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Hot-rolled round stainless steel in coils, typically 5.5–20 mm in diameter, supplied annealed and pickled to wire drawers. It is the raw material for stainless wire, springs, cold-headed screws and bolts, welding wire, mesh and wire rope.
Wire rod is the smallest hot-rolled long product: a round section rolled at high speed on a rod mill and laid in rings, which are collected into coils. For stainless steel the coils are then solution-annealed (for austenitic grades) and pickled to remove scale, because the drawer needs a clean, soft, uniform surface.
Each end use calls for a different rod. Cold heading for screws and bolts needs a grade with low work hardening — 304 with added copper, sold as 304HC or 304Cu, or 302HQ — and very good surface quality. Spring wire needs high strength after drawing. Welding wire rod is melted to tight composition ranges for the filler metals 308L, 309L and 316L. Ferritic 430 and martensitic 410 and 420 rod go into fasteners, knives and appliance parts.
Wire rod is supplied by integrated stainless producers in China, India, Korea, Japan, Taiwan and Europe. Regional fastener, mesh and welding wire producers in the GCC import most of their stainless rod, mainly from Asia.
Rod is ordered by diameter, grade, condition and end use; the end use matters because the mill controls the chemistry and surface differently for cold heading, spring or welding grades.
| Region | Standard | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Europe | EN 10088-3 CEN-CENELEC |
Stainless steels — semi-finished products, bars, rods, wire, sections and bright products for general purposes |
| USA | ASTM A555/A555M ASTM |
General requirements for stainless steel wire and wire rods |
| USA | ASTM A493 ASTM |
Stainless steel wire and wire rods for cold heading and cold forging |
| Japan | JIS G4308 JSA |
Stainless steel wire rods |
| China | GB/T 20878 SAC |
Stainless and heat-resisting steels — designation and chemical composition |
| International | ISO 15510 ISO |
Stainless steels — chemical composition |
Grade equivalents and the standards bodies: Steel grades & standards
Steel Mills - Agents & Traders · Stockist - Distributor · Other Steel Users · Sharjah
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