Development of High Performance Steel Products in Sail Through R&D Initiatives

Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), through its Corporate R&D i.e. RDCIS, has been working incessantly for the development of new steel products with superior quality attributes to meet the requirements of Indian market. The product development activities have always been supported by in-house/collaborative research work which has led to deeper understanding on the process know-how, resulting in launching of cost-effective products in Indian market. Some of the products developed by SAIL in the flat product category include high strength thin gauge HR coil for automobile sectors, SAILMA 550 HI/SAILMA 600 grade plates for penstocks and earthmovers, SAIL HITEN 690 AR plates for automated teller machines chest, high strength plates with guaranteed through thickness ductility for railways and Defence sectors, boiler quality plates (ASTM 387 Gr. 12) for power sector, API X 70 grade HR coils and plates for Linepipe application. In the long products category, EQR TMT rebar, Roof/Rock Bolt (Fe-600) TMT rebars for mines and tunnels, corrosion resistant TMT rebars for construction sector, Al-killed low carbon CC blooms for cold reducers, Al-killed medium carbon CC blooms for forging have been developed recently through R&D initiatives in SAIL. This paper describes some of the products which were recently developed in SAIL.