General Engineering and Structural steel

Name: General Engineering and Structural steel
Brand: Ovako

General engineering and structural steel is used for producing various construction or machine elements, alloyed either only with carbon and manganese, or where also micro alloying is added.

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Many General Engineering and Structural grades come close to Quench and Tempering, Carburizing or Nitriding grades. It is from this versatility these grades are called General Engineering and Structural grades and are regulated by standards in most countries. Within EU many of the Structural grades has a S as Prefix and the Engineering Grades an E, followed by the Yield strength, eg S235, S355, E470, E520 etc.

These Standards do then also regulate shapes, sizes, chemical composition, mechanical properties such as strengths, storage practices, etc.

These steel are produced by all Ovako mills and come in different executions such as bar, tube and rings. General Engineering and Structural steel is also base for our hard-chrome plated products, as well as the standard Hollow bar program in Ovako 280.

EN-standard	Ovako	C	Si	Mn	Cr	Other
C15	8362	0.15	0.2	0.5
C22	C22R	0.21	0.2	0.6
C35	8563	0.35	0.2	0.7
C40	C40R	0.40	0.2	0.7
C45	047, 5155, 1672	0.45	0.2	0.7
C55	056, 8665	0.55	0.2	0.8
C60	061A	0.60	0.2	0.8
S235JR	1312	0.18	0.3	1.2
S355J2	520, 9817	0.20	0.3	1.2
P355NH	2714	0.14	0.3	1.2
19MnVS6	7255, SB280	0.19	0.4	1.5		V
19MnV6*	280	0.19	0.4	1.5		V
30MnVS6	9830	0.30	0.5	1.4		V
38MnVS6	482, 7221	0.38	0.4	1.3		V
46MnVS3	382	0.46	0.3	0.7		V
S400*	SB400	0.20	0.3	1.2		V
S460	19MnVS6	0.20	0.2	1.3
SB280X	19MnVs6	0.18	0,35	1,55		V
24MnV6*	SB600	0.25	0.4	1.5		V
11SMn30	2715	0.11	0.2	1.2		S
20Mn5*	2630	0.20	0.4	1.3		S
S355J0	2720	0.16	0.4	1.3		S
4CrMn16-4*	8301	0.04	0.3	1.0	4.0	Nb

EN-standard designation followed by “*” is not an official EN standard grade but named according to the rules in EN 10027.

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