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Automotive fuel union component
 Applicant: Sumikin Precision Products Co., Ltd.
Reason for selection:
Fuel union components are important in V-shaped engines mounted on luxurious domestic cars.
nitially, the components were made of two different materials ? free-cutting steel and carbon steel. But in order to overcome drawbacks of these two-piece components such as technical limitations and cost disadvantages, the high-purity ferritic stainless steel type described below has been tried for its superb cold forging property. With the use of this stainless steel, the applicant succeeded in manufacturing one-piece component with good results, which is an epoch-making product to illustrate vast potentials of this steel type.
Stainless steel types used: Equivalent to SUS410J1L

Consumption:  Approx. 0.1 kg per unit

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