Hot Rolled Pickled & Oiled Steel Sheet & Slit Coil

HRPO Benefits

There are a number of advantages to a pickled steel product compared to cold rolled steel products. First, the pickling and oiling process produces hot rolled steel that offers improved workability, including forming, bending, and stamping. HRPO steel is better for bending and deep drawing applications. Benefits for traditional HRPO steel products include:

Better Painting

Hot rolled pickled and oiled products lend to easier painting due to the surface being free from impurities such as stains and rust. This allows you to:

• Achieve glossy finishes with less paint
• Achieve better paint adhesion that avoids chipping

Improved Welding

Because HRPO steel has a scale-free surface, welding is significantly improved:

• Eliminate weld seam grinding
• Achieve precise measurement and welding of large fabrications without re-work with the use of robotic welding techniques
• Reduce labor for manual welds
• HRPO products require no pre-cleaning due to the thick oil layer of electrostatically applied microns burning off in welding

Improved Bending, Forming, & Stamping

HRPO steel products have improved workability and, thus, improved bending, forming, and stamping.

• Improve lifespan of press brake and stamping dies
• Achieve deeper draw with a lubricated, clean surface
• Avoid delays due to consistent die cleanup

Easier Laser Burning

By using HRPO steel, you can increase your laser production and speed laser burning by roughly 15%. With HRPO steel you can achieve:

• Closer tolerances/nesting with less scrap between parts
• Consistent results
• Automatic and manual part surface inspection

Avoid Blasting Costs

With hot rolled pickled and oiled steel sheet & coil, you can avoid an extra step in your production process and the cleanup and costs associated with blasting.

• Remove extra production step
• Eliminate costs associated with blasting (maintenance, cleanup)
• Eliminate smoke and residue

HRPO+ Advantages

HRPO+™ is a superior hot rolled and pickled steel, preferred for exposed surfaces and difficult-forming applications because it is defect-free, gauge-controlled, flat, formable, and consistent. Below are a few of the advantages of Chesterfield's HRPO+ products compared to HRPO or cold-rolled steel products:

Superior Gauge Control

• Head to Tail
• Edge to Edge
• “1/4 ASTM Standard”

Enhanced Surface

• Mill order surface as 60RA max with the ability to further enhance through processing
• Suitable for critically exposed applications
• 2-Side Prime
• Paintable as ordered from the mill

Product Performance Repeatability

• Not only from coil to coil but from shipment to shipment
• “Set it and Forget it” processing allows for production and operating efficiencies

Other Advantages

• Preferred by production departments across the country due to less line-stop adjustments needed
• When compared to cold rolled: HRPO is more ductile, can extend tooling life, has a lower cost per piece
• Consistent and predictable physical and chemical characteristics
• Non-Earring
• Enhanced yield
• Multi-directional mechanical properties
• Unrivaled shape control
• Engineered and designed to meet the demands of your part
• Attributes of “specialty” available regardless of grade or chemistry