1. xlerplate®
2. Home Grown Steel Body Design Cleans Up
3. Newly Updated Cold Rolled Strip Data Sheets
4. How To Flame Cut Steel Plate
5. Vintage Design In Wine Country
6. Energy Efficient Home A Winner
7. Did you know...?

As BHP Steel embarks on an exciting new chapter in its history, its steel plate product range is evolving too. Long held as the benchmark by Australia's fabrication and manufacturing industries, our plate product range is now being marketed under the xlerplate® brand. The new xlerplate® brand combines the 'tried and true' of the past with the promise of the future. For technical information:

http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=16xlerplate

A unique road-going cleaning vehicle designed and built by a Queanbeyan metalworking company may revolutionise the high tech mobile cleaning services market. Built by CNM Steelworks, the vehicle is now in use by Canberra company City Group, contracted to clean some of Canberra's largest commercial and public buildings. To find out more:
http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=16steelbodydesign

Cold Rolled Strip is sheet steel which has been rolled to specified thicknesses at low temperature in a continuous cold rolling mill operation. This strip is generally only available in thicknesses lower than 3.2 mm and can be used for a wide range of applications. This month, newly updated data sheets for our range of cold rolled strip products have been added to the site. To view and download these datasheets, visit this page:
http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=16datasheets

This excellent "How To" discusses the intricacies of flame cutting and explains in some detail how to flame cut steel plate of varying strengths. To learn more about flame cutting of steel plate:
http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=16flamecutting

South Australia's Paringa Vineyard has used steel to create an innovative manager's residence and administration centre. The award-winning development uses framing, wall cladding and roofing made from ZINCALUME® steel. Building and development company, The Hickinbotham Group and architects Berriman & Associates, designed the building to blend in with its rural surroundings. Find out more about this award winning project:
http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=16vintagewine

A Perth home featuring a thermally efficient, multi-faceted, steel roof has won an important industry award for its energy efficient, environmentally friendly design. The home, 10 kilometres from Perth's CBD, built by Glenway Homes, has won the West Australian Master Builders Association Energy Efficient Home award and the Environmental Home of 2002 award. Its unique roof is the key to the home's energy efficient design. Read more:
http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=16energyefficient

Five completely trivial but fun facts to boggle your mind. The theme for this edition of 'S.O.S' is Australia. Did you know:

• Australia is the smallest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent in the World. It is the only country which is also a whole continent.
• Arguably the largest state in the world, Western Australia covers one-third of the Australian continent. It spans over 2.5 million square kilometers
• Uluru (Ayres Rock) is the largest rock in the world. 3.6km long and 2.4km wide, it rises out of the middle of the country to a height of 348 metres.
• Strangeray Springs cattle station in South Australia is the largest ranch in the world. Its area measures 30,029 km square - only slightly smaller than the European country of Belgium.
• The largest lake in Australia is Lake Eyre, measuring 8,885 km square. However, it has only been filled with water 3 times in the past 100 years (it is a salt lake the rest of the time).

Thanks for reading,

Adam Rollings
BHP Steel - Internet Manager

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