DIN 17102 WStE460 Steel Plate | WStE460 Fine Grain Steel

DIN 17102 WStE460, also written WStE 460, WSTE460, DIN17102 WStE460 and WStE460 steel plate, is a weldable normalized fine-grain structural steel under DIN 17102. The W prefix means Warm — elevated-temperature quality. Yield in the thin band is still 460 MPa. Tensile at ≤70 mm is still typically 570–720 MPa. This is the DIN 17102 warm line that conversion tables map to P460NH. It is not WStE420 and not WStE500. SHH STEEL is a global steel mill sourcing partner and steel manufacturer & exporter (mill-direct, China origin) for this grade. Plate is produced to DIN 17102 and shipped to buyers in the USA, Europe, Middle East and Southeast Asia.

A purchase order that only says “460 NH fine grain” is incomplete if the drawing still names DIN. Write DIN 17102 WStE460. Do not ship StE460 against a WStE460 drawing because StE is basic quality. Do not ship TStE460 against a WStE460 drawing because T is low-temperature quality. Do not ship WStE420 or WStE500 because the yield step is wrong.

DIN 17102 is a legacy specification. New European pressure work usually names P460NH. Replacement projects still name WStE460 when an old German calculation or mill qualification stays on DIN.

This page is not DIN 17100 St52-3. It is not SA516 Gr.70. It is not SA515 Gr.70. It is not ASTM A36 steel plate. It is not QT alloy under ASME SA387 or ASME SA543.

Company scope: global steel mill sourcing partner – SHH STEEL.

This plate sits in structural steel plates, high strength low alloy plates and next to pressure vessel steel plates. ASME carbon comparisons belong on ASME SA516 and ASME SA515, not as automatic substitutes.

DIN 17102 WStE460 / WStE 460 uses the same 460 chemistry family as StE460. TStE460 and EStE460 tighten P and S. Product analysis is slightly wider than heat analysis.

Heat Analysis and Product Analysis — DIN 17102 WStE460 (typical limits)

If the order dual-names P460NH, residuals and P/S must also fit EN 10028-3 of the named edition. SHH STEEL reports heat analysis on every certificate and product analysis when the order names it.

Room-temperature yield and tensile follow the 460 family. Elevated-temperature proof stress is why the W letter exists.

Room-temperature properties — DIN 17102 WStE460 (typical published bands)

Do not quote 460 MPa yield on an 80 mm plate. When the order dual-names P460NH, elevated-temperature values come from EN 10028-3, not from a copied StE460 room-temperature coupon. Do not treat 570–720 MPa tensile as permission to stamp SA516 Gr.70, SA515 Gr.65 or SA204 Gr.B.

Impact for WStE460 is not the TStE / EStE low-temperature package. Write the test temperature on the order. If the drawing names −50 °C, the grade is probably TStE460 or EStE460, not WStE460.

Same 460 MPa yield idea. Different impact package and different design temperature. SHH STEEL will not ship WStE460 against a TStE460 impact temperature without a written change.

SA203 Gr.A, SA299 Gr.B and SA737 Gr.B are vessel or HSLA plates. None of them is WStE460.

DIN 17102 WStE460 / WStE 460 is selected for welded structures and pressure equipment that need fine-grain toughness plus a warm-service designation at the 460 MPa yield step: process vessels, boilers, heat exchangers and steelwork still calculated to the old German book. It is the practical DIN counterpart to P460NH. It is not automatically an ASME Section VIII plate. If the vessel is ASME, the drawing should name an ASME or ASTM grade such as SA516 Gr.70, SA515 Gr.60 or SA204 Gr.C.

SHH STEEL supplies this plate to fabricators in the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. It is not nickel low-temp plate like SA203 Gr.D or SA203 Gr.E. It is not QT Ni-Cr-Mo like SA543 Type B Cl.2. It is not Cr-Mo like SA387 Gr.22 Cl.2 or SA387 Gr.11 Cl.2. Stainless inquiries belong on ASME SA240 or ASTM A240.

WStE460 is killed fine-grain C-Mn-microalloy steel at a higher strength step than WStE420. Welding is production welding, and Code welding when the equipment is a vessel.

Qualify procedures to the applicable code. For ASME work that happens to use a dual-named plate, use ASME Section IX. Consumables should match the 570–720 MPa tensile band, not a SA387 Gr.12 Cl.2 Cr-Mo procedure and not a QT procedure from SA517 Gr.Q. Preheat follows thickness and hydrogen control. The fabricator owns the WPS. SHH STEEL can share mill heat data for that review.

Usual delivery from SHH STEEL is normalized DIN 17102 WStE460 / WStE 460 plate. Fine-grain practice and normalize are the product idea. As-rolled shipment is a special agreement.

If the vessel will see PWHT, test coupons shall follow a simulated cycle when the order names it. This is not the QT route used on SA738 Gr.A or SA737 Gr.C. Special heat treatment, extra simulation or third-party hold points add time. Plan about two months when those extras are on the order.

The certificate lists DIN 17102 WStE460 (and WStE 460 if requested); heat number; heat analysis; product analysis when ordered; tensile results to the correct thickness column; normalize statement; impact and elevated-temperature proof stress when ordered. Certificates may be EN 10204 3.1 or EN 10204 3.2. Dual marking to P460NH is available only when chemistry, tensile, impact and elevated-temperature values all fit the named EN edition.

