4/11/24, 10:31 AM Summary: Steel Products and Production - Taskade

Summary: Steel Products and Production

Steel Products in Construction

Structural Steel
Produced by continuous casting and hot rolling
Used for large structural shapes, plates, and sheet steel
Cold-Formed Steel
Produced by cold-forming of sheet steel into desired shapes
Fastening Products
Used for structural connections, including bolts, nuts, and washers
Reinforcing Steel
Used in concrete reinforcement

Steel Production
1. Reducing Iron Ore to Pig Iron

2. Refining Pig Iron to Steel

3. Forming the Steel into Products

Structural Steel
Used in hot-rolled structural shapes, plates, and bars
Used for various types of structural members such as columns, beams, and trusses
Sectional Shapes
Wide Flange
Channel

Cold-Formed Steel
Used for structural framing of floors, walls, and roofs
Thickness ranges from 18mils to 118mils
Predominately manufactured from scrap steel using electric arc or basic oxygen furnaces
Cold-Formed Steel Shapes

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Wide variety of shapes can be produced

Common shapes for profiled sheets and trays used for roofing and wall cladding

Fastening Products
Conventional bolts
Twist-off-type tension control bolt assemblies
Nuts
Washers
Compressible-washer-type direct tension indicators
Anchor rods
Threaded rods
Forged steel structural hardware

Reinforcing Steel
Used in concrete reinforcement
Manufactured in three forms: plain bars, deformed bars, and wire fabrics
Conventional Reinforcing
Plain bars, deformed bars, and wire fabrics
Deformed bars used in concrete beams, slabs, columns, walls, and footings
Welded wire fabrics used in some concrete slabs and pavements
ASTM Reinforcing Bar Identification Codes
1. Letter code for manufacturer
2. Numerical code for bar size

3. Letter code for type of steel

S for billet steel (A615)
R for rail steel (A616)
A for axial steel (A617)
W for low alloy steel (A706)
4. Grade of steel designated by either grade lines or numerical code

Mechanical Testing of Steel

Tension Test
Performed to determine yield strength, ultimate strength, elongation, and reduction of area
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Bend Test
Performed to check the ductility of steel to accommodate bending

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