Bulb Flats

Bulb Flats Tolerances

Delivery conditions for

shipbuilding steel
1.0 Dimensions
1.1 Width

Width b,
(mm)

EN10067/
Tata Steel Standard

Tata Steel
Special 1

Tata Steel
Special 2

160 180

2.0 mm

2.0 mm

1.5 mm

180 300

3.0 mm

2.2 mm

1.7 mm

300 430

4.0 mm

3.0 mm

2.0 mm

Our special width tolerances are achieved through an offline 100% weld edge grinding process.
This ensures clean flat edges for superior welding.
Even closer tolerances may be accepted after special agreement.

1.2 Thickness
Thickness tolerances for different widths ranges.
Width, b (mm)

EN10067/Tata Steel Standard

Tata Steel Special 1

160 180

-0.3 / + 1.0 mm

-0.2 / + 0.6 mm

> 180 300

-0.4 / + 1.0 mm

-0.3 / + 0.6 mm

> 300 430

-0.4 / + 1.2 mm

-0.3 / + 0.6 mm

1.3 Length
Closer tolerances may be achieved by special agreement.
Length, L

EN10067/Tata Steel Standard

All

-0 / + 100 mm

Individual lengths up to 16.5m maximum are available as a standard

stackable length. Lengths outside this range may be available on request
on a limited tonnage basis.

Bulb Flats Tolerances

1.4 Straightness - Bow and Camber

As measured over the length of the bar.

q
L (Length of profile)

Length

EN10067/
Tata Steel Standard

Tata Steel
Special 1

Tata Steel
Special 2

L 18m

q 0.0035 x L

q 0.0025 x L

q 0.00125 x L

1.5 Torsion
The permissible degree of twist is given as the following calculation:
Torsion, T = width x sin tol degree, x length

Length

Tata Steel Standard

0.5 /m

All

Tata Steel Special

0.35 /m

Typical worked example Tata Steel Standard

Torsion: T = b x sin 0.5 x L
Length, L
6m

10 m

Width, b (mm)
240

12 m

15 m

18 m

31

38

Torsion, T
13

21

25

Typical worked example Tata Steel Special

Torsion: T = b x sin 0.35 x L
Length, L
6m

10 m

Width, b (mm)
240

12 m

15 m

18 m

22

26

Torsion, T
9

15

18

1.6 Flatness
The plate flatness tolerance h is 0.3% of the bulb flat width b and is measured as shown below.
Plate flatness tolerance:

h 0.003 x b

The bulb flatness tolerance of the heel is n measured as shown below with a 2mm maximum.
Bulb flatness tolerance:

n 2.0 mm

Bulb Flats Tolerances

1.7 Shape

t
e

t
q

The dimensions s and q are measured as

illustrated above.

The dimension e is measured as illustrated above.

Bulb head corner tolerances s

Web edge tolerances e

Thickness

Tolerance

Thickness

EN10067 - Tata Steel Standard

t 9 mm

s 2.0 mm

t 9 mm

e 2.0 mm

9 < t 13 mm

s 3.0 mm

9 < t 13 mm

e 3.0 mm

t > 13 mm

s 4.0 mm

t > 13 mm

e 4.0 mm

Bulb head corner tolerances q

Thickness

Tolerance

t > 7 mm

q 0.75 S

Tighter tolerances may be available on request through

grinding of the web edge.

The dimension w is measured as illustrated above.

Web edge tolerances angle w

r1

Bulb head corner tolerances radius r1

Radius of curvature of corners
r1 for thickness
Thickness

r1 Maximum

5t<9

2.0

9 t < 13

3.0

13 t 20

4.0

The dimensions r1 is measured as illustrated above.

Thickness
t 9 mm
9 < t 13 mm
t > 13 mm

Tolerance
w 4
w 4
w 4

Tighter tolerance on web edge tolerance e and angle w

may be available on request through offline grinding of
the web edge.
Bulb flats are manufactured with rounded edges,
eliminating the need for the labour-intensive and costly
grinding process needed to meet new International
Maritime Organistion guidelines.

