Cold drawn wire from Türkiye

Why source cold drawn steel wire from Turkey?

Cold drawn wire is steel wire pulled through a die at room temperature to reduce its diameter, usually in several passes through successively smaller dies. Because the metal is worked cold, it comes out thinner, longer and stronger than the rod it started from. That added strength, together with a plain uncoated surface, is what makers of nails, staples, bolts, screws and other small hardware are paying for.

When you buy cold drawn steel wire from Turkey through Reinwent, you deal with one office instead of several mills. We put your diameter and strength band to manufacturers in Türkiye, line up their offers against the same specification and tell you plainly if a size cannot be supplied. Production begins only once you have approved the sample and the test results.

What sizes and strengths of cold drawn wire can you order?

The range below is the one we quote for cold drawn wire. It is read from the same data as our cold drawn wire page, so the figures cannot drift apart.

At 500–1000 N/mm², drawn wire sits well above annealed wire at 300–450 N/mm²: drawing raises strength and lowers ductility, while annealing does the reverse. If your part needs a narrower strength band inside this range, state it in the request with the diameter and quantity. If your drawing gives a gauge number instead of millimetres, our wire gauge chart converts it.

How does cold drawn wire travel from Türkiye?

Drawn wire leaves Türkiye in coils, usually by sea in standard dry containers. Carriers publish payload limits of about 25 to 28.3 tonnes for a 20 ft container and about 26.8 to 28.8 tonnes for a 40 ft container; the limit of the container actually booked is the one that applies.

How much fits in one container depends on the coil weight and the packaging, and it is confirmed for every order. Bright wire has no coating, so tell us in the request if you need a particular packing for the voyage. The container loading guide sets out the published container figures.

Which standard applies to cold drawn wire, and what does bright mean?

We quote cold drawn wire to EN 10218-2. The 2012 edition, published in January 2012 and replacing the 1996 edition, specifies the tolerances on the diameter of round steel wire, and on length where wire is cut to length. Where a product standard sets its own dimensions, that standard takes precedence.

Bright, in the wire trade, describes an unfinished, uncoated surface; it does not mean polished. EN 10218-2 uses the term the same way, listing bright wire as uncoated next to metallic and non-metallic coated wire. If you need a softer wire for tying, see black annealed wire.

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