Lifting
Reliable and lightweight design for lifting equipment
In lifting equipment — mobile cranes, aerial platforms, stabilizers — every detail matters. To reach higher, reduce weight, and maintain safety under dynamic loads, manufacturers need steels that combine mechanical strength, dimensional accuracy, and processing reliability.
In this context, QUEND is the most appropriate answer. With yield strengths up to 1300 MPa, it enables the design of slimmer structural profiles and longer booms while maintaining structural integrity. QUEND combines high strength with excellent workability, ensuring reliable bending, welding, and cutting across all lifting applications.
It provides the structural performance and fabrication ease that the lifting industry demands.
QUEND 1300, the right steel for structural ambition
At the top of the range, QUEND 1300 is ideal for lifting equipment that requires both strength and weight optimisation.
With a minimum yield strength of 1,300 MPa, it is particularly well suited for:
- Telescopic boom sections
- High-load pivoting elements
- Reinforced frames and stabilizers
By enabling weight reductions without loss of integrity, QUEND 1300 supports higher reach, better payload ratios, and improved operational safety.
A dimensional range that matches your ambition
QUARD and QUEND are available in dimensions tailored to structural and fabrication needs:
- Thicknesses from 3.2 mm to 64 mm
- Widths up to 3,100 mm
- Fully compliant with EN 10029 and EN 10163-2, with options for tighter tolerances upon request
This dimensional flexibility helps you:
- Reduce the number of welds
- Streamline machining and assembly
- Meet tight tolerances for structural alignment and dynamic behaviour
High precision with InThinity – when tenths of a millimeter make the difference
In the lifting industry, dimensional consistency is essential. Small variations in thickness can disrupt welding, compromise part alignment, or lead to inaccuracies in boom extension and motion.
With InThinity, NLMK Clabecq offers for its plates under 15 mm thickness:
- Much tighter thickness tolerances than EN 10029
- Superior flatness, even in high-strength grades
- Reliable forming and welding behavior, plate after plate
This level of control enables engineers and manufacturers to exploit the full mechanical potential of QUEND — with greater precision, safety, and confidence in every step of fabrication.
Other applications
QUEND proves its value well beyond lifting, serving a wide spectrum of industries such as […]. The same applies to QUARD, which is also used in various demanding applications across multiple sectors:
