Stainless Steel Shot Versus Cast Steel Shot

The Number That Changes The Argument

Abrasion resistance of stainless steel shot is 3 to 5 times greater than cast steel shot. Sukie states this directly, and adds that it reduces producing cost. Media is bought by the kilogram but consumed by the cycle, so the price per kilogram is not the cost.

The Second Number Is The Step You Delete

Carbon steel media leaves iron on a non-ferrous part. That means an acid pickling line, the chemistry to run it and the effluent to treat. After stainless media the surface is bright and needs no further acid treatment.

Where Cast Steel Shot Still Wins

On plain steel work where iron pick-up does not matter and volumes are large, carbon steel media is the economic choice, which is why Sukie produces Carbon Steel Cut Wire Shot As Cut and Carbon Steel Cut Wire Shot Conditioned alongside the stainless ranges.

Comparing The Two Stainless Routes

Cast Stainless Steel Shot is atomized, round from the start, and runs 0.05 mm to 1.2 mm, which reaches finer than the cut wire route. Stainless Steel Shot Conditioned is drawn, cut and rounded, runs 0.2 mm to 2.5 mm and carries the 300 to 600 HV hardness figure. Both leave the surface bright.