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Product Range
Yield Strength
(MPa)
235
265
315
355
390
Ultra
High
Strength
A
Strength Level
ASTM
A131
USA
France
China
Taiwan
Germany
Korea
UK
Japan
Norway
A
B
D
E
A
B
D
E
A
B
D
E
A
B
D
E
A
B
D
E
GLA
GLB
GLD
GLE
A
B
D
E
A
B
D
E
A
B
D
E
AH32
DH32
EH32
FH32
AH36
DH36
EH36
FH36
AH40
DH40
EH40
FH40
AH32
DH32
EH32
FH32
AH36
DH36
EH36
FH36
AH40
DH40
EH40
FH40
FQ43
FQ47
FQ51
EQ56
EQ63
FQ70
AH32
DH32
EH32
FH32
AH36
DH36
EH36
FH36
AH40
DH40
EH40
FH40
AH32
DH32
EH32
AH32
DH32
EH32
AH36
DH36
EH36
AH36
DH36
EH36
AH40
DH40
EH40
AH40
DH40
EH40
GLA32
GLD32
GLE32
GLF32
GLA36
GLD36
GLE36
GLF36
GLA40
GLD40
GLE40
GLF40
AH32
DH32
EH32
FH32
AH36
DH36
EH36
FH36
AH40
DH40
EH40
FH40
E47
RE47
AH32
DH32
EH32
FH32
AH36
DH36
EH36
FH36
AH40
DH40
EH40
FH40
FH42
FH46
FH50
DH55
DH62
DH69
KA32
KD32
KE32
KF32
KA36
KD36
KE36
KF36
KA40
KD40
KE40
KF40
KE420
KE460
KE500
KE550
KE620
KF690
NVA
NVB
NVD
NVE
NVA27S
NVD27S
NVE27S
NVA32
NVD32
NVE32
NVF32
NVA36
NVD36
NVE36
NVF36
NVA40 (S)
NVD40 (S)
NVE40 (S)
NVF40
NVEW420
NVEW460
NVEW500
NVE420
NVF460
NVF500
NVE550
NVF620
NVF690
AB
BV
CCS
E550
E620
E690
CR
GL
KR
LR
NK
NV
Rina
Italy
RS
Items
A
B
D
E
Russia
AH32
DH32
AH32
DH32
EH32
FH32
AH36
DH36
EH36
FH36
AH40
DH40
EH40
FH40
CTOD Test
Steel Grade
Maximum Thickness
(mm)
API2W
EN10225
NORSOK
345
101.6
Grade 50
S355G7+M
S355G8+M
S355G9+M
S355G10+M
MDSY20
MDSY25
420
101.6
Grade 60
S420G1+M
S420G2+M
MDSY30
MDSY35
460
101.6110*
S460G1+M
S460G2+M
MDSY40
MDSY45
500
70.0
550
76.2
Grade 80
Yield Strength
(MPa)
S550M3
MDSY50
MDSY55
Clip Gauge
Manufacturing Process
and Quality Control Points
Limestone
Iron ore
Sintering plant
Pig iron
Coal
Coking plant
Blast furnace
Controlled rolling
Continuous
casting
Controlled cooling
Secondary
refining
Continuous reheating
furnace
Continuous reheating
furnace
Roughing
mill
Finishing
mill
Controlled cooling
Batch reheating furnace
Shearing
(roughing cutting)
Reheating
Quenching
Shearing
(side cutting)
Tempering
Finishing
mill
Hot leveling
machine
Cutting out
product plate
and test pieces
Product
inspection/
Marking
700
TMCP
water cooling-type
600
500
Non-water cooling-type
TMCP (air cooling)
As-rolled (air cooling)
400
0.20
Extraction
of test
pieces
Shipping
Ultrasonic
flaw detection
Inspection
(conditioning)
Coating
Shot blasting
Drying
Marking/
Final inspection
Temperature
Change of
change
metallographic structure
Product
shipping
center
0.50
Suppression of
grain growth
Thick plates
Cooling
Heating
Rough rolling
Finish rolling
Recrystalezation
Drawing
Strength
0.40
Process
Process
Mechanical
testing
0.30
Ceq