2.0 Surface Condition

The surface requirements and repair conditions for shipbuilding profiles are in accordance with EN 10163-3:2004, subclass 3, class C.
Maximum permissible depth of discontinuities and grinding allowance below minimum specified thickness are given in table below:
Nominal thickness of the
Product, t

Maximum permissible
depth of discontinuities (mm)

3t<6

20% of t

6 t < 20

1.2

20 t < 40

1.7

3.0 Requirements for Blast-Cleaned and Primed Material

The material can be delivered in blast-cleaned and primed condition in accordance with EN10238:1996. The standard supply conditions are as follows:
Preparation grade:
Surface roughness:
Dry film thickness:
Types of primers:

Sa 2
M (medium in acc. with ISO 8503-2)
20 m 5 m
To be agreed

Steel types and grades

Special Profiles operations are in accordance with ISO9001:2008
The company also has approval of the world's leading classification societies such as:
ABS, BV, CCS, DNV, GL, LRS, NKK, RINA, and RMRS.
Below is a list of sample grades we regularly produce.
Shipbuilding Steels
Strength
Normal

Structural Steels
Grade

Euronorm

Grade

A, B

ASTM

A572 Gr50

S235JR+AR

A32

D32
E32
High Strength

S235J0+AR
S235J2+AR
S275JR+AR

EN10025-2

S275J0+AR

A36

S275J2+AR

D36

S355JR+AR

E36

S355J0+AR

A40

S355J2+AR

D40

EN10025-4

E40

EN10225

S355M
G1*
G4

* Excluding 100% inspection and individual bar marking.

Bulb Flats Tolerances

Dimensions and Properties

Section
Description

160x7
160x8
160x9
160x10
160x11
160x11.5
180x8
180x9
180x10
180x11
180x11.5
200x8.5
200x9
200x10
200x11
200x11.5
200x12
220x9
220x10
220x11
220x11.5
220x12
230x11
240x9.5
240x10
240x10.5
240x11
240x11.5
240x12
260x10
260x11
260x12
260x13
280x10.5
280x11
280x12
280x13
300x11
300x12
300x13
320x11.5
320x12
320x12.5
320x13
320x13.5
320x14
340x12
340x12.5
340x13
340x14
340x15
370x12.5
370x13
370x14
370x15
370x16
400x13
400x14
400x15
400x16
430x14
430x15
430x17
430x18
430x19
430x20

Section Description
b
mm
160
160
160
160
160
160
180
180
180
180
180
200
200
200
200
200
200
220
220
220
220
220
230
240
240
240
240
240
240
260
260
260
260
280
280
280
280
300
300
300
320
320
320
320
320
320
340
340
340
340
340
370
370
370
370
370
400
400
400
400
430
430
430
430
430
430

t
mm
7.0
8.0
9.0
10.0
11.0
11.5
8.0
9.0
10.0
11.0
11.5
8.5
9.0
10.0
11.0
11.5
12.0
9.0
10.0
11.0
11.5
12.0
11.0
9.5
10.0
10.5
11.0
11.5
12.0
10.0
11.0
12.0
13.0
10.5
11.0
12.0
13.0
11.0
12.0
13.0
11.5
12.0
12.5
13.0
13.5
14.0
12.0
12.5
13.0
14.0
15.0
12.5
13.0
14.0
15.0
16.0
13.0
14.0
15.0
16.0
14.0
15.0
17.0
18.0
19.0
20.0

c
mm
22.0
22.0
22.0
22.0
22.0
22.0
25.0
25.0
25.0
25.0
25.0
28.0
28.0
28.0
28.0
28.0
28.0
31.0
31.0
31.0
31.0
31.0
32.5
34.0
34.0
34.0
34.0
34.0
34.0
37.0
37.0
37.0
37.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
43.0
43.0
43.0
46.0
46.0
46.0
46.0
46.0
46.0
49.0
49.0
49.0
49.0
49.0
53.5
53.5
53.5
53.5
53.5
58.0
58.0
58.0
58.0
62.5
62.5
62.5
62.5
62.5
62.5

d
mm
22.2
22.2
22.2
22.2
22.2
22.2
25.5
25.5
25.5
25.5
25.5
28.8
28.8
28.8
28.8
28.8
28.8
32.1
32.1
32.1
32.1
32.1
33.75
35.4
35.4
35.4
35.4
35.4
35.4
38.7
38.7
38.7
38.7
42.0
42.0
42.0
42.0
45.3
45.3
45.3
48.6
48.6
48.6
48.6
48.6
48.6
52.0
52.0
52.0
52.0
52.0
56.9
56.9
56.9
56.9
56.9
61.9
61.9
61.9
61.9
66.8
66.8
66.8
66.8
66.8
66.8

r
mm
6.0
6.0
6.0
6.0
6.0
6.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
8.0
8.0
8.0
8.0
8.0
8.0
9.0
9.0
9.0
9.0
9.0
9.5
10.0
10.0
10.0
10.0
10.0
10.0
11.0
11.0
11.0
11.0
12.0
12.0
12.0
12.0
13.0
13.0
13.0
14.0
14.0
14.0
14.0
14.0
14.0
15.0
15.0
15.0
15.0
15.0
16.5
16.5
16.5
16.5
16.5
18.0
18.0
18.0
18.0
19.5
19.5
19.5
19.5
19.5
19.5

