How Many Do You Know about Angle Iron？

Angle iron is becoming more and more important in building structures and engineering structures to fulfill our daily life. There are so many angle iron suppliers in China and the angel iron prices are competitive. Among them, Steel from China guarantees great quality and reasonable prices.

Angle iron is mainly used to make the frame structure, such as high-voltage transmission tower, steel bridge frame on both sides of the tower, crane on the construction site of the column and arm, workshops columns and beams, some small places like the roadside flowerpot shape shelf, hanging shelf solar air conditioning in windows. Angle of the surface quality requirements in the standard, general requirements may not exist in the use of harmful defects such as delamination, scarring, and cracks. Angle iron geometry of the allowable range in the standard deviation is also provided, generally comprises a curved edge, width edge, other items of the theoretical weight and the predetermined angle of twist can not be significant.

The manufacturing process of angle iron is relatively simple, and according to the production technique angle iron can be divided into two types which are hot-rolled and cold-formed. Hot rolled steel angle is large, while cold-formed is relatively smaller. Standard process is billet through a dedicated many channels repeatedly rolling steel mills gradually rolled into v shape. There is a transition in the inner corner of the arc with reliable mechanical properties. Rather small workshop production is directly rolled sheet or strip with a curve into the inside corner no transition arc, and because the larger the bending stress in a corner, and poor mechanical properties, the most important point is that the material is not guaranteed, this generally can not buy back angle bend, nor welding, drilling up to take the length. Angle steel billets for the production of raw material for carbon square steel billets, hot rolled angles finished forming, hot-rolled or normalizing the status of delivery.

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More Information About Angle Iron

What is Angle Iron?

Angle Iron, also commonly known as angle steel, is a 90 degree folded flat metal along its length. With equal length of the 2 sides of the angle, we called it "Equal steel Iron", otherwise, we called it "Unequal Steel Iron". Its specifications expressed in "Edge width * Edge width × Edge Thickness". "∠30×30×3" for example, it means the edge width of Steel Iron is 30mm, and the thickness is 3 mm.

Applications of Angle Iron

According to the different needs, Angle Iron often used as structural element in building, bridge, Transmission tower, Lifting and transport machinery, or for variety of supports, such as bed frame, Warehouse shelves, etc.

Factors that affect angle iron prices

Size of Angle iron, The type and grades of Steel are normal factors that impact prices of Steel Iron. Other factors like shipping cost, import & export clearance fees should also considered if you want to buy Angle Iron from China steel suppliers.

1．Depends on your projects or intended applications, you need different dimensional size and  thickness of Angle Iron, the Typical size range: 20x20-200x200, 0.3mm-25mm Thick, 6m-13m Long. With more steel is used to create a larger Angle Iron, the price will increase accordingly, Normally, your suppliers will provide you the prices based on the weight of Angle iron.

2．The type of steel used to produce Angle iron can also impact the prices because the cost of the steel types varies greatly. Galvanized angle iron with hot-dip galvanized (zinc) coatings need more labor and process, which will cost much more money. And those cost will be added onto the prices.

3．If you import angle iron from China, you may also consider to adding boron into angle iron. By adding boron, China Steel suppliers can get a 9% to 13% tax rebate for a number of products, which makes huge differences on the price . The difference can up to 100 USD/MT. You can save more cost by importing angle iron from private mills instead of State owned mills.

Contact us now to get more ideas about how to choose the right type of angle iron for your projects and how to saving cost by importing angle iron from China.

International Steel Market Analysis in Mar.2014

Steel Price Rebound in North America, Keep Falling in Europe and Asia

• North America Market

In March end, CRU North American steel price index was 177.2 points, 2.6 points up, increasing 1.5%. In March, U.S. manufacturing PMI was 53.7%, rose by 0.5% among which new orders index rose by 0.6% with the demand situation improved slightly. In March end, U.S. crude steel capacity utilization rate is 75.7%, 0.5% lower than last year. Plate prices continue to rise in the U.S. market in March. while other products continue to fall in price.

• Europe Market

In March end, CRU European steel price index was 155.7 points, 0.8 points down, decreasing 0.5%. In March, the Euro zone's manufacturing PMI index was 53.0%, fell by 0.2%. In major European countries, Germany and the UK manufacturing PMI were 53.7% and 55.3% respectively, dropped 1.1% and 0.9% respectively; France, Italy and Spain's manufacturing PMI were 52.1%, 52.4% and 52.8%, respectively, increasing 2.4, 0.1 and 0.3% respectively. This month the plank product prices in German market rose, but long products prices fell.

• Asia Market

In March end, CRU Asian steel price index was 164.3 points, 0.7 points down, decreasing 0.4%. In March, the Asian major economies manufacturing industries expanded at low speed, with China and South Korea manufacturing PMI 50.3% and 50.4% respectively, rose by 0.1 and 0.6% respectively; Japan, India, Indonesia and China Taiwan's manufacturing PMI were 53.9%, 51.3%, 50.1% and 53.9% respectively, dropped 1.6%, 1.2%, 0.4% and 2.0% respectively. This month Far East market steel prices remained stable, plank product prices turned to fall, and long products continued to fall.

