S240D AM FCE – High-Strength Structural Steel for Precision Applications

S240D AM FCE is structural forming grade offering superior strength compared with standard deep drawing grades. Furthermore, its mechanical properties meet very narrow tolerance limits.

Properties

General

Property	Value	Comment
Carbon equivalent (CEV)	0.18 [-]	max.

Dimension

Property	Value
Dimensions	Please feel free to check the figure on the right side of the material page for more details.

Mechanical

Property	Temperature	Value	Comment
Charpy impact energy	20 °C	27 J	min. \| for thickness 1.5-20 mm
Elongation		23 %	min. \| for thickness 1.5-2 mm \| Transverse, A80
		24 %	min. \| for thickness 2-3 mm \| Transverse, A80
		28 %	min. A5.65√So \| for thickness 3-20 mm
Tensile strength		360 - 430 MPa	for thickness 1.5-20 mm \| Transverse
Yield strength		240 - 360 MPa	for thickness 1.5-2 mm \| Transverse
		240 - 340 MPa	for thickness 2-20 mm \| Transverse

Chemical properties

Property	Value	Comment
Aluminium	0.01 %	min.
Carbon	0.02 - 0.12 %
Manganese	0.6 %	max.
Phosphorus	0.03 %	max.
Silicon	0.03 %	max.
Sulfur	0.03 %	max.

Technological properties

Property
Application areas	Structural forming grade which is well suited to applications requiring high reproducibility of processing performance (especially control of springback). The S240D AM FCE grade is popular with Steel Service Centres, since it allows them to rationalise their supplies of deep drawable and structural steel. This grade is a versatile material for numerous applications in industry markets.
Chemical composition	The chemical properties given are based on cast analysis data.
Coating	Galvanisation: Class 1

Property

Application areas

Structural forming grade which is well suited to applications requiring high reproducibility of processing performance (especially control of springback). The S240D AM FCE grade is popular with Steel Service Centres, since it allows them to rationalise their supplies of deep drawable and structural steel. This grade is a versatile material for numerous applications in industry markets.

Chemical composition

The chemical properties given are based on cast analysis data.

Coating

Galvanisation: Class 1

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