Grades
Universal Stainless produces semi-finished and finished specialty steel long products and plate, including nickel alloy, stainless steel, tool steel and aircraft quality low alloy steels, in a wide variety of grades and product forms. You can find more detail about the specific grades we produce below.
Grade | Description | Product Forms | Melt Types |
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13-8 Stainless Steel |
A precipitation hardened martensitic stainless steel alloy that offers good corrosion resistance and excellent strength. |
Round Bar |
VIM+VAR |
15-5 Stainless Steel |
A precipitation hardened martensitic stainless steel alloy that is melted in AOD+VAR, AOD+ESR, or VIM+VAR melt type. |
Round Bar |
AOD+ESR |
17-4 Stainless Steel |
A precipitation hardened martensitic stainless steel alloy that offers good corrosion resistance and excellent strength. PH17-4 is one of the most common PH stainless steels and is used in a wide variety of markets. |
Round Bar |
AOD |
17-7 Stainless Steel |
A precipitation hardened stainless steel alloy that offers high strength, good corrosion resistance, and excellent fatigue strength and excellent strength. |
RCS Billet |
AOD |
300M Low Alloy Steel |
300M is a modified 4340 high strength low alloy steel that is melted as AOD + VAR with higher strength and toughness than 4340. |
Round Bar |
AOD+VAR |
303SE Stainless Steel |
An austenitic stainless steel melted as AOD melt type with a selenium addition for excellent machinability. |
Round Bar |
AOD |
304L Stainless Steel |
A fully austenitic stainless steel melted as AOD, AOD + VAR, or VIM + VAR melt type. |
Ingot |
AOD |
310S Stainless Steel |
A fully austenitic stainless steel melted as AOD melt type that has excellent resistance to oxidation at high temperatures |
Ingot |
AOD |
316L Stainless Steel |
A fully austenitic stainless steel melted as AOD, AOD + VAR, or VIM + VAR melt type with added Mo for pitting resistance |
Ingot |
AOD |
321 Stainless Steel |
A fully austenitic stainless steel melted as AOD melt type and stabilized by titanium to prevent intergranular corrosion |
Ingot |
AOD |
330 Stainless Steel |
A fully austenitic nickel-iron-chromium alloy melted as AOD melt type and has very high resistance to oxidation and carburization at high temperatures |
Ingot |
AOD |
347 Stainless Steel |
A fully austenitic stainless steel melted as AOD melt type and stabilized by niobium to prevent intergranular corrosion |
Ingot |
AOD |
410 Stainless Steel |
A martensitic stainless steel alloy that is melted as AOD, AOD + VAR, or AOD + ESR melt type and used where good corrosion resistance, strength, and ductility are required. |
RCS Billet |
AOD |
410CB Stainless Steel |
A martensitic stainless steel alloy that is melted as AOD + ESR melt type and has increased properties from 410 by an addition of columbium. |
RCS Billet |
AOD+ESR |
416 Stainless Steel |
A martensitic stainless steel that is AOD melted and has a sulfur addition to improve machinability as compared to 410 |
RCS Billet |
AOD |
420 Stainless Steel |
A martensitic high carbon stainless steel that is AOD or AOD + ESR melted and possesses high hardness in the heat treated condition. |
Plate |
AOD |
420F Stainless Steel |
A free machining version of 420 martensitic high carbon stainless steel that is AOD melted. |
RCS Billet |
AOD |
422 Stainless Steel |
A hardenable martensitic stainless steel melted as AOD + ESR and has better strength at higher temperatures than a traditional 410 stainless |
RCS Billet |
AOD+ESR |
430 Stainless Steel |
A fully ferritic, non-hardenable, straight chromium alloy melted as AOD with good corrosion resistance and formability |
Plate |