Mass per
metre

Area of
section

Surface area
per metre

G
kg/m
11.44
12.70
13.95
15.19
16.44
17.07
14.78
16.20
17.59
19.00
19.70
17.77
18.55
20.10
21.67
22.45
23.24
21.02
22.72
24.45
25.31
26.17
25.88
24.51
25.46
26.40
27.34
28.28
29.22
28.30
30.34
32.38
34.43
32.36
33.46
35.66
37.86
36.69
39.04
41.40
41.28
42.54
43.79
45.05
46.27
47.53
46.15
47.48
48.81
51.45
54.12
53.22
54.67
57.54
60.44
63.35
60.78
63.88
67.02
70.16
70.48
73.85
80.60
83.98
87.36
90.73

F
cm2
14.58
16.18
17.78
19.34
20.94
21.74
18.83
20.63
22.40
24.20
25.10
22.63
23.63
25.60
27.60
28.60
29.60
26.78
28.94
31.14
32.24
33.34
32.97
31.23
32.43
33.63
34.83
36.03
37.23
36.05
38.65
41.25
43.85
41.22
42.62
45.42
48.22
46.73
49.73
52.73
52.59
54.19
55.79
57.39
58.94
60.54
58.78
60.48
62.18
65.54
68.94
67.79
69.64
73.30
77.00
80.70
77.43
81.38
85.38
89.38
89.78
94.08
102.68
106.98
111.28
115.58

U
m2/m
0.365
0.367
0.370
0.371
0.373
0.374
0.412
0.414
0.416
0.418
0.419
0.458
0.459
0.460
0.463
0.464
0.465
0.504
0.505
0.507
0.509
0.510
0.530
0.549
0.550
0.551
0.552
0.554
0.555
0.595
0.597
0.600
0.602
0.641
0.642
0.645
0.647
0.687
0.690
0.692
0.733
0.735
0.736
0.737
0.737
0.738
0.780
0.781
0.782
0.784
0.786
0.848
0.850
0.851
0.854
0.857
0.918
0.919
0.922
0.925
0.987
0.990
0.995
0.998
1.001
1.004

Distance to
Centre of Gravity
dx
mm
96.7
95.1
93.7
92.6
91.7
91.3
109.0
107.4
106.0
104.8
104.3
122.2
121.3
119.7
118.3
117.6
117.0
135.5
133.7
132.0
131.2
130.5
138.9
148.9
147.9
146.9
145.9
145.1
144.3
162.3
160.1
158.2
156.5
175.7
174.5
172.4
170.5
189.1
186.7
184.6
202.5
201.3
200.1
199.0
198.0
197.0
216.0
214.7
213.5
211.3
209.2
236.9
235.5
233.0
230.7
228.6
257.9
255.1
252.5
250.2
277.5
274.6
269.6
267.4
265.4
263.5

dy
mm
6.5
6.8
7.1
7.5
7.9
8.1
7.4
7.7
8.1
8.4
8.6
8.2
8.4
8.7
9.0
9.2
9.4
9.1
9.3
9.7
9.8
10.0
10.0
9.9
10.0
10.2
10.3
10.5
10.6
10.7
11.0
11.3
11.6
11.6
11.7
11.9
12.2
12.4
12.7
12.9
13.3
13.4
13.5
13.6
13.7
13.9
14.1
14.2
14.3
14.6
14.8
15.4
15.5
15.7
15.9
16.1
16.6
16.8
17.0
17.2
18.0
18.1
18.5
18.8
19.0
19.3

Second Moment
of Area
lx
cm4
371.10
409.27
446.70
481.31
517.81
535.93
606.55
661.09
711.72
764.60
790.81
901.07
939.14
1010.47
1084.33
1120.89
1157.23
1290.48
1387.89
1488.07
1537.57
1586.73
1724.98
1787.40
1854.67
1921.25
1987.20
2052.60
2117.50
2421.72
2593.45
2762.00
2927.94
3210.10
3318.79
3532.99
3743.56
4175.43
4443.49
4706.64
5342.16
5506.76
5669.75
5831.26
5977.59
6136.58
6736.30
6934.97
7131.73
7504.42
7886.99
9184.55
9444.05
9936.79
10440.07
10935.90
12234.74
12872.91
13521.89
14160.53
16366.61
17189.22
18794.22
19579.84
20355.95
21123.62

ly
cm4
5.85
6.54
7.31
8.15
9.09
9.60
9.89
10.92
12.03
13.25
13.90
15.06
15.75
17.18
18.75
19.57
20.43
22.01
23.86
25.83
26.87
27.94
30.05
31.12
32.30
33.52
34.78
36.06
37.39
42.80
45.86
49.07
52.45
57.50
59.39
63.29
67.37
75.68
80.39
85.27
97.86
100.69
103.58
106.51
109.44
112.48
124.57
127.98
131.44
138.47
145.80
172.23
176.62
185.49
194.68
204.14
232.34
243.41
254.79
266.45
313.68
327.65
356.44
371.35
386.65
402.40

