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Short, practical pieces on the material we handle — what the sections are for, how to tell good steel from bad, and the things worth checking before a load leaves the shop.
Also referred to as angle irons or angle bars, steel angles are finished steel products made through hot-forming semi-finished carbon steel. Their uses run from bridge ways and warehouses to support frames, shelves and utility carts.
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There are many laboratory tests for steel quality, but they need equipment. Here is the naked eye test — five things you can check yourself, standing in the shop, before you buy.
Read ArticleThese notes are written from handling the material, not from a specification sheet — which is why they tend to answer the question actually being asked on the phone.
Our MaterialsWe write these when something comes up often enough on the phone to be worth putting down properly. If there is a question you would like answered here, tell us and we will write it up.
If a note here does not answer it, send the question across. We would rather talk you out of the wrong section than sell it to you.
