The terms hot-rolled steel and cold-rolled steel come from the process of producing the steel. Rolling is employed to enhance specific properties of the steel, such as its mechanical characteristics, ...
The process of cold working involves the strengthening of steel material by physically manipulating the material below the recrystallization temperature. The recrystallization temperature is defined ...
Special-section steel bars are hot-rolled bars that have been cold-drawn to a designer’s or manufacturer’s specifications. Usually they are given the cross-section and size of a part they will be used ...