what is cold drawn steel material?

Cold Drawn Steel Bar raw amterial is usually Hot Rolled Steel Bar or steel wire rods. For diameters below 16mm, hot rolled steel wire rod is mostly used because the production effciency and pass percentage is higher, so the price us relatively more competitive. For diameters above 16mm, Hot Rolled Steel Round Bar is more used because the wire rod is rare if less quantity.

What kind of steel material can be cold drawn? In general, most steel materials can be cold drawn, for example, carbon steel material, alloy steel material, bearing steel material, spring steel material, free cutting steel material, stainless steel material etc. But for alloy steel materials, most will be annealed to decrease the hardness before cold drawing.

The most popular cold drawn steel material includes SS400, A36, S235JR, S355JR, 1020, S20C, C22, C15, S30C, S35C, 1030, 1035, 1040, 1045, S45C, C45, CK45, 1050, 1055, 41Cr4, 40Cr, SCr440, 42CrMo4, 42CrMos4, scm440, 4140, 4130, 4135, 4120, 8620, 52100, 4340, 1214, 12L14, 1215, 11SMnPb etc.