Overview
Meeting your needs
Layde Steel slu is located in Durango, Spain, very close to the port of Bilbao. This offers very good logistics for our incoming Tata Steel material from the Netherlands and the UK. Our steel service centre supplies customers in the automotive industry with a wide range of steel grades designed to:
- reduce vehicle weight
- increase passenger safety
Our steels are used for a variety of modern automotive components used in:
- chassis
- suspension
- wheels
- seats
- interior
- body in white
All of our products are manufactured according to the highest automotive standards with a clear focus on continuous improvement (ISO TS16949).
Proven capability
Layde Steel has been serving customers since 1941. At our service center, we slit and package coils and sheets to meet your exact needs. We offer the following steel products:
- pickled
- hot-dip galvanised
- standard cold-rolled
- electrozinc coated
- organic-coated
The following standard grades are available, with all properties following the Euronorm.
- Pickled - DD11 to DD14 - EN 10111
- Pickled - S235JR to S355JR – EN 10025
- Pickled - S315MC to S700MC – EN 10149
- Galvanized - DX51D + Z/ZF to DX57D+Z/ZF - EN 10346
- Galvanized - S220GD+Z to S550GD+Z - EN 10346
- Galvanized - HX260LAD+Z/ZF to HX420LAD+Z/ZF - EN 10346
- Galvanized - HCT600X+Z/ZF to HCT780X+Z - EN 10346
We operate several slitting lines and one cut-to-length line. We can produce strips and sheets in the following dimensions:
- width - from 25mm to 1650mm
- length - from 300mm to 6000mm
Tailored solutions
We improve our processes continuously in order to add value and deliver tailored solutions to our customers. We have a dynamic, flexible and agile team that works hard to achieve cost-effective operations. Our steel service centre is certified to the ISO 9001:2008 standard.
Environmental performance
Protection of the environment is one of the pillars of our business strategy. We have implemented an Environmental Management System based on international standard ISO 14001:2004. You can find additional information in our downloads section.
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Processing capability
Layde has the following facilities, operated by highly-qualified people:
Pickling line
Our pickling line is a 136m long facility that uses a hydrochloric acid bath to remove the surface oxide layer on hot-rolled coils. This ensures the surface is completely clean and dry - allowing post-process oiling and eliminating the risk of oxidation. This facility is directly connected to a slitting line where we produce strips to the final width required by customers.
Cold rolling
Our facilities consist of two reversing 650mm SENDIZIMIR cold rolling mills. Thanks to them we can produce very fine tolerances across the entire thickness range. Our manufacturing range is between 0.20mm and 3mm (gauge) and between 10mm and 650mm (width). Inner diameters are 400-508mm depending on the product.
Annealing
Our EBNER furnaces are fully automatic. They use natural gas and a 100% hydrogen atmosphere that delivers an equal temperature in the whole coil. This ensures identical mechanical characteristics throughout the entire coil. This process also prevents contractions that can cause marks and scratches on the coil surface. Use of hydrogen provides a coil surface that is extraordinary clean and oil-free.
Slitters and Cut-to-Length (CTL)
For processing our precision cold-rolled, galvanised, electrozinc coated and pre-finished steel coils, we have different slitters and a cut-to-length facility. These produce material to meet the final dimensions required by customers. Our capabilities are: from 25mm to 1850mm (width) and from 300mm to 6000mm (length).
Skinpass
We have skinpass facilities that provide material with a slight surface hardening but without modifying any of its mechanical properties. This process delivers a smooth surface within the roughness range demanded by customers.
Dimensional capability
| | Slitting | Decoiling | Pickling |
|---|
| Thickness |
0.2 – 7.0mm |
0.3 – 3.0mm |
1.4 – 7.0mm |
| Width |
10 – 1650mm |
300 – 1500mm |
Up to 1300mm |
| Length |
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300 – 6000mm |
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Max. pickling strength level is 800 MPa.
Please consult our sales department regarding specific technical feasibility of dimensional combinations, tolerances and grades.
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