We follow the dynamics of the markets and offer solutions to our customers to increase their performance. This is the mission of voestalpine Grobblech. For innovative solutions we use our technological experience from the energy branch.Moreover we are “on top” in processing technology – especially in thermomechanical rolling. The result: our high-strength and wear-resistant steels.
…Energy and mobility change our world.
We have the materials.“
2Our expertise meets customer requirements in demanding branches.
High-strength steels are a strategic niche of voestalpine Grobblech with strong growth. We promote thermomechanically rolled high-strength steels and have developed a highly advanced online accelerated cooling process. This aims in high-strength heavy plates with excellent weldability, very high toughness and good surface.
Typical fields of application
Mobile cranes
Concrete pump trucks
Vehicles and trailers
Mining equipments
High-pressure pipes
Offshore platforms
The market
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Things get bigger – often double size. If you double the size of a construction (double length, width and height), then weight increases by factor 8 while the cross section is raised by factor 4. Therefore the stress in the component material is doubled.
High-strength steels
Why high-strength steels?
High-strength steels can bear
higher stresses than normal-
strength steels. For a given load
respectively a fixed stress in the
component high-strength steels
lead to smaller cross-sections and
therefore to reduced weight which
results in decreasing costs.
Weight: (2 l x 2 w x 2 h) x ?=x 8
Cross-section: (2 l x 2 w) =x 4
Stress:weight / cross-section =
x 2 l length
w width
h height
?specific weight
... double size means double stress ...
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524 %42 %
Reduced
thickness Reduced weld volume
S355S460Cost benefits
Reduced steel weight leads to
Reduced purchasing volume
Reduced costs for transport, assembly and foundations
Reduced costs during further processing, especially in welding
? Less filler material
? Less welding time
? Less expense for checking the welds
What about high strength?
Reduced thickness leads to superproportionally reduced weld volume.NR normalising rolled
TMCP thermomechanical control process
Q+T quenched and tempered
T tempered
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TMCP
TMCP- (Thermomechanical Control Process) steels are fine grain steels with
High strength combined with high toughness Excellent weldability Best formability
High reliability in welded structures
– High toughness in the heat-affected zone (HAZ)– High resistance against cold cracks
TMCP-steels from voestalpine Grobblech are produced with
Very pure steel (low S-, P-, tramp element level)Low carbon content and low carbon equivalent (CE)Microalloying
High-quality processing during melting, casting,rolling and accelerated cooling
Different rolling and cooling processes
No heat treatment
Normalising deteriorates the microstructure of TMCP-steels
and thereby their properties.
Hot forming and stress relief annealing
TMCP-steels are generally intended to cold forming. Hot forming
and stress relief annealing is possible up to 580 °C. Mechanical
properties may change due to heat input.
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Applications of TMCP-steels
voestalpine Grobblech has been among the pioneers in the field of the development of TMCP-steels. We have invested in the most mo-dern accelerated cooling line in Europe and operate a highly advan-ced cooling process. Some 500,000 tons of TMCP-steels we produce year by year with increasing tendency. TMCP is our daily business.
Thermomechanically rolled steels are widely
used in different applications:
Oil and gas pipelines onshore and in deepwater
Offshore platforms
Bridge building and mining equipments
Buildings and structural steel work
Mobile cranes and vehicles
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Plate rolling Plate finishing Accelerated cooling LD-converter
Continuous casting Vacuum-degassing 9Production route of TMCP-steels
Our plates run online through water – no heat treatment
10TMCP-steels provide best weldability
Low risk of cold cracks
Due to the low-alloyed chemical composition and the low carbon equivalent (CE) TMCP-steels are perfectly weldable. Especially the low carbon content results in excellent resistance against cold cracks after welding.
Carbon equivalent CE
0.1
0.20.30.4
C a r b o n c o n t e n t [%]0.30.40.50.60.70.80.9
*High strength welding consumables may require additional care
CE = C + Mn/6 + (Cr + Mo + V)/5 + (Ni + Cu)/15 according to IIW
Fabrication benefits of TMPC-steels
Remarkable reduction or elimination of preheating
–Great savings in fabrication costs
–Improved working environment for operators
Reliable welded joint
–Almost no additional repair welding
even without preheating High heat input welding –Major reduction of welding pass –
Far lower welding costs
–Much shorter fabrication time
Easier surface cleaning due to thin, homogeneous scale
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Brands
We offer special high-strength heavy plates as voestalpine brands according to our technical terms of delivery.TMCP
Thermomechanically rolled fine-grain steels Steel grades:alform 700 M alform 960 M Online production by thermomechanical
rolling and accelerated cooling directly after
hot rolling – no bottle-neck.
Quenched & tempered
Offline production by conventional quenching
and tempering: annealing with subsequent
water-quenching and following tempering. The
double heat treatment may lead to a bottle-neck.
Quenched and tempered fine-grain steels Steel grades:aldur 700 Q aldur 700 QL aldur 700 QL112
13Benefits
High-strength alform ?-steels are thermomechanically rolled and
accelerated cooled.
These special grades of voestalpine provide:
Excellent cold formability
–Smaller edging radius compared to standard steels of same
strength
Best weldability
–Due to low carbon content and carbon equivalent
–Reduced preheating or even no preheating necessary
Clean surface due to thin, homogeneous secondary scale
Wide range of steel grades and dimensions
–Steel grades: alform 700 M up to alform 1100 M
–Thickness: 2.5 - 60 mm
–Width: 900 - 2,500 mm
Products
voestalpine produces and delivers hot-rolled high-strength
alform ?-steels in form of:
Hot-rolled wide strips
Sheets of hot-rolled wide strips
Heavy plates
The different production routes result in specific advantages of the
different products. The exact properties and guaranteed values of
these products you will find in the technical terms of delivery at
ffcd4dcad15abe23482f4d5a/stahl and ffcd4dcad15abe23482f4d5a/grobblech.