Usual supply range from SHH STEEL for WStE460 fine grain steel:

• Thickness: commonly 6 mm – 150 mm. Confirm any request above 150 mm against mill capability
• Width: 1500 mm – 4000 mm
• Length: 3000 mm – 12000 mm
• Cut-to-length plates and nest sizes inside those limits

Ship plate inquiries belong on shipbuilding steel plates or BV Rules. Weathering plate belongs on EN 10025-5 or Corten A/B. TMCP fine-grain structural belongs on EN 10025-4. QT structural belongs on EN 10025-6. Ordinary structural belongs on EN 10025-2 or JIS G3106.

Dimensional limits follow the mill rolling standard named on the order, commonly EN 10029 for plate when the buyer is in Europe. Do not apply ASTM A36/A36M structural tolerances to a DIN fine-grain plate without writing them. UT to EN 10160 or ASTM A435 / A577 / A578 is added when the order names it.

Most export DIN 17102 WStE460 / WStE 460 orders add extras. SHH STEEL does not assume them.

Charpy details. Temperature, energy, location and orientation. Warm quality is not a −50 °C grade.

Elevated-temperature proof stress. Required when dual-naming P460NH or when the calculation uses warm allowable stress. Name the test temperature.

Product analysis. Add this when the destination file wants finished-plate chemistry, not only ladle chemistry.

Simulated PWHT. When the equipment will be stress-relieved.

NDE. UT per the named method.

Z-direction / through-thickness testing. When the drawing names Z15 / Z25 / Z35.

Third-party. EN 10204 3.2, with inspectors arranged for US, European or Middle East documentation packages.

These names are project-comparison grades. They are not automatic substitutes.

ASME SA662 is not WStE460.

Stainless inquiries belong on stainless steel products, JIS G4305 or AISI stainless. Other vessel comparisons: SA203 Gr.B, SA302 Gr.C, A516 Grade 70, SA533 Type C Cl.1, SA517 Gr.P, SA738 Gr.C.

SHH STEEL is a global steel mill sourcing partner with mill partnerships in China. We supply ASTM, ASME, EN, DIN and JIS steel to the USA, Europe, Middle East and Southeast Asia. Origin is mill-direct, China origin. We do not treat DIN 17102 WStE460 as an Asia-only stock item. Inquiry packages are written for fabricators and EPC buyers in Houston, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Jebel Ali, Dammam, Singapore and surrounding ports.

Typical trade terms:

• FOB Shanghai
• CIF Houston
• CIF Rotterdam
• CIF Jebel Ali
• Other CIF / CFR ports on request (Los Angeles, New York, Hamburg, Genoa, Jeddah, Mundra, Ho Chi Minh)

Typical lead time for DIN 17102 WStE460 / WStE 460:

• Ex-stock / ready plate: about 5–7 days after order confirmation, subject to actual warehouse size and cutting
• Mill rolling, standard normalize: about 45 days
• Special heat treatment, simulated PWHT, 3.2 hold or extra NDE: about 2 months

Documents travel with the cargo: mill certificate, packing list, commercial invoice, bill of lading, and EN 10204 3.1 or 3.2 as ordered. Third-party inspection can be arranged before loading for US, European or Middle East projects. Packing is seaworthy, with edge protection and marking in English as specified on the order.

If the buyer needs dual P460NH marking for a European file, say so on the inquiry. If the buyer needs a PED / 3.2 file, say so on the inquiry. Do not assume a domestic Chinese certificate format will pass at destination.

SHH STEEL is a global steel mill sourcing partner and steel manufacturer & exporter (mill-direct, China origin). We supply ASTM / ASME / EN / DIN / JIS steel to the USA, Europe, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. On DIN 17102 WStE460 / WStE 460 that means mill pricing, WStE460 chemistry reported as heat analysis and as product analysis when ordered, recorded normalize, tensile results to the correct thickness column, 460 MPa yield in the thin band, 3.1 as standard and 3.2 when specified. Trade terms include FOB Shanghai and CIF Houston / Rotterdam / Jebel Ali.

We keep the prefix and the number on the order. WStE460 is not StE460. WStE460 is not TStE460. WStE460 is not WStE420. WStE460 is not WStE500. DIN 17102 is not DIN 17100. WStE460 is not SA516 Gr.70. WStE460 is not SA387 Gr.22 Cl.2. If the drawing names −50 °C impact, we will not ship WStE460 and call it TStE460.

Company scope: global steel mill sourcing partner – SHH STEEL.

DIN 17102 WStE460 Steel Plate, also searched as WStE 460, WSTE460 and DIN17102 WStE460, is weldable normalized fine-grain steel under DIN 17102 for elevated-temperature service at the 460 MPa yield step, typically 570–720 MPa tensile at ≤70 mm, and the usual DIN counterpart to P460NH. Whether the inquiry says DIN 17102 WStE460, WStE 460 or WStE460 steel plate, SHH STEEL as a global steel mill sourcing partner and steel manufacturer & exporter (mill-direct, China origin) supplies plate with WStE460 chemistry, recorded normalize, and EN 10204 3.1 or 3.2 certification.

SHH STEEL supplies DIN 17102 WStE460 / WStE460 Fine Grain Steel to the USA, Europe, the Middle East and Southeast Asia for work that actually names this grade. FOB Shanghai / CIF Houston / Rotterdam / Jebel Ali.

Contact SHH STEEL for mill rolling, stock inquiry, dual P460NH marking when eligible, impact testing, elevated-temperature proof stress, 3.2 inspection or a quotation.

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