August 25: Jagdamba Steels, a flagship company of Shanker Group, has launched its new product ‘Rhino Steel Rebar in Fe 500D grade’ in the Nepali market. Issuing a press statement, the company informed that the newly launched Rhino 500D is a new generation high-strength and ductile ribbed reinforcement bar. It is different from other normal rebars in its method of manufacturing, combination of both physical and chemical properties.
According to the statement, Rhino Steel Rebar in grade Fe 500D comes with a combined restriction of impurities like sulphur and phosphorous to a maximum of 0.075 per cent, which ensures higher strength and ductility in the rebar.
“Jagadamba Steel has introduced Rhino 500D high ductile steel rebar to cater to the big challenge of safe and earthquake-resistant construction,” said Shahil Agrawal, Managing Director of the Shankar Group at the launching program. “With the higher ductility and strength, Rhino 500D Rebar is ideally suitable for application in Nepal, considering the high seismic risk potential. It is highly recommended for applications in construction ranging from small individual houses to large infrastructure projects and is ideally suitable for high-rise buildings, bridges, flyovers and dams, foundation of wind turbines, industrial structures, concrete roads, underground structures such as tunnels, and thermal and hydroelectric power stations,” informed the company.
The company claims that raw materials are imported exclusively from world class steel companies like Tata Steel, Jindal Steel, IISCO and SAIL to ensure high quality of the products.
Rhino 500D Rebars are available in sizes of 8mm and up to 32mm through exclusive retail points. It will also be available in 36mm and 40mm as per customary or project requirements. “Each rebar is supplied in a fixed length of 12 metres to ensure standard processing and thereby causing less wastage during fabrication. All the products from Jagadamba Steels are manufactured in state-of-the-art automated plants with a prime focus on maintaining the highest standards in quality and make. For this, the company follows a stringent three-level process of controlled raw materials, controlled production process and controlled parameters,” reads the statement.
