QUARD & QUEND

Wear resistant and high yield strength steels close to you.

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PREMIUM STEELS

QUARD – Your partner. Full resistance.
Designed for abrasive environments, QUARD delivers extended wear life and protects equipment exposed to friction, impact, and harsh materials.

QUEND – Your partner. Full strength.
With high yield strength, QUEND ensures reliable performance and weight reduction in lifting, transport, and structural applications.

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    Superior workability

    Despite their high hardness or yield strength, QUARD and QUEND remain easy to cut, bend, and weld and machine — making them both strong and practical in workshop conditions.

  2. Image showing Quenching and Tempering machine at Nlmk.

    Quenching & Tempering

    Performed in a state-of-the-art facility, quenching and tempering are the final steps that give QUARD and QUEND their refined microstructure — the key to their superior mechanical properties, including the strength, hardness, and toughness required for demanding applications.

  3. Thickness Tolerances – InThinity

    Exclusive to NLMK Clabecq, InThinity is the standard for all plates under 15 mm. It ensures very tight thickness tolerances, enabling greater forming precision and consistent performance with QUARD and QUEND.

Applications

When structural performance or resistance to severe wear is critical, QUARD and QUEND provide a dependable solution. These steels are designed to perform in harsh, high-load, and high-impact environments where conventional steels often fall short. Whether it’s absorbing repeated shock in mining equipment or enabling lightweight yet robust lifting structures, their advanced mechanical properties ensure reliability, longer service life, and safety.

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Partnership programs

Two dedicated programs support the entire QUARD and QUEND value chain — from end users to distributors and manufacturers of parts, components, and finished equipment.

QUARD Ambassadors are selected distributors who actively promote and supply our plates in key markets.

QUARD AT WORK brings together manufacturers who process our steels into high-performance solutions, benefiting from visibility, technical support, and close collaboration.

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