XLERPLATE® steel has long been held as the industry benchmark for steel plate products within Australia’s fabrication and manufacturing industries.
XLERPLATE® steel’s product range are available in the following categories ensuring there is a product to meet your specific requirements. These include:
- Structural Products
- Boiler & Pressure Vessel Products
- Analysis & Counterweight Products
By selecting XLERPLATE® steel you can be confident that your plate requirements are met. Our diverse product range available in both standard and custom specifications allows you to enjoy a one-stop-shop for supply of plate products that are “best fit” for the vast range of applications. Our custom plate range is available on relatively short lead times allowing you to start your projects as soon as possible.
Access to special purpose grades (by enquiry) means we can individually develop unique properties to meet your specific requirements.
Access to BlueScope’s technical team means you have access to steel experts that can assist you with material selection and provide product application guidance to ensure you select the appropriate grade to you’re your manufacturing requirements.
ISO Quality Management Systems Accreditation (ISO 9001), adherence to Australian Standards ASNZS 3678 and comprehensive test certificates will help ensure you will receive what your expect, a good quality product that can be traced back to its origin providing you peace of mind.
XLERPLATE® steel Structural Grades
XLERPLATE® steel structural grades consist of a range of medium and high strength plate products with varying nominal yield strengths. Typical uses consist of structural members, general fabrications, bridges, storage tanks and structures for high-rise buildings.
To achieve your specific requirements these grades are also available as:
- low temperature plate products with guaranteed impact properties at -15°C,
- floor plate that is a plate with raised pattern on one surface
- weathering resistant steel.
XLERPLATE® steel Boiler and Pressure Vessel Grades
XLERPLATE® steel boiler and pressure vessel grades are a range of specially designed plate products using a fully killed, fine grained carbon-manganese steel produced by hot rolling and normalising.
XLERPLATE® steel boiler and pressure vessel grades provide a range of guaranteed design strengths, guaranteed low temperature properties, excellent weldability and formability, and can be utilised as an alternative to normalised grades where good toughness is required.
XLERPLATE® steel’s Analysis Grades
XLERPLATE® steel’s analysis grades consist of grades that meet a specific chemical compositions while the counterweight grade is steel supplied to a broad chemical analysis range with no guaranteed mechanical properties.
The analysis grades consist of two grades Australian Standard AS/NZ 3678 A1006 and Australian Standard AS/NZ 3678 K1042. The Australian Standard AS/NZ 3678 A1006 is a low carbon and low strength structural grade typically used in galvanising kettles while Australian Standard AS/NZ 3678 K1042 is a heat treatable plate grade for general engineering applications, where improved abrasion and wear properties are obtained on heat treatment.
The counterweight material has no guaranteed mechanical properties, not recommended for structural applications, not supplied to a specific standard and no test certificates are available for this product.
SPEAK TO AN EXPERT
XLERPLATE® steel’s product range is available in the following categories ensuring there is a product to meet your specific requirements. These include:
Benefits of Sourcing your XLERPLATE® steel From BlueScope Plate Supplies
Advanced Technical Support: Our representatives are ready to serve you and address your queries. We have adapted to the newest technologies to allow our customers to reach us quickly and easily.
Delivery: BlueScope Plate Supplies offers a wide range of high quality, locally made Australian steel plate products. Backed by expert technical support and JIT (Just In Time) flexible lead times, we aim to provide continuity of supply to help streamline your business operations.
Special Steel Grades: As part of the BlueScope group of companies, we have the ability to investigate and produce specially designed steel grades outside our standard range and offer a number of third party certification options as well as non- standard test requirements.
Steel Processing: BlueScope Plate Supplies are committed to providing high quality processing capabilities, ranging from simple processing to more complex and precise processing work.
Certified Steel Products: Backed by?our commitment to quality, we help reduce compliance risk through our ISO 9001 quality management system accreditation – providing assurance for your business.
Industries Served:
- Infrastructure
- Defence
- Renewable Energy
- Engineering and Construction
- Mining, Oil and Gas
- General Manufacturing
- Transport and Automotive
- Residential and Commercial Building
- Agriculture and Farming.
Source: www.steel.com.au
Our Value Proposition
When you choose BlueScope Plate Supplies we will aim to provide you with quality steel products and personalised service. Backed by the technical support of BlueScope, we will focus on helping you to keep your projects running smoothly.
Our Value Proposition is based on the following key product and service offerings:
Quality Accredited Steel Products
We help reduce compliance risk through our ISO 9001 quality management system accreditation – providing assurance for your business. We understand the importance of material traceability and can provide test certificates to match all our steel plate products, providing peace of mind and consistent high-quality. This removes the hassle and helps ensure the steel products you purchase from us comply to the necessary standards and are fit for purpose.
Processed Products and Parts
We work with our customers to provide confidence?in our processed products and parts. This in turn has allowed some customers to free up warehouse space and utilise their workforce in adding value down the line. Ranging from simple based cutting to complex multiple precision processing on CNC controlled plate- line machines, your material will be delivered marked and safely packed as specified. We also aim for on time delivery to suit your project schedule.
Supply Chain Management
Managing multiple jobs and projects can be complex, as well as time and resource consuming, requiring specific skill-sets and experience. BlueScope Plate Supplies provides expertise in stock management, supply chain efficiency and inventory optimisation programs. This can help your business to reduce working capital with the peace of mind of stock availability.
Project Management Support
We aim to partner with your project team to ensure a long-lasting relationship built on trust. BlueScope Plate Supplies understands your requirements and provides local support and supply. Backed by the technical and engineering teams from our Port Kembla, NSW steelworks, we work with you every step of your project to help save time and deliver the steel you need.
Steel Efficiency Review®
The Steel Efficiency Reviews® is suitable for businesses of all shapes and sizes across a full spectrum of steel industries. We look closely at your production and processing lines to help you identify cost and time savings to recommend possible improvements.
There is no cost and no risk in undertaking a Steel Efficiency Review®. Our SER® Consultants simply offer you recommendations to possibly improve your operation’s efficiency and productivity. We come back to you within a short timeframe with a report, detailing our findings, recommendations and solutions.
The Steel Efficiency Reviews® studies different aspects of your business and provide tips on these seven key areas:
- Processing
- Inventory
- Motion
- Rework
- Over-production
- Time in waiting
- Transportation
Visit http://steelefficiencyreview.com.au/ to learn more about our SER® program.
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