S460ML / 1.8838 Thermomechanically Rolled Steel Plate

Steel S460ML

📌 Overview and Technical Specifications

Steel S460ML is a thermomechanically strengthened low-alloy structural steel with increased strength, excellent impact toughness, and outstanding weldability. It is designed for operation in low-temperature conditions and under significant mechanical loads.

🛠 Specifications:

• Hardness: 190–260 HB
• Thickness: from 6 mm to 120 mm
• Yield strength: ≥ 460 MPa
• Tensile strength: 530–720 MPa
• Elongation: 14–20%

🧪 Chemical Composition

• Carbon (C): ≤0.18%
• Silicon (Si): ≤0.50%
• Manganese (Mn): 1.00 – 1.80%
• Phosphorus (P): ≤0.025%
• Sulfur (S): ≤0.015%
• Chromium (Cr): ≤0.30%
• Nickel (Ni): ≤0.50%
• Molybdenum (Mo): ≤0.20%
• Vanadium (V): ≤0.10%
• Niobium (Nb): ≤0.05%

⚙ Applications

Steel S460ML is widely used in the following industries:

• 🏗 Construction of bridges and large metal structures
• 🚆 Manufacturing of railway transport and freight wagons
• ⚡ Energy infrastructure, including wind power
• 🏭 Industrial facilities and large-scale engineering structures
• 🌉 Hydraulic and underwater structures

🌟 Features

• ✅ High strength at low temperatures
• ✅ Excellent weldability without the need for preheating
• ✅ High impact toughness even at -50°C
• ✅ Optimal balance of strength and ductility
• ✅ Resistance to dynamic and cyclic loads

Forms of delivery of fine-grained structural steel after thermomechanical rolling S460ML EN 10025-4