Building your dream home can be a particularly complex task. Turning to experts in this regard can make all the difference in not only being able to create the home of your dreams but also to design a unique space that fits perfectly with your style and your personality.
In this article we will try to get to know one of the structural elements necessary for the best possible success of construction work on your future home: composite profiles. In fact, not everyone knows that high-quality composite profiles achieving more complex geometries. But what is it about when we talk about steel profiles?
What are composite profiles?
Steel profiles are increasingly used objects in the building field but also in other sectors. Their main use is due to the exploitation of some important characteristics that this type of object offers.
First and foremost, the possibility of being produced in different sizes, dimensions, and shapes which allows them to be used in the most diverse situations. Steel profiles can be robust and resistant and are available in a thousand different variants, also because the possible production methods, as mentioned, are many.
How they are produced
Steel profiles are produced through hot or cold rolling, extrusion, or laser welding. Depending on the type of profile to be produced, and the quantities of the single lot, it is advisable to prefer one production method over another.
To give an example, angular stainless-steel profiles are mainly produced through hot rolling or, generally in the case of profiles with unequal sides, by welding two extruded sections with the laser technique. On the other hand, cold drawing is preferred when steel profiles with very tight tolerances and small dimensions must be produced.
Among the characteristics of this material, we find a high design flexibility, the mixture of materials that makes them so resistant but also the increased profile dimensions. And finally, the open and hollow sections that allow you to increase the overall dimensions of the profile and create more complex geometries.
It is important to know that it is possible to combine different steel alloys, such as carbon steels, high yield steels and stainless steels. This production technique allows it to be used even for very small lots, with dimensions that can reach a maximum of 200 mm in diameter and a tolerance of plus or minus 0.1 mm.
Where they can be used
All production processes sooner or later reach their limits. This is why in some cases it becomes essential to try to go further also from an architectural and building point of view thanks to the use of super-resistant materials, just like composite steel profiles.
The type of material, thanks to its glossy or matt finish, can also be used in the building sector as an external finish, while maintaining their effectiveness for the load-bearing structures. Therefore, it will not be a coincidence to be able to find these materials on the facades of buildings with a contemporary style, used in the industrial sector but also in the automotive sector. Finally, in that of furniture. Perhaps precisely in those that will be part of your dream home.
