Plate

BlueScope Steel's plate products, long held as the benchmark by Australia's fabrication and manufacturing industries, are now known as XLERPLATE®, a new brand name that combines the 'tried and true' of the past with the promise of the future.

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Grade Datasheets

Structural Grade Plate
Plate for Structural applications. more
Analysis Grade Plate
Plate which meets a specific chemical composition. more
Coil Plate
Product is rolled as a coil and then cut to length. more
Boiler & Pressure Vessel Grades
Plate designed for boiler and pressure vessel applications. more
Horan Steel's Adrian Weller meets Wallaby Phil Waugh. Adrian was one of three to win a grand prize in the XLERPLATE® steel 'Backing The Aussie Spirit'
07 Apr 08 Trip Of A Lifetime
When Horan Steel's Adrian Weller took the phone call to hear he'd won an all expenses paid trip to the Rugby World Cup last October, he thought the caller was joking. "There was much scepticism on my part," admits Adrian. "But it really was the trip of a lifetime!" [Read more]
Hopper wagons made from 10 tonnes of Grade 350 XLERPLATE® steel will carry heavy ore from Frances Creek Mine, north of Pine Creek, to the Port of Darwin for export to China.
11 Dec 07 Bluebird Helps Northern Territory Take Flight
A rail journey interrupted by Cyclone Tracy more than 30 years ago has resumed with the help of Bluebird Rail Operations. Hopper wagons, made largely from XLERPLATE® steel, are transporting iron ore over 200 kilometres of railtrack. [Read more]
M180C XLERCOIL® steel was developed for Ingal Civil Products to provide increased strength, performance and safety for the FX-350F W-beam safety barrier system.
11 Dec 07 Ingal Invests In New Road Safety Barriers
Australia's leading road safety barrier manufacturer Ingal Civil Products has made a major breakthrough in steel barrier safety systems. The system is designed to provide safe vehicle containment and redirection on urban and metropolitan highways and motorways. [Read more]
Steve Edmunds of heavy engineering company Haywards with a section of a Melbourne project, the Southern Star Observation Wheel, comprising mostly Grade 350 XLERPLATE® steel.
09 Oct 07 Haywards' Reputation Reaps Rewards
Tasmanian heavy fabrication and engineering company Haywards Steel Fabrication and Construction has grown significantly in the last decade, establishing a national reputation for wind tower expertise. [Read more]
Another galvanising kettle, made from XLERPLATE® steel, leaves   the J. Furphy & Sons workshops in  Shepparton, Victoria. The company is enjoying a boom in exports for its specialised products.
03 Apr 07 Engineering Company Continues Export Success
One of Australia's longest established engineering companies is in the midst of an export boom as it continues to prosper more than 140 years after it was first established. [Read more]