Perfiles estructurales
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- Low-carbon steel: ASTM A36 is a carbon steel with low carbon content, offering excellent ductility, formability, and weldability.
- Versatile structural shape: Its angle form provides excellent load capacity in multiple directions, adding structural rigidity in frames, supports, and reinforcements.
- Good strength: Suitable for structures requiring medium strength and good weldability and machinability.
- Finish: Hot-rolled with uniform surfaces and rounded or sharp corners per customer specification.
- Forms: Equal and unequal angles, available in a variety of sizes and thicknesses.
- High weldability: Easy to join using conventional welding processes.
- Broad availability: One of the most common structural shapes on the market.
- Easy fabrication: Can be cut, drilled, and bent easily.
- Structural versatility: Ideal for both light and heavy steel structures.
- Competitive cost: Wide availability makes it an economical option for construction and manufacturing projects
- Industries: Construction, steel structures, power towers, machinery manufacturing, transportation, and civil engineering.
Main applications:
• Steel structures for buildings, bridges, and industrial facilities.
• Reinforcements and structural frames.
• Fabrication of supports, chassis, and brackets.
• Transmission towers, signage structures, and guardrails.
• Structural components for machinery and industrial vehicles.
Element | Composition |
Carbon | 0.26% max |
Manganese | 0.60% - 0.90% |
Phosphorus | 0.04% max |
Sulfur | 0.05% max |
Silicon | 0.40% max |
Nickel | 0.40% max |
Chromium | 0.25% max |
Molybdenum | 0.08% max |
Copper | 0.20% max |
Mechanical Property | A36 (Structural Angle) |
Ultimate Tensile Strength (ksi / MPa) | 58-80 ksi (400-550 MPa) |
Yield Strength (ksi / MPa) | 36 ksi (250 MPa) |
Elongación en 8" (min.) | 20% |
Elongación en 2" (min.) | 23% |
Brinell Hardness (HB) | 130-180 HB |
Modulus of Elasticity (ksi / GPa) | 29,000 ksi (200 GPa) |
Side (in) | Thickness (in) | Standard Length (ft) |
1" x 1" | 1/8" - 3/8" | 20' o 40' |
2" x 2" | 1/8" - 1/2" | 20' o 40' |
3" x 3" | 3/16" - 1/2" | 20' o 40' |
4" x 4" | 1/4" - 1/2" | 20' o 40' |
6" x 6" | 3/8" - 3/4" | 20' o 40' |
ASTM A36 steel has international equivalents with similar properties:
• ISO 630-2: Fe 360 B
• EN 10025-2: S235JR
• JIS G3101: SS400
• DIN 17100: St37-2
ASTM A36 structural steel angles are essential components in modern structural engineering. Their strength, ease of fabrication, and excellent weldability make them ideal for a wide range of applications in construction, infrastructure, and manufacturing. Thanks to their availability and reliable performance, A36 remains one of the most widely used steels in structural projects worldwide.
STRUCTURAL STEEL ANGLES ASTM A36
Los Ángulos de Acero Estructural ASTM A36 son perfiles laminados en caliente fabricados en acero al carbono de alta calidad, diseñados para aplicaciones estructurales y de soporte. Su forma en «L» los hace ideales para unir, reforzar o soportar estructuras metálicas en una amplia gama de proyectos industriales y de construcción.