Stainless steel is the first choice when it comes to handling food materials. Indian houe wife has been using a variety of utensils made from metals like copper, zinc, tin etc and later Aluminum became the choice, especially for low income families. It was only 3-4 decades ago stainless steel became the standard material of construction for house hold utensils. Industry also started using stainless steel for fabricating machinery and containers for food contact application. It is only recently that plastics like teflon, acetals etc were able to replace steel partially.
"If you are in the food service industry, you need thick stainless steel metal or type 304 .063�. The counters, cookers, shelving and sinks all make use of this type of mild steel weld. They are prepared in such a way because this 304 stainless steel do not rust. This will prevent the trapping of bacteria and other harmful stuff onto the surface of the metal. To ensure that this is so, the back portion of these steel parts should be covered with argon. This is to make sure that the surface is all even out which will prevent bacteria like the dangerous salmonella to be live and multiply in uneven surfaces. To make the surface even, it should be brushed with a stainless steel brush; and then if there are mild steel welds that are not smooth, you can use an abrasive wheel to make it smoother and clean it well with alcohol".
Food processing industry and the machine building industry in India have access to world class stainless steel base materials. The fabrication capability also is continuously being upgraded to compete with imported machinery. It is only in the area of "finishing" that India fabricators lag behind their foreign counterparts. If this aspect is improved, there is no reason why India cannot become the top selling nation as far as stainless steel based products are concerned as it has the cost advantage in making the products significantly cheaper.
V.H.POTTY
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