AOD |
430F Stainless Steel |
A fully ferritic, non-hardenable, straight chromium alloy melted as AOD free machining version of 430 stainless |
RCS Billet |
AOD |
431 Stainless Steel |
A martensitic stainless steel that is AOD melted with excellent corrosion resistance and heat treatable to high strengths. |
RCS Billet |
AOD |
4330M Low Alloy Steel |
A low alloy high strength steel melted as AOD + VAR with added vanadium for excellent impact properties |
Round Bar |
AOD+VAR |
4340 Low Alloy Steel |
A low alloy steel with ultra high strength melted as AOD + VAR or VIM + VAR product with excellent transverse properties |
Round Bar |
AOD+VAR |
4343 Low Alloy Steel |
A low alloy steel with ultra high strength melted as VIM + VAR product with excellent transverse properties and slightly higher carbon than 4340 |
Round Bar |
VIM+VAR |
440A Stainless Steel |
A high carbon martensitic stainless steel that is AOD melted and can be heat treated to extremely high hardnesses |
Round Bar |
AOD |
440C Stainless Steel |
A high carbon martensitic stainless steel that is AOD or AOD + ESR melted and can be heat treated to the highest hardness of any martensitic stainless alloy |
Plate |
AOD |
440FSE Stainless Steel |
A free machining high carbon martensitic stainless steel that is AOD melted and heat treatable to elevated hardnesses |
Round Bar |
AOD |
446 Stainless Steel |
A fully ferritic, non-hardenable, alloy melted as AOD with good resistance to oxidation and corrosion at high temperatures |
Round Bar |
AOD |
4620 Low Alloy Steel |
A nickel, molybdenum, manganese low alloy steel that is melted as AOD + VAR melt type |
Round Bar |
AOD+VAR |
52100 Low Alloy Steel |
A high carbon low alloy steel with ultra high strength melted as AOD + VAR or VIM + VAR product with excellent wear resistance |
Round Bar |
AOD+VAR |
6150 Low Alloy Steel |
Carbon chromium low alloy steel melted as AOD + VAR with highly abrasive resistance properties |
Round Bar |
AOD+VAR |
9310 Low Alloy Steel |
A nickel-chrome-molybdenum low alloy steel melted as AOD + VAR or VIM + VAR with good strength and toughness properties |
Round Bar |
AOD+VAR |
A2 Tool Steel |
An AOD melted air-hardened tool steel with good toughness and excellent dimensional control after heat treatment. |
Plate |
AOD |
A286 Stainless Steel |
An austenitic age-hardenable iron based superalloy melted as AOD+ESR. |
RCS Billet |
AOD+ESR |
A6 Tool Steel |
An AOD air hardened tool steel that has the ability of a low temperature heat treatment. |
Plate |
AOD |
A675 Stainless Steel |
A675 is a stainless steel melted as VIM + VAR melt type and is often used in bearings and gearings. |
Round Bar |
VIM+VAR |
Alloy 450 Stainless Steel |
A precipitation hardened martensitic stainless steel alloy with improved transverse propeties that is melted in AOD+ESR melt type. |
Round Bar |
AOD+ESR |
Alloy 455 Stainless Steel |
A precipitation hardened martensitic stainless steel alloy with improved transverse properties that is melted in VIM + VAR melt type. |
Round Bar |
VIM+VAR |
Chipper Knife Tool Steel |
An AOD melted air hardened tool steel with above average wear resistance and toughness. |
Plate |
AOD |
CMV Steel |
CMV is a Chromium-Molybdenum-Vanadium steel melted as AOD + VAR melt type |
Round Bar |
AOD+VAR |
CrV Low Alloy Steel |
A low alloy steel melted as VIM + VAR melt type and comprised of primarily Chromium and Vanadium. |
Round Bar |
VIM+VAR |
D2 Tool Steel |
An AOD melted cold work, high carbon, high chromium tool steel with excellent hardenability. |
Plate |
AOD |
D6AC Low Alloy Steel |
A medium carbon low alloy steel melted as AOD + VAR with ultra high strength properties |
Round Bar |
AOD+VAR |
FV535 Stainless Steel |