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Want to know more about Galvanized Angle Iron?

Galvanized angle iron supplier is not necessarily the common angle iron manufacturer. Because galvanized angle iron is by the angle iron then making galvanized, sometimes, the angle iron factory can’t make galvanized process, so we need to find the professional galvanized mill to galvanize for our angle iron after which we can get the galvanized angle iron. So the galvanized angle steel price is always higher than the angle iron price about 800-1200 rmb / ton more or less.

Galvanized Angle Iron is the angle after derusting into around 500 ℃ melting liquid zinc through which the zinc layer is adhered on the surface of the angle steel, thereby reach the purpose of anticorrosive, it’s suitable for all kinds of acid, alkali fog corrosive environments.

Galvanized Angle Iron has many advantages just like the following list

No. 1 Low processing cost: the cost of the hot dip galvanized anti-rust cost is lower than other paint coating.

No. 2 Durable: hot dip galvanized Angle steel has surface luster, uniform zinc layer, no plating leakage, no DiLiu, strong adhesion, corrosion resistance strong features. In the suburbs environment, standard hot-dip galvanized anti-rust thickness can be 50 years without repair, and in urban areas or coastal area, the standard of hot-dip galvanized anti-rust layer can keep 20 years without repair.

No. 3 Good reliability: between the galvanized layer and steel there is the metallurgical combination. It’s a part of the steel surface which can make the durability of coating more reliable.

No. 4 Coating of high tenacity: galvanized layer to form a kind of special metallurgical structure, this structure can bear the mechanical damage during transport and use.

No. 5 Comprehensive protection: each section of the plated parts can zinc plating, even in the cavity, sharp corners and hiding places can be fully protected.

No. 6 Save time and effort: galvanized process faster than other coating construction method, and can avoid the time needed for brushwork at site after installation.

Galvanized angle iron has very widely use with tower, communication tower, railway and highway protection, lamp posts, Marine structures, construction steel structure component, ancillary facilities of substation, light industry, etc.

If you are looking for information on the better anti-rust, high tenacity coating, durable and good reliability angle iron, please visit our product page. 

Angle Iron and price

As we all know, China steel has advantage on price and with excellent quality. Steelfromchina.com is the most representative China steel which gathering first class Chinese factories especially for structural steel. Among them, angle iron is one of the most popular and useful structural steel.

An angle iron is a flat metal rod that has been folded to a 90-degree angle along its length, resulting in an L-shaped piece. Usually the two sides of the angle are of equal length. Heavier angle iron is often a structural element in buildings, bridges, and so on, while a lighter version is used for a variety of supports. An adjustable bed frame, for example, is made of this material.

Iron and steel are the most common materials used to make this mate, especially when it will be used in a structural framework. In these cases, the rod is often called angle steel or steel angle iron. Aluminum is used when weight or rust are important considerations. Brass angle iron is sometimes used in projects, especially when the rod will be visible in the finished work and aesthetic appeal is important. Sometimes angle iron is sold with a powder finish that resembles paint.

Angle iron is available in several standard sizes, usually expressed by naming the length of one side. That with longer sides is typically made of thicker metal and has a thicker “root,” the area where the bend is located. Larger versions can support heavier loads

Slotted or pierced angle iron has holes at standard intervals along both sides. Usually the holes are one inch (2.54 cm) apart as measured from the center of each hole. The holes are oval rather than round to allow for different stress in the finished product. Slotted angle iron is often used for uprights in commercial shelving, since sections are easy to assemble with nuts and bolts. Precut lengths with formed metal shelves are often packed and sold as garage shelving.

Angle brackets are sometimes called angle irons. These are also L-shaped pieces of metal, but the fold runs across the width of the flat metal rod instead of along its length. Angle brackets are often bolted to the wall and used to support shelves.

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Brief Introduction of Galvanized Pipe and ERW Pipe

Steel suppliers always play a role of “bridge” between manufacturer and user. Through sales, steel suppliers get a lot of the latest information and intelligence of users, and give feedback to the steel mills at the same time, meanwhile, steel mills can also adjust the production plan and categories to meet market demands better .And customers can also learn information about technology industry and market trends through dealing with steel suppliers .As a supplier, I’ll give you a brief introduction of galvanized pipe and ERW pipe today.

Galvanized pipe has two development phases, the cold galvanized pipe and hot dip galvanized pipe. Due to the requirements of environmental protection, cold galvanized pipe has been forbidden. What we use is mainly hot dip galvanized pipe. Zinc is known as the "skin" of steel, galvanized processing cut off the contact between air and steel pipe, so under the circumstance of anaerobic, steel is not rusty, and extends the service life of steel pipe largely. Besides, Zinc oxide is more intensive to prevent further oxidation. If you keep an eye on surrounding, galvanized steel pipe is used as water pipe and gas pipe, not only for the sake of safety, but also the convenience for construction. Practical application shows that the use of galvanized steel pipe reduce the water and gas waste, since the galvanization steel tube is not easy to broke and cause water and gas leak. Galvanized steel pipe can also be used in petroleum industry; it is very sensitive in the field of detecting oil, because the anti-interference function of zinc coating is very strong. A lot of heating pipes take galvanized pipes as materials. Of course, in the respects of machinery, coal, chemical industry, automobile industry, highway, container, and agricultural machinery manufacturing, galvanized steel pipe can often be seen .At the end, for the daily life, here is a little cleaning tips, do washing off rust with dilute hydrochloric acid.

