Sheets & Plates: Page 4

Steel Sheets are manufactured by passing hot slabs of steel through a sequence of roughing rolling stands. Next, they’re passed through finishing rolling stands before being cooled and rolled into coils.

Hot rolling is used to manufacture Steel Plates. During the manufacturing process, steel slabs are heated until malleable before being passed through a number of rollers until they reach the desired thickness.

The popular thicknesses of Steel Plates vary according to type. Here at BM Steel, you will find Hot Rolled Plates ranging in thickness from 1.6mm to 20mm, Durbar Floor Plates ranging from 3mm to 6mm thick, Galvanised Sheet ranging from 1mm to 3mm thick, and Base Plates ranging from 6mm to 20mm thick.

Steel Plates are most commonly used to uphold bridges and other mass units of weight and to strengthen foundations. They are also widely used as a base for the manufacturing of non-workable parts and larger materials.

Steel Sheets are one of the most popular and versatile construction materials in the world. Steel Sheets are especially important to the aviation, catering, construction, farming, hospitality, manufacturing, medical, mining, shipping, and transport industries.

The thinness of sheet steel means it can be bent and keep its shape. Sheet steel is bent by pressing it between parts that are stronger than the metal itself, such as a strong metal punch, a brake tool, an air bending machine, a U-bender, rolling, or a customised jig.

Plate steel is usually bent on a press-brake. Press brakes contain an upper tool known as the punch and a lower tool known as the die. The plate is positioned over the die and held in place before the punch is lowered to bend the plate.

There are various ways to cut Steel Sheets. The most popular of them include saw cutting/sawing, waterjet cutting, laser cutting, and shearing.

Several methods can be used to cut Steel Plates. The most common of them include plasma cutting, laser cutting, oxyfuel cutting, and waterjet cutting.

Shot blasting is the most reliable way to clean and polish Steel Plates.

Yes, Steel Sheet metal will rust. While galvanised sheet steel does have significantly more protection against corrosion than ungalvanised steel, it will eventually rust.