🛠 16 IPE beam - a heavy-duty European profile for demanding applications
The 16 IPE beam (160 mm high) is one of the most popular sizes for heavy load-bearing steel structures in industrial and civil construction.
The key advantage of this SteelStream product is its high-quality imported S275JR steel. The higher-strength grade, 5.0 mm web thickness, and H-shaped cross-section with parallel flanges provide high resistance to bending. At 15.8 kg/m, this profile can span considerable distances without risk of sagging.
🏗️ Applications for the 160 mm I-beam
Thanks to its high rigidity, the 16 IPE beam is used in heavily loaded structural connections:
- Major floor structures: intermediate and roof floors in residential buildings, shopping centres, and warehouses.
- Load-bearing frames: primary support columns and horizontal girders in modular buildings, hangars, and service stations.
- Lifting systems: crane runways for light and medium-duty overhead cranes in industrial workshops.
- Industry: machine beds for heavy equipment, flyovers, and bridge structures.
✅ Advantages of the IPE profile made from S275JR steel
- Greater reliability: the yield strength of S275JR steel exceeds standard values (Ст3 / S235). The steel withstands significantly higher loads before plastic deformation begins.
- Easy installation: parallel flange faces are ideal for modern bolted connections, speeding up frame assembly and avoiding complex welding at height.
- Compliance with European standards: the product is manufactured to ДСТУ EN 10034, ensuring accurate geometry and consistent web thickness along its full length.
🚚 Ordering and delivery from SteelStream
We provide a complete steel supply service for your project:
- 📦 Flexible quantities: order 16 IPE beams in 1 m increments or in wholesale lots with pricing recalculated per tonne.
- ✂️ Precision steel cutting: we cut beams to your drawing. For easier transport, we cut 12 m lengths with a torch or cut-off machine.
- 🚛 Prompt delivery: our crane-truck fleet delivers and unloads steel across Kyiv, Vyshneve, Brovary, Irpin, Bucha, and the region. Payment can be made on site.
🔗 Source everything for your project
Order the steel products you need together to save on delivery:
- 16 mm А500С reinforcing bar - ribbed bar for foundations and monolithic slabs beneath columns.
- 16П steel channel - a U-shaped profile for framing intermediate floors and fabricating frames.
- Profile tube - square and rectangular sections for roof trusses and wall bracing.
- Steel angle - for reinforcing steel-frame connections.
The 16 IPE beam (S275JR) from SteelStream delivers uncompromising European quality for your project. Call us, and we will promptly calculate the required length and delivery cost.