Steel Plate
Strenx
performance steel
IMPROVE PERFORMANCE WITH LESS WEIGHT
To make products lighter you need stronger steel that can be used in thinner dimensions. Depending on the starting point Strenx™ designs can reduce steel structure weight by up to 40% and still achieve greater performance and a longer service life.
Quality and consistency guarantees
SSAB’s Strenx guarantees include tight thickness and flatness tolerances, and bending guarantees. These product guarantees are made in order to promise superior workshop and application performance.
Load more and burn less fuel
Increase payload and improve fuel efficiency. Trucks, trailers, trains and buses can become lighter without compromising on performance, safety and service life. Strenx steel delivers yield strengths of 600–1300 MPa, while being as workshop-friendly as regular steel.
Good news for farming and forestry
High capacity and low weight are important to agriculture and forestry. Low weight minimizes soil compacting on crop fields and ground damage in the forest. Strong and light machinery means less fuel, less wear and less hours worked for the same result.
Superior performance and usability
Strenx features remarkable impact toughness. 700 MC Plus grades tests 40J at –60ºC. Bending radii as tight as 1.0x thickness and weld-friendliness mean the possibilities for weight reduction and fabrication efficiency are vast.
REACH HIGHER AND FURTHER
Strenx steel enables increased reach both upwards and outwards. Achieve greater performance without compromising on safety and without making the complete unit too heavy.
High capacity and low weight are important to agriculture and forestry. Low weight minimizes soil compacting on crop fields and ground damage in the forest. Strong and light machinery means less fuel, less wear and less hours worked for the same result.
WE MAXIMISE EFFICIENCY
Real Steel has tooling, machinery and expertise optimised to maximise the benefits of Strenx Performance Steel to make the highest-performing and longest-lasting steel solutions.
Case Study
STRONGER, LIGHTER SPRAY BOOMS USING STRENX
BMC Engineering based in Pukekohe, Auckland provides creative solutions for farming businesses. They have successfully used Strenx material to build a stronger and lighter horticultural spray boom with a far more advanced design in comparison to the previous mild steel solution. The Strenx spray booms are between 14.5m and 19m long, which cover 9 or 11 beds and vary in size depending on the growers’ bed sizes. BMC Engineering custom manufactures to suit their customer’s needs.
IMPROVED DESIGN
Due to the strength and ductility of the Strenx material, BMC Engineering was able to create a lighter and far more advanced design. Strenx enabled them to further streamline their processes to produce a better product for their customers. Weaknesses were identified in the CAD (computer-aided design) phase which meant that each part could be designed to interlock into the next. This greatly reduced variance in the construction.
LASER CUTTING STRENX
Real Steel manufactures parts of the Strenx spray boom using their LVD Impuls laser cutter. Laser cutting benefits the design as the pieces of Strenx steel are now tabbed and slotted together – BMC Engineering can then put together the booms like Meccano. All the parts that make up the boom fit together with small clearances meaning the booms are straight and easier to assemble.
INCREASED VALUE
Receiving laser cut parts has reduced the manufacturing time for BMC Engineering. The time saved in which they would previously cut mild steel internally means they now concentrate on areas they can add value to the process for their customers.
REDUCED DOWNTIME
The Strenx spray booms experience less fatigue cracking over time caused by heat affected areas which results in less machine downtime and costs for the farmer. Additionally, if the spray boom is damaged by an accident or misuse, the Strenx spray boom is a much easier repair which also reduces downtime.
FUEL SAVINGS
A lighter design with significantly reduced weight translates into a lighter sprayer in the field, fuel cost savings, less soil compaction, lower life cycle carbon footprint and an increase in a company’s bottom line.
“The boom is stiffer and moves differently. Our customer feedback is that the new ‘feel’ is an improvement over the mild steel design. It is stronger and the narrower material has allowed us to improve the design. The boom performs better than the older style booms according to the customers.”
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