Direct cast billet for long steel products
Our steel billets have a square cross-section and are suitable for steel reinforcement, structural, low-carbon, and drawing applications.
Our steel is produced through the basic oxygen steelmaking (BOS) process and is then refined in a ladle arc furnace and vacuum degasser facilities
These processes control the steel temperatures and chemistries extremely tightly, ensuring our wide range of steel grades meets the most demanding customer requirements.
Our billets are continuously cast through an 8-strand billet caster — sequence casting is used and the steel is fully shrouded between fine ladle and tundish to prevent reoxidation.
Quality Assurance
Our long and successful history in steelmaking means you can be assured of re¢erying top quality billets for your production lines.
Technical support from our specialists
Our team of experienced metallurgists provides dedicated technical support to our customers fa ensure our products meet your exacting requirements
Billet identification
Our billets are each hard stamped with a 5-digit cast number, ensuring traceability. If the hard stamp is illegible or missing, a paint stencil can be used as an alternative.
Dimensions:
Dimensions | Measurements(mm) |
Width and Thickness | 140 x 140 |
Width and Thickness | 180 x 180 |
Tolerance
Section overall
Measure section mid-face S1 andS2 (preferred method)
Sections | mm |
140 mm | -3/+5 |
180 mm | -2/+6 |
Tolerance | Measurement (all section size) |
Length* | +/- 100mm |
Straightness** | 10 mm/m or 100 mm max on overall length |
Notes:
*Shorts allowance up to 5% of billets down to customers' minimum length.
** Measure gap from a flat surface or wire stretched end-to-end
Tolerance | Measurement (all section size) |
Twist | 3° Max on overall length |
Flash/flame cutting | x= 10 mm max |
Corner radius | r=4 mm |
Quantity | Nominal order in 280 metrics tonne multiples Overall order quantity +/- 10% |
Rhomboidity
Measure diagonal D1 and D2
Diagonal Difference D1-D2
Section | Measurement |
140 mm | 10 mm max |
180 mm | 14 mm max |
All | 3° Max |
Documentation
Inspection certifications will be supplied for products being rolled in accordance with EN 10204, with the following element being routinely analysed at cast level:
Element | Number of reported digits after decimal point |
C, Si, Mn | 2 |
P, S, Al(t), V, Ti, Nb, Sn, Mo, Co, Ca, Cu, Ni, Cr, N | 3 |
B | 4 |
Bespoke billets for your rolling needs
Our billets can be tailored to best meet the attributes of your products and help you meet the appropriate national and international standards. Please contact us to discuss your requirements
Applications | Standard |
Structural steel | Suitable for rolling to EN 10025 e.g. S235, S275, S355 |
Structural steel | Sulabfe for raking to ASTM e.g. A36, A992, A572 gr 5O |
Plain and deformed reinforcement bar |
Various |
Low carbon wire rod | Various |