Pearlitic Steels: Wire Drawing

Mechanical Properties and Texture Evolution of High-Carbon Steel Wires during Wire Drawing: Strand Manufacturing

“…On the other hand to the refinement of grains size as is demonstrated previously in grain size curve in fig. 2a [8,9,22].…”

“…Cold drawing pearlitic steel wires of eutectoid or hyper-eutectoid compositions have been studied extensively as a topic of considerable amounts of scientific researches over the past several decades because of their unique combination of very high strength, torsional and bending strength, reasonable ductility and acceptable level of toughness aside from the other inherent specific material properties such as corrosion resistance, weldability, and machinability [1][2][3][4][5][6]. They are largely used for many reliability-critical applications including strands, suspension bridge cables, civil engineering and construction, automotive tyre cord, engineering springs, railroad rails, and many other industries [2,[7][8][9][10][11].…”

“…The drawn wires are typically produced by wire drawing technique, which is one of the most frequently applied techniques in the wire manufacturing industry. This process is one of the oldest metal forming processes [8,12], During the wire drawing operation, the steel wires are cold drawn for cross-sectional reduction by passing through multiple stages of dies [9,13,14]. wire drawing improves the mechanical properties of the wires.…”