A lot of customers who come to our company to buy u shape steel, they all can’t avoid mentioning channel steel, the difference between channel and u-shaped steel, I hope the following summary can help you.

U-shaped steel is a steel with a cross section like the English letter “u”, sometimes cross section is Japanese letters "ひ" form, and channel steel is a section of a groove shape.

Channel steel is divided into ordinary channel steel and light channel steel, however, due to the fact that the performance of U shape steel itself is inconsistant with the requirements, the shapes, geometric parameters and matericals of the products are different.

The use of the two products is also different, u-shaped steel is mainly used in mine roadway, secondary support of mine roadway, and supporting support of tunnel, channel steel is mainly used for building structure, vehicle manufacturing and other industrial structures, it is often used in conjunction with i-steel.

Henan Zongxiang Heavy Industry Import & Export Co., Ltd, established by experienced crew on the rail & track field, is a professional & reliable supplier that provides all kinds of rail & track accessories. 
As an international trade subsidiary of Zhongxiang Steel Group Inc., was founded in 1997. We have more than two decades experience on this field, covering an area of 33,000 square meters, with about 300 employees, 4 production lines, 2 R & D department, and 5 quality control staff. With advanced technology, powerful processing capacity and excellent service, our products have been well recognized by our customers from domestic & overseas market. 
Our products mainly used by railroads, mining companies, heavy industries, overhead crane, railroad and tunneling industry, transit authorities, and operators of port facilities.