What Are the Types of Industrial Steel Structures

Industrial steel structures can be further divided into the following categories based on their purpose, function, and structural form:

Classification by Purpose

Industrial plant steel structures (e.g., workshops for machinery manufacturing, automotive, electronics, food processing, etc.)

Warehousing and logistics steel structures (warehouses, logistics centers, cold storage, etc.)

Equipment frame steel structures (supports for petrochemical equipment, power equipment support structures, etc.)

Special industrial building steel structures (e.g., clean rooms, explosion-proof workshops, high-precision laboratories, etc.)

Classification by Structural Form

Portal frame structures (light industrial plants, warehouses, etc., cost-effective)

Truss structures (large-span workshops, material sheds, conveyor galleries, etc.)

Space frame/shell structures (large industrial venues, coal sheds, stadiums, etc.)

Multi-story frame structures (electronics plants, pharmaceutical workshops, etc., requiring multi-level spaces)

Suspension/tension structures (industrial buildings with unique designs, such as exhibition halls, special workshops)

Classification by Load-Bearing System

Single-story industrial steel structures (suitable for large equipment, heavy machinery workshops)

Multi-story industrial steel structures (suitable for light industry, electronics, pharmaceuticals, etc., requiring multi-level operations)

Heavy-duty industrial steel structures (e.g., metallurgy, mining, large-scale machinery manufacturing with high load-bearing requirements)

Light industrial steel structures (e.g., prefabricated workshops, logistics warehouses, etc.)

Classification by Material and Manufacturing Process

Ordinary carbon steel structures (Q235, Q355, etc., widely used in general industrial buildings)

High-strength steel structures (Q390, Q460, etc., used for large-span, heavy-load structures)

Weather-resistant/corrosion-resistant steel structures (e.g., industrial buildings in coastal or chemical corrosive environments)

Prefabricated modular steel structures (rapidly assembled industrial buildings, such as temporary workshops, mobile plants)

Industrial steel structures are widely used in manufacturing, energy, logistics, and other fields due to their flexibility, fast construction, high load-bearing capacity, and good scalability.