Hot rolled special profiles are manufactured through a continuous rolling process, in which wire rod is formed at approximately 1,100°C. The process typically uses wire rod with diameters ranging from 20 mm to 60 mm, with 60 mm representing the upper limit of commercially available wire rod. Hot rolling is by far the most popular and well-known technology to produce steel profiles. Depending from the shape complexity, the quantity, the mechanical properties and surface condition, hot rolling is considered a particularly cost effective manufacturing process for steel profiles.

Hot rolling process: from round to finished profile in multiple passes

Minimum quantities start at 3.000 kg for stainless steel profiles and at 5.000 kg for carbon steel. That said, we recommend order quantities from 5.000 kg for stainless steel profiles and 15.000 kg for carbon steel profiles in order to amortize production and obtain a competitive price.