Elastic Modulus
Zx
cm3
38.4
43.0
47.7
52.0
56.5
58.7
55.6
61.6
67.1
72.9
75.8
73.7
77.4
84.4
91.7
95.3
98.9
95.2
103.8
112.7
117.2
121.6
124.2
120.0
125.4
130.8
136.2
141.5
146.8
149.2
162.0
174.6
187.0
182.7
190.2
205.0
219.6
220.8
238.0
254.9
263.8
273.6
283.4
293.1
301.9
311.5
311.9
323.1
334.1
355.2
377.0
387.8
401.0
426.5
452.5
478.4
474.5
504.7
535.5
566.1
589.9
626.0
697.1
732.2
767.0
801.6

Zy
cm3
9.0
9.7
10.3
10.9
11.5
11.9
13.3
14.1
14.9
15.7
16.1
18.3
18.8
19.8
20.8
21.3
21.8
24.3
25.5
26.8
27.4
28.0
30.1
31.4
32.2
33.0
33.8
34.5
35.2
39.9
41.8
43.6
45.3
49.7
50.8
53.0
55.1
60.9
63.5
66.1
73.7
75.3
76.8
78.3
79.7
81.1
88.2
89.9
91.7
95.0
98.3
112.1
114.2
118.5
122.6
126.6
139.7
145.0
150.1
154.9
174.7
180.8
192.5
197.9
203.4
208.6

Radius of Gyration
rx
cm
5.05
5.03
5.01
4.99
4.97
4.96
5.67
5.66
5.64
5.62
5.61
6.31
6.30
6.28
6.27
6.26
6.25
6.94
6.92
6.91
6.91
6.90
7.23
7.57
7.56
7.56
7.55
7.55
7.54
8.20
8.19
8.18
8.17
8.82
8.82
8.82
8.81
9.45
9.45
9.45
10.08
10.08
10.08
10.08
10.07
10.07
10.70
10.71
10.71
10.70
10.70
11.64
11.64
11.64
11.64
11.64
12.57
12.58
12.58
12.59
13.50
13.52
13.53
13.53
13.52
13.52

ry
cm
0.63
0.64
0.64
0.65
0.66
0.66
0.72
0.73
0.73
0.74
0.74
0.82
0.82
0.82
0.82
0.83
0.83
0.91
0.91
0.91
0.91
0.92
0.95
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.09
1.09
1.09
1.09
1.18
1.18
1.18
1.18
1.27
1.27
1.27
1.36
1.36
1.36
1.36
1.36
1.36
1.46
1.45
1.45
1.45
1.45
1.59
1.59
1.59
1.59
1.59
1.73
1.73
1.73
1.73
1.87
1.87
1.86
1.86
1.86
1.87

Warping
Constant

Torsional
Constant

H
cm6/103
1.11
1.15
1.19
1.22
1.26
1.29
2.41
2.47
2.52
2.60
2.64
4.71
4.76
4.83
4.95
5.02
5.09
8.61
8.72
8.90
8.99
9.10
11.69
14.83
14.94
15.06
15.19
15.33
15.48
24.54
24.87
25.25
25.69
39.05
39.27
39.77
40.34
60.10
60.72
61.45
89.86
90.25
90.68
91.15
91.35
91.89
131.02
131.53
132.09
132.97
134.41
221.07
221.76
222.83
224.72
226.88
357.80
358.96
361.32
364.08
559.02
561.76
569.01
573.41
578.26
583.53

J
cm4
3.65
4.57
5.73
7.12
8.86
9.85
6.24
7.57
9.15
11.13
12.26
9.20
10.00
11.78
14.01
15.28
16.65
13.17
15.16
17.65
19.06
20.60
19.81
18.25
19.46
20.78
22.22
23.79
25.49
24.85
27.91
31.50
35.69
33.16
34.90
38.84
43.42
43.42
47.73
52.71
55.95
58.38
60.99
63.79
66.51
69.71
71.06
73.88
76.91
83.29
90.88
97.62
101.01
108.11
116.55
126.04
131.25
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