Reinforcement Bars

Contents
About NatSteel
Steel Making
Steel Rolling
About NatSteel’s Reinforcement Bars
Specifications of Reinforcement Bars
Applications

ABOUT
NATSTEEL
NatSteel Holdings – a leading Pan-Asian
company that delivers premium steel
products and solutions for the
construction industry

NatSteel traces its lineage to 1961, when it NatSteel today continues to build on its
was incorporated as National Iron and Steel success as a leading steel producer in Asia
Mills. A pioneer and key partner in Singapore’s Pacific, with over 3,000 employees across the
nation building efforts, our products are used region. Tata Steel is among the top global steel
in most construction projects island-wide, companies with an annual crude steel capacity
from the iconic Changi International Airport of over 28 million tonnes with major foot
to the public housing that is the trademark of prints in India, the UK, Netherlands, Thailand,
Singapore’s landscape. China and Australia. As part of the Tata Steel
group, NatSteel is poised for further growth,
Singapore is home to NatSteel’s headquarters, with its sights set on becoming the global steel
as well as its flagship plant, which boasts industry benchmark for value creation and
one of the largest single downstream rebar corporate citizenship.
fabrication operations in the world. The
Singapore plant is the only local steel mill
with an integrated upstream and downstream
operation, where steel is manufactured
through recycling scrap, and fabricated
according to customers’ needs. With
operations spanning across the region, the
group has an annual steel production capacity
of over 2 million tonnes.

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STEEL
MAKING
The only steel mill in Singapore, NatSteel has one of the
most energy-efficient steel making operations in the world.
Typical steel mills operate electric arc furnaces using more
than 400 kilowatt hours of energy to produce a tonne of
steel. NatSteel does the same with 30% less energy.

Melting Process

Processed metal waste is melted in the electric

arc furnace with fuel oil burners and high
voltage current, enriched by oxygen jetting.

Chemistry Refinement and

Temperature Control

Molten steel is transferred to the 80-tonne

Ladle Furnace for chemistry refinement and
temperature control.

Continuous Casting

Refined molten steel flows through a 4-strand

high speed caster. Billets are casted and
are directly hot charged to the rolling mill,
resulting in fuel oil savings.

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 STEEL
ROLLING
At the Merchant Bar Mill, billets are heated in a reheating
furnace and rolled through a sequence of rolling stands
which progressively reduce the billets to the final sizes of
reinforcement bars through an automated process. NatSteel
is capable of using Micro Alloy or Tempcore heat treatment
process to produce high strength reinforcing bars which are
highly malleable and weldable.

Reheat Furnace

From the meltshop, an automated conveyor

system transfers billets into the reheat furnace
for rolling process, reducing the heat loss
required for reheating and rolling.

Rolling Stands

A sequence of fully automated and water-

cooled roll stands that gradually reduce billets
to required sizes.

Finished Products

Billets are rolled into reinforcement bars.

Small diameters rods are also produced at fast
design speeds with precise tolerance control
using a six-pass bar block.

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 Physical Properties of Reinforcement Bars

ABOUT NATSTEEL’S HIGH Singapore & Malaysia

Specifications Grade Yield Ratio Cal. Elong Agt Bend Rebend

STRENGTH GRADE 600

min (min) method (min %) (min %) (size : mm) (size : mm)
(N/mm2)

SS560 : 2016 B500A 500 - 650 <8mm: Nominal <8mm : 1.0 ≤ 16mm :3D ≤ 16mm : 4D
Singapore 1.02 ≥ 8mm: 2.5 >16mm : 6D > 16mm : 7D

REINFORCEMENT BARS
≥ 8mm: (160° - 180°) (90° - 1hr - 20°)
1.05
B500B 500 - 650 1.08 Nominal 5 same as B500A same as B500A

B600B 600 - 780 1.08 Nominal 5 same as B500A same as B500A

BS 4449:2005 B500B 500 - 650 1.08 Nominal 5 <16mm : 4D

United Kingdom > 16mm : 7D

Employing advanced technology, NatSteel’s High Strength Grade 600

(90° - 1hr - 20°)

MS 146 : 2014 B500A 500 - 650 < 8mm: Nominal < 8mm : 1.0 ≤ 16mm : 4D
reinforcement bars are manufactured in accordance to stringent Malaysia 1.02
≥ 8mm:
≥ 8mm : 2.5 >16mm : 7D
(90° - 1hr - 20°)
world-wide quality assurance standards. 1.05

