Carbon Steel Wire Rods – The Foundation of Modern Industrial Applications

As a cornerstone product in the global steel industry, Carbon Steel Wire Rods are the fundamental raw material for an extensive array of downstream wire products. Manufactured by Baoli Iron Steel through sophisticated hot-rolling processes, our wire rods are celebrated for their exceptional combination of high tensile strength, excellent ductility, and robust durability. These inherent properties make them indispensable across critical sectors, including construction, automotive manufacturing, general industrial production, and specialized engineering applications.

Key Characteristics & Performance

• High Tensile Strength: Engineered to withstand significant pulling forces, ensuring structural integrity in demanding applications.
• Excellent Ductility & Workability: Allows for seamless transformation through cold drawing processes into finer wires, cables, and complex shapes without fracturing.
• Superior Weldability: Particularly for lower carbon grades, facilitating ease of fabrication and assembly.
• Consistent Quality & Dimensional Accuracy: Our advanced production lines ensure uniform diameter, smooth surface finish, and minimal ovality, crucial for high-speed processing.
• Fatigue Resistance: Essential for products subjected to repetitive stress, such as springs and wire ropes.

Material Grades & Applicable Standards

Baoli Iron Steel offers a comprehensive range of Carbon Steel Wire Rods, tailored to meet diverse application requirements. Our products conform to stringent international quality standards, ensuring reliability and performance globally.

• Low Carbon Steel Wire Rods: (e.g., SAE 1006, 1008, 1010, 1012, Q195, Q235)
  • Characteristics: Excellent formability, good weldability, ideal for general purpose wires, mesh, nails, and cold heading applications.
• Medium Carbon Steel Wire Rods: (e.g., SAE 1020, 1035, 1045, 30MnSi)
  • Characteristics: Increased strength and hardness, suitable for bolts, nuts, general industrial components, and pre-stressing applications.
• High Carbon Steel Wire Rods: (e.g., SAE 1060, 1070, 1080, 1085, 65Mn, 70#)
  • Characteristics: High strength, superior wear resistance, perfect for springs, steel ropes, tire cords, and high-strength fasteners.

Applicable Standards: Our wire rods are produced in accordance with major international standards, including but not limited to ASTM (e.g., ASTM A510), JIS (e.g., JIS G3503, G3505), DIN, EN (e.g., EN 10016), and GB (Chinese National Standards).

Common Dimensions & Specifications

To accommodate the varied needs of our clients, Baoli Iron Steel provides carbon steel wire rods in a wide spectrum of dimensions:

• Diameter Range: Typically from 5.5mm to 20mm (approximately 0.216 inches to 0.787 inches), with capabilities for custom sizes upon request.
• Coil Weight: Standard coil weights range from 800 kg to 2,500 kg (approximately 1,760 lbs to 5,500 lbs), allowing for efficient handling and reduced downtime in processing.
• Coil ID/OD: Optimized for standard industrial payoff equipment.

Typical Applications

The versatility of carbon steel wire rods from Baoli Iron Steel makes them suitable for manufacturing a vast array of finished products:

• Construction: Reinforcement bars (rebar), welded wire mesh, concrete nails, binding wire.
• Automotive: Tire cords, spring wires, fasteners (bolts, nuts, screws), engine components.
• Industrial: Wire ropes, cables, springs (coil springs, leaf springs), welding electrodes, fencing wire, mesh, cold heading quality wires for fasteners, bright wires, galvanized wires.
• Agricultural: Farm fencing, baling wire.

Surface Finishes & Treatments

To further enhance their properties and suitability for specific applications, our carbon steel wire rods can undergo various treatments:

• As-Rolled: Standard finish directly from the rolling mill.
• Pickled & Oiled: For improved surface cleanliness, scale removal, and rust prevention, essential for drawing.
• Phosphated: Provides a lubricated surface for advanced drawing processes.
• Galvanized: For superior corrosion resistance, ideal for outdoor and marine applications (applied to drawn wire).
• Heat-Treated: Annealing, quenching, and tempering to modify mechanical properties like hardness, ductility, and strength.