13. Heavy plate
By definition, these are products with a thickness greater than 4.76 mm and up to 200 mm or more. We won't consider the state of standards here, as a wide range of metals and alloys can be supplied in heavy plate, including carbon steels, alloy steels and aluminum alloys. Detailed information can be found in the article
Their formability depends on the nature of the metal and largely on thickness. In fact, the specificity of this field is mainly due to two facts: the enormous forces required for forming and the rapid development of very high surface elongations (given the...
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