Boron steel flats bars are used to applications where high strengh, good bendability and weldability is required.

They also offer good impact toughness and high yield strength.  Hot-Rolled Boron Flats are used in the fork-lift industry and especially in the production of forks.

GENERAL FEATURES

TYPE Hot-Rolled Bars of rectangular cross-section (Flats)
STEEL GRADE RSt 37-2 according to DIN 17100 (S235JR according to EN10025)
RSt 44-2 according to DIN 17100 (S275JR according to EN10025)
15B35 Modified (see below)
35Mn5 Modified (see below)
FORM-DIMENSIONS Straight bars with Width form 80 to 180 mm, and Thickness from 25 to 90 mm
LENGTH – TOLERANCES Bar length: 6 to 12 m with +/- 75 mm tolerance
PACKING – WEIGHT Bundles. Weight up to 5,200 Kg per bundle
DIMENSIONS, WEIGHT & TOLERANCES According DIN 1017

 

Steel Chemical Composition

Steel Grade C (%) Mn (%) Si (%) Cr S (%) max P (%) max B (%)
RSt 37-2 0.20 max 1.40 max 0.045
RSt 44-2 0.21 max 1.40 max 0.045
15B35 Mod. 0.27 – 0.35 1.00 – 1.60 0.15 – 0.35 0.25 – 0.65 0.025 0.020 0.0005 – 0.0050
30Mn5 Mod. 0.30 – 0.34 1.25 – 1.50 0.15 – 0.35 0.30 – 0.50 0.020 0.025 0.0005 – 0.0040

 

Mechanical Properties

Steel Grade Nominal Thickness (mm) Sample Yield Strength
(N/mm2) min
Tensile Strength
(N/mm2)
Elongation
5d0, (%)
Charpy -V- Notch Impact – j
(test at -20° C)
RSt 37-2 24-40 as rolled 225 340-470 26
41-63 25
> 63 215 24
RSt 44-2 25-40 as rolled 265 410-540 22
41-63 255 21
> 63 245 20
15B35 Mod. 25-90 quenched & tempered 827 950 min 12 27 j min
as rolled 700 min
30Mn5 Mod. 25-90 quenched & tempered 750 900-1,100 27 j min

 

Hardenability, HRC

Steel Grade Thickness (mm) 1.5 5.0 9.0 13.0 15.0 20.0 25.0 30.0 35.0
15B35 Mod. Up to 50 max 58 55 50
min 51 41 33
51-71 max 58 55 53
min 51 41 33
> 70 max 58 55 51
min 51 41 34
30Mn5 Mod. 25-90 max 55 55 54 53 52 48 44 39 36
min 47 46 42 36 33 27 23 20

 

Dimensions, Weight and Tolerances

Width (mm) Allowed Width
Deviation (mm)
Thickness
25 30 35 40 45 50 60 65 70 75 80 90
Permissible Thickness Deviation (mm)
+/- 1.0 1.5 +/-
Nominal Weight (Kg/m)
80 1.5 25.12
100 23.55 27.47 31.40 35.72 39.25 47.10
110 2.0 34.54
120 37.68 42.39 47.10
125 2.5 49.06 58.87
130 25.25 30.61 51.02 61.23
140 43.96 49.45 54.95 65.94
150 52.98 64.76 70.65 76.54 82.42 88.31
180 63.58 98.91 105.97 127.17

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