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Help and advice with new profiles
Special profiles are special shaped long steel sections, which are used to make components for a wide range of industries. The profile shape and steel chemistry are “tailor made” to minimise the amount of further work necessary to manufacture a finished component.
Special profiles are manufactured from steel blooms via a hot rolling process. Our range of special profiles is the most comprehensive available in the world, and we can roll profiles up to a maximum of 230kg/metre. This provides an almost infinite range of possible profile shapes – from simple profiles with non-standard dimensions, to highly complex and asymmetrical shapes.
We have roll design and machining capability to create the rolls and tooling necessary to manufacture special profiles. In most cases, the rolls and tooling developed for a customer’s profile are reserved for their use only. We develop long term relationships with customers to develop and modify the profile ranges they require.
Some special profiles are available on an 'open roll' basis (open to all customers) where there are common industry or customer requirements. Please review our product range for details.
In addition to hot rolling profiles, we also offer a range of further processing. For example, this includes cold sawing to exact bar length, shot blasting and painting, and a range of fabrication and machining operations. Please contact us for details.
Special profiles offer many advantages compared with alternative methods for manufacturing steel components. This includes :
- Saving time and cost by eliminating the need for fabrication work and multiple handling
- Tight dimensional tolerances, which improve accuracy compared with standard steel products
- Reduced weight, which is possible by combining asymmetric profile shapes with an appropriate steel composition
- More uniform mechanical properties, for example by eliminating heat effected zones from welding
We provide help and advice on steel chemistry and shape to develop the optimum profile for each application. If you have an idea for a special profile, please contact us and send the following information :
- A sketch or drawing showing the shape and dimensions of the profile
- Steel grade, or properties required
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An indication of volume requirements – tonnes or metres
Please select a product link for details of our products:
- Earth moving equipment
- Forklift trucks
- Bulb flats
- Crane rails
- Aluminium smelting
- Mining
- New special profiles
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Energy & Power
- Linepipe
- OCTG
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- Jackets
- Topsides
- Power generation
- Renewable energy
- Drilling and well completion

