Typical application for MONEL K500 which takes advantage of high strength and corrosion resistance are pump shafts, impellers, propeller shafts, valve components for ships and offshore drilling towers, bolting, oil well drill collars and instrumentation components for oil and gas production. It is particularly well suited for centrifugal pumps in the marine industry because of its high strength and low corrosion rates in high-velocity seawater.
The Monel K500 pipe bend and elbow suppliers produce different types of products such as bars, pipes and sheets from this material. Monel Alloy K-500 (UNS N05500/ W.Nr. 2.4375) is a nickel-copper alloy which combines the excellent corrosion resistance of MONEL? alloy 400 with the added advantages of greater strength and hardness. The increased properties are obtained by adding aluminum and titanium to the nickel-copper base, and by heating under controlled conditions so that submicroscopic particles of Ni3 (Ti, Al) are precipitated throughout the matrix. Alloy K500 is a nickel copper alloy which combines the excellent corrosion resistance of Alloy 400 with the added advantages of greater strength and hardness. The thermal processing used to effect precipitation is commonly called age hardening or aging.