ERW pipe (Electrical Resistance welding pipe) is a welding way that by taking the electrode pressure after the work piece combination to generate heat through touching with the surface and close region of work piece, with the characteristics of high efficiency, low cost, material saving , easy automation, etc. It is widely used in water supply and drainage engineering, petroleum engineering. It also can be used as pile pipe, structural pipe in the field of bridge, docks, roads, building, etc. With the development of aerospace electronics, automobile, household electrical appliances, ERW pipes are increasingly widely noted.

Above are what we mainly introduced today. Steel pipes are with numerous categories, and it may be difficult to understand all of them. But never mind, our sales team will be patient enough to help you. So contact us if you have any questions.

China’s Steel Industry Executive Summary in March 2014

China is the largest steel manufacturer in the world and it is still in fast growing, not only in Steel products’ output, but also in steel products’ range and quality. Chinese low-end steel products, billets and hot-rolled coils for example, are not favorable as before for foreign importers. Instead, Chinese steel industry is becoming a higher value-added supply base. You will find that China’s steel industry is becoming a whole new entity. 

U.S. Imports of All Steel Mill Products from China

According to SIMA (Steel Import Monitoring and Analysis) ‘s report. The United States imports of steel mill products from Chinese steel suppliers greatly over the past few years.

1) From 2013.12 to 2014.1 U.S. imports Steel mill products from China increased 33.6%, 173.7 thousand metric tons in total.

2) The data of imports from China in 2014.1 are 13.5% above the volume in 2013.1 and 20.5% above the 2013 average.

3) 2014.1 imports from China represent 6% of all U.S. steel mill imports, above the 5.7% share in 2013.12 but below the 6.4% share in 2013.1.

Here is a graph from SIMA, US Department of Commerce for your reference

Chinese Import and Export of Steel Mill Products

Based on the latest data from the NAFTA countries, the imports from China’s Steel suppliers into NAFTA countries decreased 9.5% , 225.7 thousand metric tons in total.

Steel imports into NAFTA countries from the world (excluding intra-NAFTA trade) decreased by 1.8% to 2.3 million metric tons from November to December 2013. Imports from China represented 6% of all NAFTA countries’ steel imports in December 2013, well below the 6.7% and 6.6% shares in November 2013 and December 2012, respectively.

Chinese steel mill imports and exports increased between December 2013 and January 2014, with China’s steel trade surplus widening by 32.3% to 5.2 million metric tons.

According to the Graph below we can know that:

1) From December 2013 to January 2014, Chinese exports increased 26.7% to 6.5 million metric tons, a record high export volume that has not been reached since September 2008.

2) January 2014 steel mill exports were 38.6% above January 2013 exports and

122.6% above exports in January 2011.

3) Chinese imports in January 2014 increased 9.1% from December 2013 imports to 1.4 million metric tons. China’s steel imports in January 2014 were up 20.1% from imports a year ago, and down 20% compared to January 2011.

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Application of Angle Iron and Galvanized Angle Iron

Angle iron is widely used in building structure and engineering structure, such as house beam, bridge, power transmission tower, hoisting and conveying machinery, ships, industrial furnace, reaction tower, container frame, cable duct support, power piping, bus bracket installation, as well as the warehouse shelves and so on.

Angle iron is mainly divided into two categories, equal angle iron and unequal angle iron, and the unequal angle iron can be divided into equal thickness and unequal thickness. Photos can be seen in the website Steel from china.com.

In order to extend span of service life, there is another angle steel named galvanized angle iron. The advantages of galvanized angle steel are as follows:

1. Low processing costs: the cost of the hot-dip galvanized anti-rust coating is lower than any other paint Coating;

2. Durability: hot-dip galvanized angle iron has the properties of glossy surface, uniform zinc layer, no skipping plate, strong adhesion and strong corrosion resistance. In the suburban environment, standard hot-dip galvanized thickness can keep for 50 years without repair; In urban areas or offshore areas, the standard hot-dip galvanized layer can keep 20 years without repair;

3. Good reliability, the galvanized layer is metallurgical combined with steel, which become a part of the steel surface, thus, the durability of the galvanized coating is more reliable;

4. The high toughness of the galvanized coating: the galvanized layer can form a kind of special metallurgical structure which can bear the mechanical damage when in transporting and using;

5. Comprehensive protection: each section of the work piece can be plated with zinc, even in the cavity, sharp corners and hidden place;

6. Time-saving and labor-saving: the galvanizing process is faster than other coating construction method, and this can save the time for painting after installation on site.