OPTIMIZATION OF LIGHT GAUGE STEEL SECTION

Ecological, sustainable, and earthquake-resistant steel-framed constructions have been extensively developed in America, Asia, and Europe. Romania now has the opportunity to construct houses, apartments, offices, and storage facilities using the light gauge steel (LGS) framing system. To achieve efficient and cost-effective construction, sustainable development, and meet the requirements of steel-framed construction builders in Romania, there is a need to improve some of the steel's mechanical characteristics. The metallic profile, which is the main component of a steel-framed system, is made by cold roll forming laminated low carbon steel strips that have been galvanized for corrosion protection. Improving the material's hardness and tensile strength is a challenge due to the limitations that follow, including reduced material thickness, low carbon content required for the cold deformation process, estimated profile thermal deformation, and customized profile section to harden. This research focuses on optimizing the induction process (by high frequency current) applied to the LGS material. The advantages and benefits of improving the light gauge steel profile's hardness are highlighted in this article.