BV Grade B Steel Plate Sheet Angles

High-strength shipbuilding plate engineered for hull structures, decks and other primary structural components where weldability, toughness and consistent yield properties are required. BV Grade B is an ordinary-strength shipbuilding steel widely used for container and bulk cargo vessels, cruise ships and ferries.

Key features

• Mechanical properties: specified minimum yield strength 235 MPa (34,000 psi) for standard thicknesses; for plates thicker than 25 mm (1 in) minimum yield strength is typically 225 MPa (32,000 psi).
• Typical thickness range: 4 mm to 260 mm.
• Typical widths and lengths: widths from about 1,200 mm and lengths from about 3,000 mm (custom sizes available on request).
• Delivery conditions offered: AR (as hot-rolled), TMCP (thermo-mechanical control processed), Q+T (quenching and tempering), N (normalized), CR (control rolled).
• Supply forms: flat plates and structural shapes suitable for cutting, welding and further fabrication.
• Common equivalence: often referenced alongside other shipbuilding grades (LR Grade A, CCS Grade A, GL Grade A, ABS Grade A, NV Grade A, RINA Grade A) when specifying ordinary-strength hull steels.

Why choose BV Grade B plates

• Balanced strength and weldability tailored for marine structural applications.
• Available in a wide thickness range to support both lightweight and heavy-section requirements.
• Multiple delivery conditions to meet performance targets for toughness, formability and post-weld treatment.

Typical applications

• Hull plating, deck plating and structural members for bulk carriers, container ships, ferries and passenger vessels.
• General marine fabrication where standardized shipbuilding steel properties are required.

Available documentation and testing

• Mechanical test certificates, chemical analysis and dimensional inspection are normally supplied with each lot. Specific testing (impact/toughness, ultrasonic/flattening tests, PMI) can be arranged per buyer requirements.

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