Improved size and section

• Tighter size & section tolerances
• Dimensional consistency within each bar & also from bar to bar

Improved steel surface finish / reduces surface machining & improves quality

• Cold drawn steel
• Ground and polished steel
• Surface improvement (shaving or turning to produce defect free surface)

Improved straightness / facilitates automatic bar feeding

Increased mechanical properties / can reduce the need for hardening

• Yield strength
• Tensile strength
• Hardness

Improve machinability and productivity / enables higher machining feeds & speeds and improved machined finish.

• Increased machining rates
• Longer tool life
• Improved yield

Improved cost effectiveness / optimizes machinability and reduces yield losses

• Yield & tensile strength is better than hot rolled material
• Tighter size & section tolerances