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Hyundai Steel develops super-strong quake-resistant reinforcing bars

Collected: 2016.09.29

Distributed: 2016.09.30

Source: Go Direct

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South Korea’s steelmaker Hyundai Steel Co. has developed super-strong reinforcing bars that could withstand weights of 50 kilograms and 60 kilograms per one cubic meter. The news comes amid demand for stronger infrastructure protection following the series of powerful earthquakes that shook Gyeongju and other southern coastal region.

The steelmaker announced on Wednesday that it has completed developing Steel Deformed (SD) 500 and SD 600 earthquake-proof rebars for the first time in Korea and is ready for mass-production. SD 500 and SD 600 reinforcing bars could withstand weights of 50 kilograms and 60 kilograms, each, per one cubic meter.

Hyundai Steel developed earthquake-resistant H-Section for architectural structure (SHN, Steel H-Section New) for the first time in the nation in 2005. The company started developing earthquake-resistant rebars in 2011 and has carried on research and development since then.

The steelmaker released earthquake-proof SD 400S rebars in 2013. It supplied the tremor-withstanding bars for the construction of the new office building of Korea Electric Power Corporation Engineering and Construction. The company also supplied the reinforcing bars to a gas-fueled combined-cycle thermal power plant in Takoradi, Ghana, in 2014.

“The Korean earthquake-resistant steel material industry is still in its infant stage and we plan to expand the earthquake-proof steel material market and further expand presence in the sector by improving quality of products,” said an official of the steelmaker.

By Park Yong-beom

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