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Use our beginners’ guide to structural beam grade 300 to help you choose the right product for your building project.

Beginners Guide to Structural Steel Beams

Grade 250 mild steel sheet and plate is a versatile and cost-effective material that is suitable for use in a wide variety of applications. Here, we discuss its benefits.

Benefits of grade 250 mild steel sheet and plate

You’ll find stainless steel almost everywhere, from architectural structures to cutlery. But what makes this versatile material so useful? Here we look into six common questions about stainless steel.

Stainless steel: six common questions

The type of material you choose for your project will have an effect on a range of factors. Here, we outline the key reasons to use structural steel and break down some of the advantages that structural steel offers.

Reasons to use structural steel

Here, we outline different types of tool steel grades and break down some of the most common tool steel grades in the market, O1 and W1.

Tool steel grades explained

There are several ways of applying galvanised coatings, with each process having its own unique characteristics and performance. Here, our friends at Austube Mills delve into the advantages and disadvantages of various types.

Galvanised steel tube coatings

Metal is one of the most versatile materials. Thanks to its mechanical and chemical stability, metal can be processed in many different ways… the possibilities are endless! One of the most common methods of processing metals is heat treatment.

Heat treating processes for metals

Architects and engineers know all too well the importance of steel protection. That’s because if steel is exposed to too much moisture, salt or heat, corrosion can quickly deteriorate the quality of your steel.