🛠 18 IPE beam - optimal rigidity for major construction
The 18 IPE beam (180 mm high) is a heavy-duty European steel product designed for critical load-bearing structures.
Made from imported high-strength S275JR structural steel and featuring an H-shaped cross-section with parallel flanges, this I-beam offers an excellent balance of weight and rigidity. At just 18.8 kg per metre, it can span long distances, making it suitable for industrial, commercial, and high-end residential construction.
🏗️ Applications for the 180 mm beam
The 18 IPE profile is designed for significant static and dynamic loads:
- Industrial floors: installation of heavy-duty intermediate and roof floors in shopping centres, multi-storey car parks, and warehouses.
- Load-bearing steel frames: primary support columns and heavy horizontal purlins in workshops and modular buildings.
- Bridge structures: crane runways and flyovers for transporting heavy loads.
- Renovation: use as structural lintels and stiffening members during major alterations to older buildings.
✅ Why do engineers choose IPE beams made from S275JR steel?
- High load-bearing capacity: imported S275JR steel has a higher yield strength (275 MPa) than domestic Ст3 (S235). The steel withstands significantly higher loads before plastic deformation begins.
- Fast bolted assembly: parallel IPE flange faces are ideal for modern bolted connections, avoiding complex welding and the need to fit angled washers as with ГОСТ beams.
- Significant savings: the lower weight per metre (18.8 kg compared with over 20 kg in older standards) can reduce the total steel-frame tonnage budget by up to 15%.
🚚 Ordering and delivery from SteelStream
We work directly with manufacturers, ensuring quality and transparent terms:
- 📦 Any quantity: order 18 IPE beams in 1 m increments or in wholesale lots. You pay only for the actual (electronic-scale) weight or calculated length.
- ✂️ Precision steel cutting: we prepare the steel to your project specifications, cutting 12 m lengths with a torch or cut-off machine for easier transport.
- 🚛 Prompt delivery: our fleet of crane trucks and long-bed vehicles delivers steel across Kyiv, Vyshneve, Brovary, Irpin, Bucha, and the region. Payment can be made on site.
🔗 Source everything for your turnkey project
Order the steel products you need together to save on delivery:
- 20 mm А500С reinforcing bar - heavy-duty ribbed bar for industrial foundations and column grillages.
- 18П steel channel - a U-shaped profile for framing I-beams and fabricating frames.
- Profile tube - for roof trusses, purlins, and wall bracing.
- Welding services - fabrication of finished load-bearing columns and trusses to your drawing at our workshop.
The 18 IPE beam (S275JR) from SteelStream delivers dependable performance for industrial construction. Call us, and we will promptly calculate the required tonnage and arrange delivery.