Business Steel methods

Carbon steels are also defined as having:less than 1.65 per cent manganese,less than 0.6 per cent silicon,0.6 per cent copper,Moreover, the total of these three elements cannot exceed 2 per cent.


Low-alloy steels have up to 8 per cent alloying elements. If the concentration is any higher, the goods are considered to constitute high-alloy steels. Alloying elements include:carbon,manganese,chromium,titanium,nitrogen,cobalt,sulphur,boron,silicon,aluminium,vanadium,tellurium,niobium,copper,lead,tungsten,nickel,molybdenum,selenium,zirconiumSeveral of these elements are added simultaneously to achieve specific properties.

Shape and surface In principle, steel is either formed into flat products or long products, both of which either have a hot-rolled, cold-formed or coated surface.Flat products include plates, hot-rolled strip and sheets, and cold-rolled strip and sheets. They can have a variety of surface conditions and are rolled from slabs. In more detail


Plates are hot rolled either from slabs or directly from ingots. Plates are usually made in small quantities and to a customer's specifications, with different dimensions and tolerances for flatness, profile, straightness and other properties. The edges can be ordered in either as-rolled condition, or sheared, machined, or gas-cut. Plates are also clad with corrosion-resistant sheets.