A hardenable martensitic stainless steel melted as AOD + ESR and has better strength at higher temperatures than a traditional 410 stainless |
Round Bar |
AOD+ESR |
Greek Ascoloy Stainless Steel (418) |
A hardenable martensitic stainless steel melted as AOD + ESR and has better strength at higher temperatures than a traditional 410 stainless |
RCS Billet |
AOD+ESR |
H11 Tool Steel |
An AOD + VAR melted hot work tool steel with low carbon and good toughness. |
Round Bar |
AOD+VAR |
H13 Tool Steel |
An AOD or AOD ESR melted hot work, chromium tool steel that has good resistance to softening at higher temperatures. |
Plate |
AOD |
H46 (403CB+) Stainless Steel |
A hardenable martensitic stainless steel melted as AOD + ESR and has better strength at higher temperatures than a traditional 410 stainless |
RCS Billet |
AOD+ESR |
HP9430 Low Alloy Steel |
A low alloy steel melted as AOD + VAR with nickel and cobalt additions to increase toughness |
Round Bar |
AOD+VAR |
Hytuf Low Alloy Steel |
A high strength low alloy melted as AOD + VAR with good ductility and fracture toughness |
Round Bar |
AOD+VAR |
Jethete Stainless Steel |
A hardenable martensitic stainless steel melted as AOD + ESR or AOD + VAR and has better strength at higher temperatures than a traditional 410 stainless |
RCS Billet |
AOD+ESR |
L6 Tool Steel |
An AOD melted high oil hardened tool steel with good toughness. |
Plate |
AOD |
M2 Tool Steel |
An AOD melted high speed tool steel with increased properties due to molybdenum additions. |
Plate |
AOD |
M50 Bearing Steel |
A bearing steel that is AOD + ESR, AOD + VAR, or VIM + VAR melted and has extremely high wear resistance. |
Billet |
AOD+ESR |
M50NIL Bearing Steel |
A bearing steel that is VIM + VAR melted and has extremely high wear resistance and good toughness |
Round Bar |
VIM+VAR |
Maraging 250 Steel |
An age hardenable iron-nickel steel alloy melted as VIM + VAR with ultra high strength and toughness. |
Round Bar |
VIM+VAR |
Maraging 300 Steel |
An age hardenable iron-nickel steel alloy melted as VIM + VAR with ultra high strength and toughness. |
Round Bar |
VIM+VAR |
N135M Low Alloy Steel |
A low alloy steel melted as AOD + VAR and capable of nitriding to a high case hardness |
Round Bar |
AOD+VAR |
N32 Stainless Steel |
An austenitic stainless steel melted as AOD melt type with special alloying to have roughly twice the strength of 304 stainless. |
Round Bar |
AOD |
N33 Stainless Steel |
N33 is an austenitic nitrogen strengthened stainless steel melted as AOD + ESR melt type |
Round Bar |
AOD+ESR |
N40 Stainless Steel |
A high manganese, high nitrogen, austenitic stainless steel melted as AOD or AOD + ESR melt type. |
Ingot |
AOD |
N50 Stainless Steel |
A high nitrogen austenitic stainless steel melted as AOD melt type with higher strength and corrosion levels than 316L |
Ingot |
AOD |
N60 Stainless Steel |
A high nitrogen austenitic stainless steel melted as AOD melt type with better pitting resistance than 316L |
Ingot |
AOD |
Nitriding N Low Alloy Steel |
a low alloy age hardenable nitriding steel that is melted as AOD + VAR melt type. |
Round Bar |
AOD+VAR |
O1 Tool Steel |
An AOD melted oil hardened tool steel that can reach up to 65 rockwell C in hardness |
Plate |
AOD |
O6 Tool Steel |
An AOD melted oil hardened tool steel used for applications requiring cold work |
Plate |
AOD |
S7 Tool Steel |
An AOD melted shock resisting tool steel with excellent hardenability and impact properties. |
Plate |
AOD |
X53 Low Alloy Steel |
A low alloy carburizing steel melted as VIM + VAR with good temper resistance and impact strength |
Round Bar |
VIM+VAR |
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