Stainless Steel Baskets

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What is the Difference Between 301 & 304 Stainless Steel?

When making custom wire baskets for materials handling, parts washing, or any other application,

What Do Surging Steel Imports Mean for the Manufacturing Industry?

As a manufacturer, Marlin Steel is highly dependent on a steady supply of steel: typically grade 304 stainless steel. Many different manufacturers rely on a stable supply of steel to work with.

Top 5 Reasons to Avoid Using Plain Steel Baskets in Your Process

Steel is an incredibly useful material for manufacturing. The discovery of steel jumped manufacturing and technology forward, allowing us to build bigger and better structures and products. However, as versatile and useful as plain steel is, it is not

Making a Stackable Custom Parts Washing Basket for Fast Assembly

For many of our customers, a generic basket designed to be useful for a broad number of parts is not enough to meet their needs. From time to time, a basket needs to be designed to exacting specifications

What Affects the Cost of a Custom Steel Basket Order?

Today, we here at Marlin Steel want to address a common question about the manufacture of steel wire and sheet metal baskets: “What affects the cost of a custom basket

What are the Different Ways to Weld Custom Baskets?

Over the years, the science of joining two lengths of metal has improved by leaps and bounds. From what was once a manual labor-intensive process requiring a large forge and hours of work, welding can now be done in a

Designing Custom Baskets to Improve Work Flows

Some parts washing and finishing cycles are simple one or two-step affairs that can be completed quickly and easily. This is not always the case, however. For many complicated or sensitive parts, the finishing process can involve many

What are the Common Custom Basket Materials?

Many manufacturing businesses need custom parts containers and washing baskets for their parts finishing processes. Some custom parts simply don’t fit inside