Wire Rod

Wire Rod

Hot rolled from steel billet, wire rod is delivered as coil, most commonly at 5.5mm dia, but in sizes up to 60mm diameter. Close control of final cooling is a critical part of the production. The most important characteristic for determining a rod's end-use is its drawability; the extent to which the rod's diameter can be reduced during the drawing process.

The low carbon rod is used for undemanding applications like fencing wire and concrete reinforcing mesh, while medium and high carbon rod goes into higher performance uses like steel cord for car tyre reinforcement. Some rod (cold

heading carbon and alloy grades) is used to make fasteners (bolts, screws, nails, rivets), and alloy rod is commonly machined into products like engineering bearings. Some rod provides filler metal in welding operations.

SAE 1006 Steel Wire Rod Specifications

• Nominal
• Diameter
• (mm) Permissible
• Deviation
• (mm) Nominal
• Cross Section
• (mm2)
• Nominal
• Weight
• (kg/m) Permissible
• out – of
• Roundness(mm)
• 5.5 -/+ 0.3 0.238 0.186 0.48
• 6.0 -/+ 0.3 0.283 0.222
• 6.5 -/+ 0.3 0.332 0.260
• 7.0 -/+ 0.4 0.385 0.302 0.64
• 8.0 -/+ 0.4 0.503 0.395
• 10.0 -/+ 0.4 0.785 0.617
• 12.0 -/+ 0.4 1.131 0.888
• 14.0 -/+ 0.4 1.539 1.208
• 16.0 -/+ 0.5 2.011 1.578 0.80

Chemical Composition

• Grade C%
• (max) Mn% Si%
• (max) S%
• (max) P%
• (max) Cr%
• (max) Ni%
• (max) Cu%
• (max)
• SAE 1006 0.08 0.30-0.40 0.08 0.025 0.020 0.10 0.10 0.15