V & M DO BRASIL S.A.

STRUCTURAL TUBES DIVISION

STRUCTURAL TUBES

Our company
June/2000 Joint Venture:
Mannesmannrhren
Mannesmannrhren--Werke
Vallourec
V & M TUBES

V & M do BRASIL
Barreiro Plant
Belo Horizonte/MG

Overview of V & M do Brasil

Our company
BARREIRO PLANT: INTEGRATED PLANT

2 blast furnaces

1 steel plant

2 rolling mills plant

quenching and tempering units

cold drawing shop

1 OCTG finishing plant

1 forge

PRODUCTION

Steel production

~ 660 kt
kt/year
/year

Hot rolled tubes

~ 550 kt
kt/year
/year

Cold drawn tubes

~ 75 kt
kt/year
/year

Integrated Production Process

In addition to the Barreiro Plant, compound the V & M do BRASIL Group:
V&M
MINERAO

V&M
FLORESTAL

Tubos Soldados
Atlntico
TSA

Vallourec &
Sumitomo Tubos
do Brasil - VSB

Brumadinho/MG

Curvelo/MG

Serra/ES

Jeceaba/MG
Jeceaba
/MG

Helicoidal welded tubes:

Steel Production: 1,000 kt/year

Hot rolled tubes: 600 kt/year
Diameter until 16 (406,4 mm)

Iron Ore Production:

~ 3,5 million t/year

233,000 hectares of land

in 22 farms
Production:
~ 100 thousand m3/year

90 kt/year

Iron Ore
V & M MINERAO

Blast furnace

Hot-metal transfer car

Blast furnace
 Steel Making Plant

Charcoal
V & M FLORESTAL

Plug Rolling Process - LA

Hot
Rolled
Circular
tubes

Continuours Rolling
Process - RK

Continuous ingot
casting

Steel Making Plant

Sustentability
The company focus on sustentability such as economical
development, environmental conservation and social responsibility.

Green Tube
Green Tube
o The use of the charcoal in the
process as energy source.
o It contributes for the global
warming and the greenhouse
effect reduction.
o Almost 1.8 ton of CO2 is not
evolved in the atmosphere for
each ton of steel produced.

Products V & M do BRASIL

OIL AND GAS

ENERGY AND INDUSTRIAL

SEAMLESS
STEEL TUBE

AUTOMOTIVE

STRUCTURAL

Structural Tubes
V & M do BRASIL produces SEAMLESS STEEL TUBES for structural application:
HOT ROLLED
Circular sections

COLD FORMED
Rectangular sections

SPECIAL PROJECTS

Cold formed from circular

sections.

Supply conditions options:

stress relieve and
normalizing

Standards
Usual Steel

Weathering Steel

(VMB 250/300/350)

(VMB 250/300/350 cor)

cor)

ASTM A 501
Hot-Formed Welded and Seamless
HotCarbon Steel Structural Tubing

ASTM A 500

ASTM A 618
Standard Specification for HotHotFormed Welded and Seamless
High--Strength Low
High
Low--Alloy Structural
Tubing

Cold-Formed Welded and Seamless

ColdCarbon Steel Structural Tubing in
Rounds and Shapes

Dimensional tolerance:
ASTM A501

Dimensional tolerance:
ASTM A500

Steel Grades
Structural steel: steel grades and mechanical properties
VMB Structural Tubes
Yield
Strenght
(fy)

Tensile
Strenght
(fu)

(MPa)
(ksi)

(Mpa)
(ksi)

VMB 250
VMB 300
VMB 350
VMB 250cor
VMB 300cor

250
300
350
250
300

VMB 350cor

350

Commercial
designation

Hot-formed
(Circular Hollow
Section)

Similar ASTM Specifications

Standard

Grade

400
415
485
400
415

ASTM A 501
EN10210
ASTM A 501
ASTM A 714
-

485

ASTM A 618

A
S275J2H
B
Grade IV
Ia, Ib e II
III

VMB 250
250
400
ASTM A 500
D
VMB 300
300
415
ASTM A 500
B
*Cold-formed
(Square and
VMB 350
350
485
ASTM A 500
C
Rectangular Hollow
VMB 250cor
250
400
ASTM A 500
D (with copper)
Section)
VMB 300cor
300
415
ASTM A 500
B (with copper)
350
485
VMB 350cor
ASTM A 500
C (with copper)
* The cold formed tubes care obtaired from hot-formed seamless tube and thickness tolerance applied for
these tubes are defined by the hot-formed seamless standard.

Structural Tubes
Division

Automotive &
Structural Division
Rodrigo Renn
Superintendent

estrutural@vmtubes.com.br

Structural Division
Rodrigo Monteiro
Sales/Market &
Business development
+55 31 3328-2723
rodrigo.monteiro@vmtubes.com.br

Diego Fortini

Marcelo Starling

Patrcia Santana

Fernanda Silva

Mrcio Rodrigues

Rodrigo Amorim

Trainee

Sales

Projects and
sales

Trainee

Projects and
sales

Trainee

+55 31 3328-2874
marcelo.starling@vmtubes.com.br

+55 31 3328-2817
patricia.santana@vmtubes.com.br

+55 31 2102-4511
marcio.rodrigues@vmtubes.com.br

Humberto Lopes

Brulio Fagundes

Afonso Henrique

Technical

Logistics

Technical
Support

humbertol@vmtubes.com.br

braulio.fagundes@vmtubes.com.br

+55 31 3328-2390
afonso@vmtubes.com.br

Iara Mayor

Jenifer Viveiros

Technical
Support

Technical
Support

+55 31 3328-3445
iara.mayor@vmtubes.com.br

+55 31 3328-3445
p-jenifer.viveiros@vmtubes.com.br

Market segments
COMMERCIAL
CONSTRUCTION

OIL SEGMENT
OFF-SHORE

INDUSTRIAL
FACILITIES

STRUCTURAL
TUBES
INFRASTRUCTURE
WORKS

RAILWAY

MACHINERY &
EQUIPMENTS

FOUNDATIONS

Technical Support
Technical support for special projects during the design, detailing,
fabrication and assembly of tubular structures.

Commercial Constructions
Malls and Distribution Centers, Light Sheds and Office Buildings

Salvador Shopping

V & M do BRASIL Administrative Center

Industrial
Industrial sheds, Pipe-racks e Refineries

Pipe rack VSB - Jeceaba/MG

VSB Steel Making Plant

Vale Tubaro Complex Vitria/ES

Infrastructure
Footbridges, Airports, Convention Centers, Stadiums and Sporting
Centers, Bus terminals and Trains & Metro stations

Rio de Janeiro Airport

Braslia Airport

Independncia Stadium

Maria Lenk Sporting Center

Infrastructure

Ulysses Guimares Convention Center

Braslia

Linha Verde Footbridge - BH

Braslia Bus Terminal

Foundations
Pole and special foundations

Minas Gerais Administrative Center Foundation

Machinery and Equipments

Belt Conveyors and Machinery and Equipment structure in general

CSN Belt Conveyor

San Martin Machinery

Votorantim Belt Conveyor

Railway
Railway Wagons

MRS Wagons

Oil segment
Offshore platforms

P-52 Module

Jack up tower platform

Bending process
Hot Bending for Hollow Sections (CHS, RHS and SHS)

Contacts
For further information, please contact us:

STRUCTURAL TUBES DIVISION

estrutural@vmtubes.com.br
+55 (31) 33283328-2874

STRUCTURAL TUBES