Wire Rod

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Hot-rolled wire having a round section with a diameter between 5 and 10 mm. Wire rod is produced on special wire-rod mills or combination wire-rod-section mills and wound into coils by coiling machines. Most wire rod goes into the production of cold-drawn wire up to 0.01 mm in diameter. Springs and reinforced concrete fittings are also made from steel wire rod.

Wire rod is a hot-rolled wire with a diameter ranging from 5.5 to 42 mm. Rods are made of carbon steel, aluminum, and copper of ordinary quality. The cross-section of wire rod can be hexagonal, round, semicircular, or square.