1. Hebei Rax Industry — The Manufacturer

Raxsteel is the export brand of Hebei Rax Industry Co., Ltd., a 21-year producer of overhead line fittings headquartered in Renqiu City, Hebei Province, China. The manufacturing campus covers 30,000 m² of production workshops and 12,000 m² of warehouse space.

The team of 170+ includes 30 production technicians, 10 engineers, 15 quality supervisors, 80 line operators, and 40 warehouse / shipping staff. In-house capabilities cover the complete process chain for pole-line hardware: hot-rolled steel cutting and punching, hot-press bending, ductile-iron casting, machining, hot-dip galvanizing, and packaging. Specialty machinery includes V-press for angle-steel bending, multi-station progressive punches for flat-steel parts, an in-house zinc bath for ASTM A-123 / A-153 galvanizing, and proof-load test rigs.

Raxsteel ships internationally to electric utilities, EPC contractors, government utility programs, and distributors across the Americas, Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia. Capacity at full schedule is approximately 50,000 flat braces, 20,000 alley arms or angle braces, and 2,000 push-pole brackets per month.

2. Materials Used Across Our Product Range

All structural steel members are mill-certified with composition and tensile test reports issued per heat. Ductile-iron castings are spectrometer-checked on every melt with proof-load testing on a sampling basis (1 in 50 finished assemblies).

3. Standards & Certifications

Our products are designed and certified to the standards most commonly specified by US, EU, and international utility customers:

• ANSI C135.6 / IEEE C135.6 — Pole-line hardware specification (the core US standard for crossarm brackets, braces, and related fittings)
• ANSI C135.1 — Galvanized ferrous bolts and nuts for overhead line construction
• ASTM A-123 — Hot-dip galvanizing on iron and steel products (used on all our structural-steel hardware)
• ASTM A-153 — Galvanizing on small parts and threaded fasteners
• ASTM A36 — Standard carbon structural steel composition
• ASTM A-536 — Ductile iron castings (used for our push-pole brace bodies and complex bracket bodies)
• ISO 1461 — International hot-dip zinc coating specification (equivalent in scope to ASTM A-123/A-153)
• RUS Bulletin 1728F-810 / 1728F-811 — Specifications and drawings for 24.9/14.4 kV line construction (federally-funded rural electric projects in the US)
• IEEE 488 and IEC 61284 — for overhead line accessory testing where applicable

Independent verification: all products have been tested by SGS and major utility customers. Test reports are available on request. We also support buyer-arranged third-party inspection at port of loading.

4. Quality Assurance Process

Every production batch passes through a four-stage quality protocol before shipment:

1. Incoming material inspection — mill certificates verified against project specification; spectrometer composition check on representative samples; dimensional check on each delivered coil/bar.
2. In-process inspection — first-piece + every-10-piece dimensional check at each forming station; bend-angle accuracy verified with profile gauges (±2° tolerance); hole position verified against master templates (±1 mm tolerance).
3. Coating inspection — coating thickness measured at 5 points per piece with an Elcometer 456 magnetic gauge; minimum thickness 86 μm per ASTM A-123 (exceeds the 75 μm minimum specified by ANSI C135.6).
4. Proof-load test — 1 in 100 finished pieces destructively tested on a 50-kN tensile rig (or in compression for push-pole brackets) to verify minimum working-load rating.

Production records and test reports are retained for 10 years and made available to procurement teams on request.

5. Ordering, Lead Times & MOQ

For projects combining multiple Raxsteel products (e.g., crossarms + braces + alley arms + fasteners), consolidated project pricing with combined freight is available. Submit the full bill of materials for a response within 2 business days.

6. Packaging & Export Logistics

Standard export packing:

• Individual items bundled in groups of 10–50 with PP strapping
• Wooden crates or carton boxes for stacking and container loading
• Crate stenciling: catalog number, count, gross/net weight, buyer’s PO number, country of origin (China), HS code
• Each crate accompanied by a packing list keyed to the master Bill of Lading

Typical 20-foot container loading: 25,000 pairs of flat braces, 2,000–3,500 V-type angle braces, 1,500–2,800 alley arms (depending on size), or 2,000 push-pole bracket assemblies. We coordinate directly with major freight forwarders or buyer-nominated forwarders.

7. Documentation Provided with Every Shipment

• Mill test certificate — raw material composition + tensile test report, per heat
• Galvanizing thickness report — coating measurement per ASTM A-123/A-153, batch-level
• Dimensional inspection report — sample measurements vs catalog specification
• Proof-load test report — on request for safety-critical items (V-type braces, push-pole brackets)
• Packing list — PO-keyed, with per-crate counts and weights
• Commercial invoice + Certificate of Origin — for customs clearance

SGS or buyer-arranged third-party inspection at port of loading is supported at no additional cost from Raxsteel (buyer covers the inspection-agency fee).

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