While walking through any food manufacturing facility, it is difficult to look in any direction without encountering stainless steel. The last several decades have seen the industry transform from having stainless steel as a high-end option on food processing and packaging equipment, to an absolute requirement - no substitutes. Yet you need only look behind conveyors, or under processing equipment, to find painted, cast iron speed reducers driving the machinery. In many cases, these reducers are the only exposed non-stainless metal found.
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