Customized Length Carbon steel square tube 80x80x4mm 6m 12m Custom Cut ERW Hollow Section

Container space is the hidden cost in hollow section purchasing, and cut to length service is how it gets recovered. A 12 m length of 80 x 80 x 4 mm tube weighs 115 kg and cannot be loaded into a 20 ft container in one piece, so the choice is either a 40 ft container or cutting down to 6 m and wasting the remainder. We cut to your list, at your lengths, and load the container with no unusable offcuts.

This section is 9.55 kg per metre, formed from Q235B or S275JR coil on an ERW mill with the internal bead scarfed. Lengths are cut on a CNC saw with a 2 mm length tolerance and deburred on both ends, and each piece is tagged to the cut list line so the bundle can be checked against the packing list at destination without re measuring.

• Cut to Your List: Any length from 300 mm to 12 m, cut on a CNC saw with 2 mm length tolerance and deburred ends.
• Container Optimised Loading: We plan the cut list against the container internal dimensions so the load factor is maximised and no length is unusable.
• Piece Level Tagging: Every cut piece is tagged to its cut list line, which makes receiving inspection a check rather than a measurement exercise.
• ERW Structural Section: Q235B or S275JR base steel with 235 to 275 MPa yield, adequate for frames, racks and supports.
• Mitre and Drill Service: 45 degree mitres, hole patterns and end plates can be added before packing, reducing site fabrication time.
• Consistent Bundle Weight: Bundles are built to a 2 ton limit so they can be handled by a standard forklift at destination.

This is the size that appears in racking uprights, conveyor frames, mezzanine columns, trailer chassis cross members, greenhouse trusses and agricultural implement frames. Cut to length supply is particularly useful for projects shipped in 20 ft containers, where the container length sets the maximum piece length, and for repeat production where the customer would otherwise cut the same length every month and pay for the saw time and the scrap twice.

Bundles are built to 2 tons with steel straps over soft packing, wrapped in waterproof paper with PVC sleeve, and each bundle carries a packing list matching the cut list line numbers. Cut ends are capped or taped to prevent moisture ingress during sea freight. Mill test reports to EN 10204 3.1 accompany the shipment, and we can arrange SGS or BV inspection of the cut lengths before loading if your project requires it.

A cost note: cutting to length in our plant adds roughly 3 to 5 percent to the material price, but on a 20 ft container it typically recovers 12 to 18 percent of the freight value by eliminating unusable lengths. Send the cut list with the enquiry and we will price both options side by side.