FAQs

Product Datasheets, Safety Data Sheets (SDS) - formerly Material Safety Datasheets or MSDS - as well as other technical and safety information about our strip and sheet products can be found on our Steel Website.

A list of changes is detailed in the standard. However, BlueScope Steel can provide some information that may assist you to understand the changes. This information can be obtained by contacting BlueScope Steel Direct on Free Call 1800 800 789.

BlueScope Steel will continue to supply pressure vessel grades in accordance with the 1995 version of AS 1548 for a period of time. In most cases there is a close equivalent grade between the 1995 and 2008 versions of the AS 1548 standard. Should you have a need to obtain a particular grade in accordance with either the 1995 or the 2008 versions of AS 1548 then please contact BlueScope Steel Direct on Free Call 1 800 789 to discuss your requirements.

The availability of the grades in the 2008 version of the standard will not differ substantially from the grades available in the 1995 version of the standard.

Yes a full set of data sheets is available and may be accessed on-line at www.xlerplate.com.au.

The grades in the 1995 and 2008 versions of the standard will be very similar. However, there will be some differences between some of the grades in the two versions of the standard. Details of the differences can be obtained from the standard or by discussing specific issues with BlueScope Steel. Please contact BlueScope Steel Direct on Free Call 1 800 789 to discuss.

BlueScope proposes to introduce the revised grades progressively in 2010. The grades will be initially available as part of the Custom Range and then rolled out as the standard grades in the later half of 2010.

BlueScope Steel has delayed introducing the new version of AS 1548 until it obtained clarification with regards to the status of the grades in the ASME code. ASME have now approved the grades in the 2008 version of the AS 1548 Standard.