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Material Use

The plant is often designed exclusively to produce a particular product, using special-purpose rather than general-purpose equipment. This product can be made of one or several materials.

The table below show a list of materials that are commonly used in products of transferlines. The ranking indicates the suitability of the material for this process.

A value of zero means that the corresponding material is never used with this process, a ranking of 100 means that it is excellent for use with this process.

 

Material	Ranking
Cast Iron	89
Carbon Steel	89
Alloy Steel	70
Stainless Steel	70
Aluminum & Alloys	100
Copper & Alloys	100
Zinc & Alloys	89
Magnesium & Alloys	89
Titanium & Alloys	70
Nickel & Alloys	70
Refractory Metals	70
Thermoplastics	70
Thermosets	70
Ceramics	0
PhotoPolymers	0
Wood (dry)	89