ASME SA516 HIC and ASTM A516 HIC

Brown McFarlane holds an extensive stock range of hydrogen induced crack resistant steel plates or HIC plates as they are more commonly known.

These plates are manufactured for us by Industeel, a company within Arcelor Mittal, with the brand name CarElso HIC Premium+.
Brown McFarlane is an Industeel-authorised stock supplier of CarElso HIC Premium+.
Plate stocks from 6 mm to 180 mm thick based in the UK.

ASME SA516 HIC and ASTM A516 HIC.

Compatibility with the world’s most frequently requested HIC specifications ensures that there is no need for costly and time consuming additional testing: the plate is off the shelf and ready to use.

Available Specifications.

CarElso HIC Premium+ is produced for Brown McFarlane to the following steel specifications and grades - more information on a grade can be seen by clicking on it:
In combining these steel specifications with the CarElso HIC Premium+ manufacturing process Brown McFarlane offers ex-stock availability of steel plates that meet the world's most stringent HIC standards.
Manufactured - not just tested.

With so many of the fabrications produced from HIC steel being used in such critical applications it is essential to be certain that the steel used is fit for purpose. CarElso HIC Premium+ has been produced with the sole intention of being HIC resistant: a plate with the same properties throughout every millimetre of thickness and every square metre of area.

It is possible to take test pieces from an "ordinary" plate and subject them to rigorous and exhaustive HIC testing. If the right pieces are selected it is more than likely that they will pass the tests and can be described as HIC resistant. But just because the test pieces have passed does this mean the plate they came from is HIC resistant? It might but can anyone be entirely certain that the whole of the rest of the plate is completely the same as the test piece particularly when the plate has not been made with the intention of it being HIC resistant?

For more detail on the importance of this subject see our Carelso HIC Premium+ technical page.

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Supply Conditions

General Supply Conditions

Normalized 920°C. The material surface is shot blasted to SA 2.5, with low-stress die stamping at two locations: head and foot of plate. In addition, material has identification paint markings on one end and shipping marks. Plates have continuous brand marked on the two long edges.

Processing

High Definition Plasma: 16m x 4m
Oxy/Propane: 50m x 6m
Plate Rolling/Dished Ends

Specifications

NDT

Ultrasonic testing control as per SA 578 level C with +75mm pitch scanning and +100mm² max defect area.

Mechanical Properties

Mechanical and HIC tests after simulated PWHT at 610°C (2 min/mm). Ambient tensile properties as per standard.
Charpy impact test longitudinal and transverse direction

At -51°C for thickness <= 25mm (20J average /16J individual)
At -46°C for thickness >25mm (41J average /34J individual)

Chemical Properties

Max Ceq 0.41% <= 50mm, 0.43% > 50mm
Max S 0.001%, P 0.008%, Nb 0.015%, V 0.005%, O 0.002%

All material is made with an Electric Arc Furnace, fully killed, vacuum degassed, with fine grain.

Available Sizes

ASME/ASTM SA/A 516 Grades 60/65/70

Thickness	Length	Width
6/8/10/13/16/20/25/30/35/40mm	12000mm	2000/2500/3000mm
45/50mm	9000mm	2500/3000mm
55/60/65mm	7000mm	2000/2500
70/75/80mm	7000mm	2000/2500mm
90-200mm	6000mm	3000mm

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ASME SA516 HIC and ASTM A516 HIC.

Available Specifications.

Manufactured - not just tested.