Hot strip mill Heavy plate mill
14alform 700 M and alform 960 M – heavy plates
Thermomechanically rolled high-strength fine-grain steels with a
minimum yield strength of 700 MPa and 960 MPa.
voestalpine special grades alform 700 M and
alform 960 M are mainly used in branches with a
high extension of manufacturing, when weight
savings are the main goals to reach. This is typi-
cal in the field of mobile cranes, concrete pump
trucks and vehicles.
15Production process
Dimensions
You will find more information in our technical terms of delivery. Subject to change pursuant to further development.The current version is available at ffcd4dcad15abe23482f4d5a/grobblech
alform ?-steels are produced by thermomechanical rolling with accelerated cooling directly after the rolling process. Conventional quenching and tempering in heating furnace and quenching device is no longer necessary. This type of steel provides a fine-grained, homogeneous structure with high tensile strength and excellent toughness.Benefits
alform ?-steels show benefits in comparison with
conventional quenched and tempered steels as
following:
Best weldability because of low C-equivalent,
low C-content, easy edge preparation, reduced
or abolished preheating, high resistance against
cold cracks because of high toughness in the
heat-affected zone (HAZ).
Best bending properties because of the very
fine grained structure, smallest bending radius
and insensibility against cracks during bending.
Best surface because of a homogeneous, thin
secondary scale which is easily to remove. No
scale scarred from hardening process. Steel grade Min.Max.
Thickness alform 700 M 8 mm 60 mm
alform 960 M 10 mm 15 mm
Width 2,500 mm Length 12,750 mm Weight per order item 20 mt
Weight per plate 11.7 mt
1)CEV = C + Mn/6 + (Cr+Mo+V)/5 + (Ni+Cu)/15 according to IIW 2)
CET = C + (Mn+Mo)/10 + (Cr+Cu)/20 + Ni/40 according to SEW 088
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Chemical composition
Carbon equivalent
The lean chemical composition is designed for best weldability. Therefore we provide very low carbon- and carbon equivalent values.
Heat analysis Guaranteed values
mass %
C
Si Mn P S Al ges.Cr Mo Ni V Nb Ti
B Steel grades max.max.max.max.max.min.max.max.max.max.max.max.max.alform 700 M 0.120.60 2.100.0200.0080.020 1.500.50 2.000.120.060.050.0050alform 960 M
0.12
0.60
1.70
0.020
0.008
0.020
1.50
0.70
2.00
0.12
0.06
0.05
0.0050
As-delivered condition
Plates of alform 700 M are delivered in a thermomechanically rolled condition with accelerated cooling.
Plates of alform 960 M are delivered in a thermomechanically rolled condition with accelerated cooling and tempering. Mechanical properties
1)Tensile test in accordance with EN 10002 on transverse samples.
2)Notch impact bending test in accordance with EN 10045 on Charpy-V longitudinal samples at –40 °C.
The mean value from 3 inpidual sampels must fullfil the specified requirements. No inpidual value below 70% of the guaranteed
mean value. For thicknesses < 10 mm, samples similar to Charpy-V with dimensions of 10 x 7.5 mm are tested. The guaranteed value
is reduced in proportion to the sample cross-section.
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18Safety at overload
alform 700 M provide a low ratio of yield strength to tensile strength. This aims in additional safety in case of overload.
Excellent toughness
alform 700 M provide excellent toughness down to very low temperatures. Skillfully welded this aims also in high toughness in the heat-affected zone (HAZ) for a reliable welded joint.
Item 1
With beginning overload alform 700 M strengthens
more, but with less elongation than S690QL.
Item 2
Increasing overload reaches the tensile strength for
S690QL while alform 700 M is still strengthening.
Item 3
While alform 700 M is still strengthening, the tensile
strength of S690QL is already passed.
Elongation
Stress strain curves (detail)
S t r e s s [M P a ]
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Optimal Welding
Reduced preheating
The very low carbon- and carbon equivalent values reduce the preheating temperature significantly or even make pre-heating not necessary. This saves fabrication costs and improves the working environment of the operator.
Lower hardening
Due to the lean chemical composition the hardening in the heat-affected zone (HAZ) during welding ist remarkable lower compared with conventional quenched and tempered steels. This results in lower risk of cold cracks and a reliable welded joint.
Arc energy [kJ/mm ]
M a x . h a r d n e s s i n H A Z [H V 10]
Hardening in heat-affected zone [HAZ]
MAW – welding, 12 mm thickness
20Tests for alform 700 M: plate thickness of 10 mm, bending direction parallel to rolling direction
Q+T steel plates: Quenching & tempering leads
to thick scale from the furnace. During levelling
there is a risk of getting marks of impressed
scale. alform ?-plates: TMCP provides thin homogene-ous scale from hot rolling. The risk of scale im-pressions is reduced.
Best bending properties
The fine-grained structure of alform ?-steels provides very good cold formability. We recommend a minimum die-radius of: 3 x plate thickness for alform 700 M (EN 10025-6: 4 x)4 x plate thickness for alform 960 M (EN 10025-6: 5 x)
Less scale on surface
Due to the TMCP online-production with accelerated cooling alform ?-plates provide a thin homogeneous scale. This results in less scale during processing in the costumer’s workshop.
measured inner radius / thickness
(c r
a c k
l
e n g t h / b e n d i n g l e n g t h ) x 100 [%]100
9080706050403020100
Bending performance
10 mm 10 mm
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