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Overview

Key product features:

•    Made with steel from a high quality production process
•    Dimensional consistency and corner radius controlled
•    High levels of formability and excellent weldability
•    Great surface quality
•    CE- and UKCA-marked and fully compliant with the Construction Products Regulation (CPR)
•    Galvanising category A according to ISO 14713-2:2020

Dimensions:

CHS - Circular 31.8 – 323.9mm

SHS - Square 25x25 – 250x250mm

RHS - Rectangular 30x20 – 300x200mm

Standard lengths are 6m, 12m or 15m - depending on the size and production mill.

Special mill lengths from 4.5m up to 20m can be arranged upon request.

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Applications

Building Industry (CE- / UKCA-mark)

Columns
Trusses
Frames
Piling
Formwork construction
Scaffolding

Mechanical Engineering

Agricultural machinery
Truck and trailer construction
Bus construction
Cranes and construction machinery
Special vehicles
Towbars

Renewable energy

Solar parking
Solar trackers

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Properties

Mechanical Properties

Min. yield strength (MPa)	Tensile strength (MPa)		Min. elongation (%)	impact strength		Carbon equivalent
R_e_H	R_m		L₀ = 5,65 √S₀specimen	10mm x 10mm		(CEV) max
T≤16mm	T˂3mm	3mm≤T≤40mm	T≤40mm	°C	J
235	360-510	360-510	24	+20	27	0.35

For wall thicknesses >3mm and section sizes D/T<15 (circular) and (B+H)/2T<12.5 (square/rectangular) min elongation is reduced by 2%.

Chemical composition % by mass

C	Si	Mn	P	S
max	max	max	max	max
0.17	-	1.40	0.040	0.040

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Tolerances

Circular, square and rectangular hollow sections with tolerances according to EN10219-2.

Our hollow sections are also available in the product version TT with tighter tolerances

Characteristic	Circular	Square/Rectangular
Outside dimensions (D, B and H)	±1% with a minimum of ±0.5mm and a maximum of ±10mm	Side length (mm) H,B<100mm 100mm≤H,B≤200mm H,B>200mm	Tolerance ±1% with a minimum of ±0.5mm ±0.8% ±0.6%
Thickness (T)	For D≤ 406.4mm T≤5mm ±10% T>5mm ±0.50mm For D≤ 406.4mm ±10% with a max of ±2mm	T≤5mm T>5mm	±10% ±0.50mm
Out of roundness (O)	2% for D/T<100, where D/T≥100 out-of-roundness tolerance to be agreed	-
Concavity/convexity (independent tolerance on outside dimensions)	-	±0.8% with a minimum of 0.5mm
Squareness of side	-	90° ±1°
External corner profile (radius need to be tangential to the sides) EN10219: Part 2 Table 3		T≤6.0mm 6.0mm< T≤10.0mm T>10.0mm	1.6T to 2.4T 2.0T to 3.0T 2.4T to 3.6T
Twist (V)	-	2mm plus 0.5mm/m length
Straightness	0.20% of total length and 3mm over any 1m length	0.15% of total length and 3mm over any 1m length
Mass (M)	±6% on individual lengths	±6% on individual lengths
Length	-0 +50mm	-0 +50mm