Steel/structural steel or construction steel represents the most widely used group of steels. A large proportion of these steels belong to the category of bulk steels, which are unalloyed or low-alloyed low-carbon steels for steel structures and mechanical engineering.
In keeping with its name, steel/structural steel is ideally suited for steel engineering and machinery construction. It is used for a wide variety of applications, including:
Steel/structural steel is used in both solid and sheet metal form. Structural steels come in many different grades, which are divided into the following groups:
General steel/structural steel is also known as iron or rolled iron and is the most common steel. It is used in metalworking shops, forges, in steel engineering and machinery construction in a wide variety of shapes, designs and dimensions as bars, profiles, tubes and sheets. Stairs, doors, railings and welded structures in vehicle and container construction, as well as civil engineering, bridge and hall structures are fabricated from this metal.
Weathering steel/structural steel is also known as corten steel (Corrosion-Resistance-Tensile strength). This is a higher strength weldable steel/structural steel with improved resistance to atmospheric corrosion. Its orange-brown colour, which develops over time, is due to the self-protective oxidation layer that forms naturally. Corten steel is used (often also for aesthetic reasons) for such elements as building façades, bridges, sculptures, signs and fire baskets. Our range includes weathering steels/structural steels as sheets.
Steels/structural steels from this group are characterised by excellent strength properties and are largely used for heavily loaded components in lightweight construction, e.g. for crane booms, bridge components, machine frames and vehicle components. Fine-grain structural steel is high-strength and weldable. Our range includes fine-grain structural steels and high-strength steels/structural steels as sheets.