B500B 500 - 600 1.08 Nominal 5 same as B500A

International
Benefits of using Grade 600 Steel Vs. Grade 500 Specifications Grade Yield Tensile Ratio Cal. Elong Agt Bend Rebend
min min (min) method (min %) (min %) (size : mm) (size : mm)
(N/mm2) (N/mm2)
Item Description
AS/NZS 4671: 2001 500N 500 - 650 1.08 Nominal 5 all sizes : 4D ≤ 16mm : 4D
Australia/New Zealand (≤ 16 bend 90° ≥ 20mm : NA
Steel Savings Potential to reduce steel reinforcement by up to 20% compared to Grade 500 steel ≥ 20 bend 180°) (90° - 1hr - 20°)
Manpower - Steel fixing / Up to 20% less workers are required to install / fix steel reinforcement onsite 500E 500 - 600 1.15 - 1.40 Nominal 10 same as 500N same as 500N
Installation
500L 500 - 750 1.03 Nominal 1.5 3D (90°) 3D (90° - 1hr - 20°)
Logistics Up to 20% less trucks delivering reinforcements to site – frees up site space and saves crane, manpower & time
250N 250 1.08 Nominal 5 same as 500N same as 500N
Site Crane Handles up to 20% less steel and frees up crane time for other construction activities thereby speeding up construction
300E 300 - 380 1.15 - 1.50 Nominal 15 same as 500N same as 500N
Concrete Savings Reduction in structural element size is possible when used with appropriate grade of concrete and results in overall dead load being reduced

More usable space More floor space is usable with column size reduction IS 1786 : 2008 Fe500D 500 1.1 Effective 16 5 ≤ 20mm ~ 3D ≤ 10mm ~4D
India > 20mm ~ 4D >10mm ~ 6D
Less formwork Possible to reduce formwork needed for Columns and Beams due to member size reduction (180°) (45° - 30min- 22.5°)

Lighter foundations Due to reduction in members size resulting in lighter super structure, foundation loads and cost can be reduced SLS 375 : 2009 RB 460 460 < 8mm: Effective 14 < 8mm: 3D ≤ 16 ~ 4D
Sri Lanka ~ 1.02 ~ 1.0 (180°) >16 ~ 7D
Storage space Space required for site storage of steel reinforcement can be reduced by up to 20% ≥ 8mm: ≥ 8mm: (90° - 60min - 20°)
~ 1.05 ~ 2.5
Improved Safety Site safety will be improved due to less material handling, steel fixing etc
RB 500 500 - 650 < 8mm: Effective 14 < 8mm: 3D ≤ 16 ~ 4D
Time reduction Overall time savings can be accomplished by factoring in the earlier stated benefits ~ 1.02 ~ 1.0 (180°) >16 ~ 7D
≥ 8mm: ≥ 8mm: (90° - 60min - 20°)
Cost reduction Overall cost reduction can be achieved from reduced Material, Manpower, Construction Time etc ~ 1.05 ~ 2.5

Environment Reduced – Construction noise, Fuel consumption etc SNI 07 - 2052 - 2002 Bj TS 40 390 560 Nominal <32mm ~18 5D
Indonesia 32 ≤ D < 40mm ~ 16 (180°)
40mm~14

Bj TS 50 490 620 Nominal 32mm ~14 ≤ 25mm ~ 5D

Steel mass for various reinforcement bar sizes 32 ≤ D < 40mm ~ 12 > 25mm ~6D
40mm~10 (180°)
Mild steel round bar Deformed Bars
CSA G30.18 - 09 2012 400W 400 - 525 540 1.15 Nominal 10 M ≤ D < 25 M ~ 13 10 M - 15 M ~3D
Diameter (mm) 6 8 10 13 10 13 16 20 22 25 28 32 40 50 Canada 30 M ≤ D < 55 M ~ 12 20 M - 25 M ~4D
30 M - 35 M ~6D
Mass (kg/m) 0.222 0.395 0.617 1.042 0.617 1.042 1.579 2.466 2.984 3.854 4.834 6.313 9.864 15.413 45 M - 55 M ~8D
(180°)
Length (m) 6 6 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12

Weight / bundle (mt)* 1.002 1.005 2.006 2.013 2.029 2.026 2.046 2.071 2.005 2.127 2.088 2.121 2.131 2.035 ASTM A615 G60 420 620 Nominal 3 - 5~ 3.5D
United States 6 - 8 ~ 5D
*Bundle sizes may vary 9 - 11 ~ 7D
14 - 18 ~ 9D
(180°)

G40 280 420 Nominal 3,4,5 ~ 3.5D

6 ~ 5D
(180°)

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 PROMISE OF QUALITY
TO CUSTOMERS
• NatSteel’s rigourous quality checking and assurance process ensures the quality of its steel
products delivered to customers

• The company’s products are certified to national and international standards for local use as
well as export to numerous overseas markets

NatSteel has a rigourous quality checking and assurance process to

ensure the quality of its steel products delivered to customers. This is to
avoid potential project delays or consequential costs resulting from the
use of non-complying building materials.

NatSteel supplies steel materials in accordance to current standards

such as SS560, BS4449 and is also certified to other international
standards by certification bodies such as SIRIM, SNI, BIS, SLS and ACRS
for export to numerous overseas markets.

The certification scheme for continuous production

consists of three stages:

1. Suitability testing
This ensures that the producer (NatSteel in this instance)
has the capability and resources to produce reinforcing
steel in accordance with the requirements specified in
the product standards.

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2. Internal inspection by the producer
This ensures that the level of quality remains satisfactory
with time through continuous internal inspection of
production by the producer.

3. Inspection and supervision by an external body

External inspection and supervision is carried out
at maximum intervals of six months, to check the
compliance of continuous inspection of the conditions
of production.

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The certification of NatSteel’s product according to
numerous standards is a testament to the company’s
stringent quality assurance and checking framework.

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