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Standard Cold Drawn Steel Bar & Wire Profiles

Precision Kidd produces cold drawn steel bar and wire products in a several standard profiles — rounds, squares, hexagons/octagons, flats/rectangles — in a full range of English and Metric Sizes.

These standard shapes can be produced as bar or wire in a wide variety of steel grades including: Carbon Steel, Alloy Steel, Tool Steel, High Speed Steel and Stainless Steel. In addition, these standard shapes can be supplied in custom sizes with special tolerances, finishes and mechanical properties. Precision Kidd can surface improve many of these products to provide elevated surface qualities, such as: “Seam Free” and “Decarb Free,” as well as NDT tested for surface discontinuities.

Standard Shapes and Profiles

Rounds

  • Bar: From .028″ to 3.00″
  • Wire: From .028″ to .812″

Squares (sharp / round corner)

  • Bar: From .028″ to 2.50″
  • Wire: From .028″ to .750″

Hexagons / Octagons

  • Bar: From .028″ to 2.50″
  • Wire: From .028″ to .750″

Rectangles / Flats

  • Bar: From .125″ to 5.00″ width & .125″ to 2.00″ thickness
    (Max. cross section = 9 sq. in.)
  • Wire: From .050″ to .750″ width & .028″ to .500″ thickness

Centerless Ground & Polished Rounds

  • Bar: From greater than .812″ to 2.000″
  • Wire: From .0062″ to .812″

Cross Sectional Dimensions (Profile – Diameter, Thickness, Width)

Size & Sections
Standard Tolerance (Inches)
Special Tolerance (Inches)
Min. Corner Radii (Inches)
Max. Surf. Roughness (Feet)
Cut Bar Length* (Feet)
Cold Drawn Steel Bar & Wire Rods, Squares, Hexagons (Inches)
.028 to .125
.125 to .4375
.4375 to .750
Over .750 thru 1.50
Over 1.50 to 2.6
Over 2.5 to 3.0
0.001″
0.002″
0.003″
0.003″
0.004″
0.005″
0.0005″
0.001″
0.0015″
0.0015″
0.002″
0.0025″
0.010″
0.015″
0.030″
0.030″
0.030″
0.030″
63 Ra
63 Ra
90 Ra
125 Ra
125 Ra
125 Ra
6′ – 12′
6′ – 20′
10′ – 18′
10′ – 20′
10′ – 20′
10′ – 20′
Cold Drawn Steel Flats (Inches)
Width to .750 – All Thicknesses
Width to .750 thru 3.00
Thickness (Widths .812″ to 5″)
0.002″
0.005″
0.003″
0.0016″
0.0026″
0.002″
0.015″
0.030″
0.030″
90 Ra
125 Ra
125 Ra
10′ – 18′
10′ – 20′
10′ – 20′
Cold Drawn Steel Ground & Polished (Inches)
0.028 to .125
.125 thru .812
Over .750 thru 3.00
0.0006″
0.001″
0.002″
0.0003″
0.0005″
0.001″
NA
NA
NA
20 Ra
20 Ra
32 Ra
10′ – 12′
10′ – 12′
10′ – 20′

*Inquire regarding short cut bar sections

Material Selection

We are experienced in producing cold drawn steel products in these grades:

Carbon Steels

1006, 1010, 1018, 1035, 1045, 1055, 1060, 1070, 1090, 1095, 1521, 1522, 1541, 1566

Free Machining Steels & Leaded Steels

1215, 12L14, 1117, 1118, 1137, 1141, 1144, 1151, 10LXX, 11LXX, Alloy Leaded

Alloy Steels

4023, 4118, 4130, 4140, 4142, 4150, 4320, 4340, 5120, 5160, 52100, 6150, 8620, 8630, 8640, 8650, 9254, 9260, 9310

Tool Steel and High Speed Steels

A-2, D-2, M-1, M-2, M-7, M-50, O-1, S-2, S-2 (Mod. # 1 & Mod. # 4), S-5, S-7, W-1

Stainless Steels

300 and 400 Series and Nitronic, (Inquire Nickel Alloys)

Please inquire regarding other steel grades, end user chemistries and/or specifications.

Click here to view our metric conversion tool.

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