Glossary of Steel Industry Terms
United Steel Term | Alternative Terms |
Channel | PFC, Parallel Flange Channel, Tapered Flange Channel, C Channels, C Section |
Chequer Plate |
Floor Plate, Chq Plate, |
Cold Rolled Sheet | Annealed Sheet |
Corten Plate | Corrosion Resistant Plate, Container Plate |
Deformed Round |
Rebar, dbar, reo, deformed
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Electro Galv Sheet | Zintec, EG Sheet |
Equal Angle | Right Angle, EA |
Flat Bar | Merchant Bar |
Galvanised Sheet | Galvalume, Zincalume |
Grooved End Pipe | Pipe, tube, water pipe reticulation |
Pipe | Circular Hollow Section, CHS |
Mild Steel Plate | Mild Steel Sheet, Hot Rolled Plate |
RHS | Rectangular Hollow Section, Hollows, Box Section, Square Hollow Section, SHS |
SHS | Square Hollow Section, Hollows, Box |
Tube | Furniture Tube, Light Weight Tube, Cold Rolled Tube, ERW, EWS |
Universal Beams | Beams, UBs, I Beam, Wide Flange Beams, Welded Beams |
Universal Columns | Columns, H Beams, Welded Columns |