Wire Drawing Effect on Microstructural and Textural Evolution in Medium Carbon Steel Wires

Abstract

This study was mainly oriented on the evolution of the crystallographic texture as a function of the deformation resulting from the industrial wire drawing process. This, in fact, will make it possible to establish a relationship between the microstructure and the crystallographic texture in the medium carbon steel wires obtained by industrial wire drawing process and used in the manufacture of spring mattresses in order to minimize the loss of material and to satisfy the users of this product.During this study, a medium-carbon steel wires was characterized by two analytical techniques. The scanning electron microscopy (SEM) to monitor the microstructure evolution and the electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) for the crystallographic texture analysis. The EBSD results are processed with OIM (Orientation Imaging Microscopy) analysis software.