Passivation

When not painted, Stainless Steel will rust, due to its inherent properties. Passivation maximizes the corrosion resistance of stainless steel.

• If choosing a bare metal finish, passivation will be required after the parts have been brushed according to your requirements.

• If you opt for powder coating, your stainless steel enclosure, part or panel, passivation will not be required, because once the powder coat is applied, the stainless steel will not corrode.

• However, if you are masking certain areas of your stainless steel part for electrical conductivity (or other reasons), you can request passivation of masked areas prior to powder coating so that the masked areas do not oxidize.

We offer passivation as a default for all our stocked stainless steel products:

• 304 Stainless Steel Sheet Metal

• 304 Stainless Steel Round Bar Stock

We would automatically apply passivation to any non-stock stainless steel projects as well. If you require a type of stainless steel that we do not currently stock, we would be happy to order it for you for an additional lead time and cost. Just reach out to your account manager!

We are able to process stainless steel parts for passivation, so long as they do not exceed our maximum dimensions:

• 43.5" L x 30.5" W x 45" H (1104.9mm x 774.7mm x 762mm)