Many friends who purchase stainless steel bars may have this feeling. The stainless steel bars on the market look similar, but the price is different. Why is this? Cost factors affecting the price of stainless steel bars，mainly due to the difference in raw material costs.
In general, there are three main factors that determine the price of stainless steel bars:
The cost of affecting the steel rod cost frist：
The material of stainless steel bars, commonly used are 201, 304, 316L three, according to the chemical elements in the steel strip, mainly depends on the content of nickel and chromium, these elements have national standards and industry standards. The difference between stainless steel bars of different materials is relatively large.
The cost of affecting the steel rod cost second:
The quality of raw steel strips, steel strip factory due to different steelmaking technology, the price of the factory strips are different. Steel has a cold rolling and hot rolling process. In general, cold rolled steel strips perform better than hot rolled steel strips, especially with fewer pores and higher prices. Another hot rolling can be divided into refining furnace and intermediate frequency furnace production process. The refining furnace has more stable rust resistance than the intermediate frequency furnace steel strip. The raw materials used in the intermediate frequency furnace process are basically stainless steel recycling waste. Of course, the refining furnace steel strip is produced. The price of the bar is also higher than that of the medium frequency furnace steel strip.
The cost of affecting the steel rod cost third;
Stainless steel pipes due to different production processes, production costs will be different, the factory price will be different. Generally speaking, the production process of stainless steel decorative bars, is almost the same, and the production cost is not much different. However, some users have higher requirements on the process of the bars, and the need to increase the number of processes in the production process will increase the production cost. This part of the bars is also called stainless steel bar.
For example, users have high requirements on the roundness of the bar, increase the rounding production process, have high requirements on the weld, increase the scalding equipment and pressurization test, have high surface requirements, increase the pickling process, etc., and the product bare is to some ordinary stainless steel bars. Manufacturers may not be able to produce due to technical and equipment reasons.