Low flow stress, high formability: our cold heading steels
In the rolled steel sector, we offer steels with improved cold workability for upsetting and heading operations. These materials are characterized by low flow stress, by a low propensity to work hardening during the forming process and by high ductility. To ensure the best quality cold-headed products, these steels are as free as possible from internal and external defects. Depending on the type of steel used in the cold-forming process, the material can be subjected to a controlled annealing process to achieve a lower initial strength.
Product range
- Wire rod in coils: D: 5,5 -50,0 mm (round)
- Wire rod in coils: D: 17,7 -42,5 mm (hexagonal)
- Bars in bundles: D: 16,0 -66,0 mm (round)
- Bars in bundles: D: 17,7 -62,0 mm (hexagonal)
You can order your products in the following finishing options of your choice:
Wire rod
- Untreated
- Thermomechanically treated
Steel bars
must meet high requirements for straightness and absence of surface or internal defects.
- Untreated
- Rolled under normalizing conditions
- Straightened / cut
- Crack tested
- Ultrasonically tested
- Demagnetised
- Material identification tested
Systematic checks throughout the production process guarantee a consistently high steel quality.
Examples of available steel grades
- C steels, e.g. C10C, C17E2
- B steels, e.g. 23B2
- MnB steels, e.g. 30MnB4
- Cr steels, e.g. 41CrS4
- MnCr steels, e.g. 16MnCrS5
- CrMo steels, e.g. 42CrMoS4
- CrB steels, e.g. 32CrB4
- MnCrB steels, e.g. 35MnCrB4
