Electrical Steel

thyssenkrupp Electrical Steel is a global premium manufacturer of grain oriented electrical steel products under the trademark of PowerCore^®, the core material used for the production of energy-efficient transformers and large high-performance generators.

For more than 50 years the company has had extensive know-how in the production and use of grain oriented electrical steel. The research and development departments in Gelsenkirchen and Isbergues (France) optimize the complex production flow and the product properties of electrical steel in a permanent process.

Products and applications

Grain oriented electrical steel is a steel product which is provided with a special grain structure by means of an elaborate production process and is used in transformers. As an essential core material, grain oriented electrical steel can be found in distribution and power transformers, as well as small transformers in a layered, wound or punched form.

With PowerCore^®, thyssenkrupp Electrical Steel produces and supplies the entire range of high-quality and innovative electrical steel.