Shot blasting
Normalizing
Accelerated cooling
Hot leveling
machine
Cooling beds
Roughing
mill
Tensile strengthMPa
Slab conditioning/
Dimensional inspection
Scale
breaker
metamorphosis
Strong cooling:
Martensite
Medium cooling:
Venite
Weak cooling:
Ferrite, Perlite
Over 800MPa
600 800MPa
500 600MPa
concept
Concept
Metallurgical factors
HTUFF TM steel
Measures
Refinement of
effective grain size
in HAZ (HTUFFTM)
Decrease of
MAconstituents
of HTUFFTM steel
Effective
grain size
New HTUFF TM
Steel
IGF *
(Ti-Oxide)
Cu-precipitated
Steel
Pinning
(Ti-Nitride)
Mg-O Steel
* Intra Granular Ferrite
Concept
WM
TiO steel
WM
FL
IGF
WM
FSP
FSP
Mg-O steel
GBF
Bu
TiO Steel
of controlling microstructure
TiN steel
IGF
FL
TiN Steel
WM
FL
FL
Improvement of HAZ
Toughness Technology
by NSSMC
Comparison
Concept
Decrease of MA-constituents
Lowering AI
Carbon
IGF
IGF
IGF
3m
har
mfu
Cu-precipitation
Low AI
High HAZ
Toughness
TS
YS
Conventional
lm
icro
stru
ctu
re s
ize
100m
Cu-precipitation steel is
Low AI
Nucleation site
Cu-precipitation steel
Strength
Iprovement of
matrix toughness
100m
TEM micrograph
Tempering temperature
Relationship between
tempering temperature and strengh
100m
Grade 5080
(YS355550MPa)
Welding Method
H.I /KJ
355
101.6
SMAW
420
101.6
460
Yield Strength
(MPa)
355
Thickness
Si
Mn
Others
Ceq
PcM
101.6
0.07
0.13
1.51
0.003
0.002
CuNiNb etc.
0.39
0.18
420
101.6
0.04
0.11
1.36
0.003
0.002
CuNiNb etc.
0.42
0.19
460
101.6
0.04
0.10
1.41
0.003
0.002
CuNiNb etc.
0.43
0.19
500
70.0
0.09
0.12
1.63
0.007
0.002
CuNiNb etc.
0.44
0.21
550
76.2
0.03
0.12
1.09
0.004
0.003
CuNiNb etc.
0.48
0.19
Note: PcM=C+Si/30+(Mn+Cu+Cr)/20+Ni/60+Mo/15+V/10+5B
Ceq=C+Mn/6+(Cu+Ni)/15+(Cr+Mo+V)/5
Surface
Root
Section
1.6
24
0%
0%
0%
SMAW
0.7
25
0%
0%
0%
101.6
SMAW
0.7
25
0%
0%
0%
500
70.0
SMAW
1.7
25
0%
0%
0%
550
76.2
SMAW
0.7
25
0%
0%
0%
200
Charpy Impact
Section A-A'
Unit:mm
60
1/2t
t
1/2t
A'
10.2
Plate Thickness
Thickness
High
(mm)
Yield Strength
Tensile Strength
Elongation
Tensile Strength
(MPa)
()
RA
vTrs
355
101.6
395
511
37
505
77
89
355
101.6
0.44
1.33
0.99
420
101.6
505
584
32
548
79
91
420
101.6
0.48
1.40
0.92
460
101.6
471
527
31
510
82.1
109
460
101.6
1.23
1.23
0.99
500
70.0
522
629
22
578
65
100
500
70.0
0.85
0.92
550
76.2
589
663
30
658
77
117
550
76.2
0.65
0.81
0.89
(MPa)
(MPa)
()
(mm)
Low
0.7KJ (mm)
FCAW
(MPa)
(MPa)
Thickness
Tensile Test
Crack
Preheat Temp
(
C)
(mass%)
(mm)
(mm)
150
Yield Strength
Thickness
(
C)
3.0~3.5KJ (mm)
SAW
4.5~5.0KJ (mm)
SAW
Grade 100
Available Thickness
Greater thickness or other standards within this yield strength range may be possible on request.
