Because channel steel and U - shaped steel look similar, so many people think they are the same product, in fact, it is not. Today I'm going to show you how to distinguish between channel steel and u-shaped steel.
U - shaped steel is a steel with a cross section like the letter U, usually rolled out cold. It is characterized by high pressure, long support time, easy installation and resistance to deformation. It is the main section steel that makes tunnel retractable metal support, because wall thickness is thinner, belong to building hardware product, be used extensively in decorate respect.
Channel steel is a long section of concave channel steel, can be divided into ordinary channel steel and light channel steel, hot rolled channel steel specifications are: 5# channel steel, 6# channel steel, 8# channel steel, 10# channel steel, 12# channel steel, 14# channel steel, 16# channel steel, 18# channel steel and 20# channel steel. According to the theory of steel structure, channel steel should be the wing plate stress, so the channel steel should be standing, not lying down, channel steel has good mechanical properties because it is over, so is widely used in mechanical engineering, mainly used in vehicle manufacturing, construction, shipbuilding industry, etc., and sometimes the coordinated use of i-steel.
