Applications - Architectural

GSP's engineered steel profiles offer unlimited potential and unique solutions for architects and design engineers. Custom profiles and standard stainless structurals are used in office buildings, shopping malls, exhibition halls and many other structures. A few of the actual architectectural applications are listed below:

• Curtain Walls
• Support beams
• Facade hangers
• Frameworks
• Glass holders
• Fasteners
• Stone and marble
• Radiant heating tubes holders
• Railings

We can supply hot rolled, hot extruded or cold drawn sections in a wide range of quality steels, including stainless steel, depending on your needs.

For additional information, ask for our brochure
"Special Sections for Curtain Walls."

Quality Management

Hoesch Schwerter Profile runs a management system to ensure quality and environmental protection which is certified by an independent accredited institute (DQS) in accordance with ISO TS 16949 and based on ISO 9001. It is authorized to produce according to AD Code of Practice WO/TRD 100 Test No. 4/24 134 325/9 of TÜV and general building regulations. It has ÜHP and ÜZ licensing for steel products according to building regulation list A, Part 1. The following list of norms determine our supply conditions: National standards and regulations, including DIN EN standards as well as international EN ISO standards; Technical Rules for Pressure Vessels (TRD), Stahl-Eisen Werkstoffblätter (SEW), AD Code of Practice (Association of Pressure Vessel Manufacturers), Vd-TÜV Material Sheets, ASTM (USA), BS (Great Britain), AFNOR (France), SIS (Sweden) and many more.

If required, the following tests can be carried out:

• Mechanical Tests
• Tensile test
• Hot Tensile test
• Impact test at room temperature and lower temperatures
• Brinell / Rockwell / Vickers hardness test
• Corrosion Tests
• Test for inter-granular corrosion
• Huey-Test according to ASTM A 262 or stamicarbon regulation
• Physical Tests
• Spectroscopic identification test
• Permeability determination
• Ferrite determination
• Non-destructive tests
• Ultrasonic test
• Surface crack test with magnetic particles and dye penetrants
• Hydrostatic pressure test
• Eddy current test