Class
Grade
Ship Classification
Maximum Thickness
YS690
FQ70
NVF690
EQ70
WEL-TEN780MOD-037,-040 *1
ABS
DNV
ABS
ABS
120
210
180
180
(mm)
Thickness
Yield Strength
Tensile Strength
Elongation
Specimen
177.8
822
884
20
JIS No.4
210.0
782
866
20
5.65 S
(mm)
YS690
Class
(MPa)
(MPa)
()
Test temperature
Positon
Average absorbed
energy (J)
-40
1/4t-L
206
-60
1/4t-L
89
(
C)
YS690
Specification
Tensile Test
Class
Yield Strength
Tensile Strength
(MPa)
690
YS690
Elongation
Specimen
()
(MPa)
16t 16mm
24t>16mm
780-930
JIS No.5
GL 200mm
JIS No.4
16t>20mm
GL 50mm
Position
Average absorbed
energy (J)
-40
1/4t-L
69
-60
1/4t-L
69
Test temperature
(
C)
YS690
Jack Up Rig
YS690
Thickness
(mm)
Si
Mn
177.8
0.12
0.25
1.07
0.006
0.001
210.0
0.11
0.26
1.05
0.005
0.001
Cu
Ni
Cr
Mo
Ceq
Added
0.001
0.66
Added
0.001
0.83
Rack
210mm
Class
(mass%)
Chord
Note: Ceq=C+Mn/6+(Cu+Ni)/15+(Cr+Mo+V)/5
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Welding Materials
Steel Grade Welding Process *1
40 60
10
NB55E Y-DM3
A5.23 F8A4-EG-G
dittoTwo-run Welding
20 40
SF-3ECO2
A5.29 E81T1-GC
20 40
10
SF-3AAr-CO2
A5.20 E71T-9M-J
20 40
10
SF-36ECO2
A5.29 E81T1-GC
40 60
10 40
L-55SN
A5.5 E7016-G
40 60
10
A5.28 ER80S-G
40 60
10
SAW
NB-60LY-DM3
A5.23 F8A8-EG-G
F8P8-EG-G
40 60
10
SF-47ECO2
A5.29 E81T1-Ni1C-J
40 60
10 40
SF-3AMAr-CO2
A5.29 E81T1-GC
40 60
10 40
SMAW
N-12SN
A5.5 E8016-G
40 60
10 40
GMAW
YM-3NAr-CO2
A5.28 ER80S-G
40 60
10
SF50ECO2
A5.29 E91T1-Ni2C-J
40 60
30
SF50AArCO2
A5.29 E91T1-GM
20 40
10
SAW
NB-250HY-204B
A5.23 F9A8-EG-G
F9P8-EG-G
40 60
10
SMAW
L-60LT
A5.5 E9016G
40 60
10
GMAW
YM-70AAr-CO2
A5.28 ER100S-G
20 40
FCAW
SF70AAr-CO2
A5.29 E101T1-GM
20 40
SAW
NB-55Y-DMS
F9A8-EA3-G
20 40
10
FCAW
FCAW
YS550MPa
Steel Grade
C) CTOD (
C) *3
CVN (
Position
Flat Position Welding
Covered Arc
WeldingSMAW
YS500MPa
Application
A5.23 F8A8-EG-G
F8P8-EG-G
YS420MPa
-YS460MPa
AWS
Classification
NB-55LY-D
Flux
Wire
Submerged Arc
Welding (SAW)
YS315MPa
-YS390MPa
Production Name *2
Shield Gas
Apprication
Production Name
Shield Gas
AWS
Classification
SAW
NB-250HY-80M
A5.23 F11A6-EG-G
40 60
SMAW
L-80SN
A5.5 E11016-G
40 60
YM-80A (Ar-CO2)
A5.28 ER110S-G
YM-69F (Ar-CO2)
A5.28 ER110S-G
Welding Process
YS690MPa
GMAW
Position
C)
CVN (
40
Note: *1: Applicable polarity; SAW = AC and/or DCEP, FCAW & GMAW = DCEP, SMAW = AC or DCEP
*2: Nippon Steel & Sumikin Welding Co.,Ltd.NSSW.NSSW have changed the designation system of welding consumables as
described in the following from March 2013. However, the technical design of products is not changed.
Example of new and old brand names
Old brand name
New brand name
NITTETSU NB-55L
NSSW NB-55L
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