Authentic Steel manufactures and supplies heavy-duty hot rolled checkered steel plates (also known as diamond floor plates, tear-drop plates, or tread plates), designed to provide reliable non-slip safety and heavy load-bearing performance. Produced by passing hot-rolled steel slabs through specialized textured finishing mill rolls, raised geometric patterns—such as tear drop, diamond, or lentil designs—are rolled continuously onto one side of the steel plate.
Hot rolled checkered steel plates are an essential safety material for industrial floor construction, heavy vehicle transport, and structural walkway engineering. Combining the high tensile strength and weldability of commercial carbon steel with an elevated friction coefficient, checkered steel tread plates prevent dangerous slips, withstand heavy wheel loads, and resist surface mechanical abrasion in wet, oily, or icy operating conditions.
Standard Raised Pattern Finishes: Tear Drop Pattern (Single/5-Bar Pattern), Diamond Tread Motif, Lentil / Rice Grain Pattern
Base Substrate Steel Grades: Commercial Structural Carbon Steel (Q235B, SS400, ASTM A36, S235JR, S355JR / Q355B)
Thickness Dimension Spectrum: Base Plate Thickness 2.00 mm to 12.00 mm (Excluding pattern ridge height)
Pattern Elevation Ridge Height: 0.6 mm to 2.0 mm (Optimized traction depth according to international safety standards)
Available Width Dimensions: 1000 mm, 1220 mm, 1250 mm, 1500 mm, 1800 mm, or custom sheared rectangular sizes
Delivery Surface Finishes: Black Hot-Rolled Surface (Mill Scale), Acid Pickled & Oiled (PO), or Red Anti-Corrosive Primed
Compliance International Standards: GB/T 3277, ASTM A786 / A786M, EN 10025, JIS G3101
Industrial Flooring & Mezzanine Walkways: Fabricated into factory floor platforms, oil rig walkways, power plant catwalks, maintenance access stairs, and drainage trench covers.
Commercial Vehicles & Transit Flooring: Used for cargo bed floors in heavy dump trucks, bus aisle flooring, trailer decks, train carriage thresholds, and tail-gate ramps.
Architectural Safety Steps & Public Infrastructure: Formed into outdoor emergency fire escape stairs, pedestrian overpass steps, elevator floor panels, and dock leveler plates.
Heavy Machinery Platforms: Utilized as anti-slip operator standing decks on cranes, excavators, forklifts, and agricultural equipment.
High Skid Resistance & Drainage Efficiency: The precision-engineered tear drop profile provides high multidirectional shoe grip while allowing liquid spills, washdown water, and dirt debris to drain freely off the surface.
Exceptional Weldability & Fabrication Ease: Low-carbon steel backing permits fast flame cutting, plasma shearing, press bending, and direct arc welding to structural I-beams or floor joists.
Export Seaworthy Anti-Rust Packaging: Shipped in tightly strapped bundles wrapped with moisture-proof VCI covers, heavy edge protectors, and rust-inhibitive oil coatings for long-distance marine transport.
