What Tests are conducted to Determine Quality of Steel TMT Bars?

There is an imperative requisite to introduce the best and highest-quality reinforcement to building structures. This is vital to ensure peak standards of performance, durability, longevity as well as safety in infrastructure development across all sectors be it industrial, residential as wellas commercial.

In our striving for advanced reinforcement solutions in conventional concrete construction methods, the emergence of Thermo Mechanically Treated Steel Bars or TMT Bars has been the most innovative response to the growing calls for better strength and reliability in construction technology.

A pioneering innovative process aimed to deliver best strength to structures 

The TMT process has resulted in manufacture of Steel Bars that possess the highest Tensile Strength and ductility as well. Based on their standards of yield strength, these TMT Bars are offered in myriad grades so as to suffice a plethora of construction needs.   

With numerous manufacturers claiming ultimate strength and performance for their Steel TMT Bars, it is essential for a buyer to be assured of the optimum quality of the products being availed and to suffice such requisites, a number of cutting-edge testing standards have been established that can determine the quality of these steel rods produced through TMT technology.    

The various tests to identify the strength of steel TMT reinforced bars

A number of performance and strength determining tests are conducted on Fe-600 Grade TMT Bars in Agra and other grades of steel TMT Rods to ensure optimum quality standards.

These are -  

Tensile Strength Test 

The Tensile Strength Test is a prime determinant standard to ensure the maximum tension forces that a steel TMT bar can withstand. In this test, a continuously increasing tension force is applied to a steel rod to a point it fractures or fails. This point of failure determines the maximum tensile strength that a steel rebar can withstand.     

Yield Stress Test 

The Yield Stress Test is an essential determinant of the point of plastic deformation of a Steel TMT Bar. Plastic deformation refers to the point beyond which the steel material is unable to regain its original shape after removal of force.

Elongation Test  

The Elongation Test is conducted to determine the maximum level of elongation force that a Steel TMT Bar can withstand before breaking. The differed grades of TMT Steel such as Fe-550, Fe-500 or Fe-600 possess varying levels of elongation standards based on their purpose of utilization.    

Ductility Testing 

Ductility is a property of flexibility that calculates the response of a steel bar to the bending and re-bending upon application of force at the midpoint of steel without fracture. This is a vital test that calculates the levels of deformation that a steel bar can withstand.  

The leading TMT Rods supplierin Agra 7 STAR Shri Rathi Group has been at the forefront of innovation and technology to manufacture the best steel bars that undergo rigorous testing and inspection stages to guarantee best quality standards.