Sülzle Stahlpartner has started the supply of approximately 2,500 tonnes of stainless rebar for the West Pier of Helgoland port in the North Sea.
The West Pier protects the port in the island’s south and, with it, the lifeline of this rocky island in the German Bight, Sülzle explains to Kallanish. To ensure that the 563-metre-long protective structure can continue to withstand the enormous forces of the North Sea in the future, it will undergo extensive repairs and technical modernisation until 2028.
A key component of the project is the highly corrosion-resistant Top12 stainless steel reinforcement from Steeltec AG, Sülzle notes. The steel used is grade 1.4003: stainless, with a chromium content of over 12%, and developed for components exposed to high chloride loads. In the highly stressed splash and tidal zones, it offers significantly greater resistance than conventional reinforcing steel.
The steel will be delivered from Sülzle’s shop for stainless steels in Bad Säckingen in southern Germany. Sülzle says it plans to also establish production of stainless steel reinforcement at its site in Seelze, Lower Saxony.
Author: Christian Koehl
