Structural steel engineering

Heavy plate for structural engineering

Heavy plate from Dillinger Hütte GTS translates architects' dreams into reality. Dillinger Hütte GTS DI-MC, DILLIMAX and DIWETEN branded steels are world-leading products for modern structural engineering. Particularly when used in combination with each other, these steels open up totally new degrees of freedom in design and in construction cost-efficiency. These grades enable designers to envisage slenderer designs, longer spans and bolder shapes, on the one hand - with economic benefits in the form of shorter construction periods and lower costs on the other. For the proof of these claims, please see our references.

DI-MC has been developed to achieve easiest possible processing and, in particular, best possible weldability, combined with exceptionally high mechanical strength. Particularly high-strength DILLIMAX can be used wherever extremely slender designs are needed. DIWETEN is a weather-resistant structural steel suitable - under certain preconditions - for use without any additional surface treatment or coating.

All the standard classical structural steels, such as S235 and S355 are, of course, also available from Dillinger Hütte GTS and, what is more, in a range of formats and dimensions not available from most other suppliers.

A number of grades are also supplied in the form of longitudinally profiled plate, i.e., with a plate thickness that varies continuously across plate length, an innovation which permits additional slenderness in design, since the cross-section stress performance can be better matched to the pattern of the forces acting on the component.