Importance of Nail Making Steel Wire in the Nail Manufacturing Industry
Steel wire is a basic raw material in the nail-making industry. Steel wires of different types and specifications are suitable for producing various types of nails. The reasonable selection of nail making steel wire materials and appropriate production processes can ensure the quality of nails while improving production efficiency and reducing costs. We provide customers with various nail making steel wire materials and specifications to help simplify the production process, reduce equipment investment, and meet the needs of various applications. The following is a detailed introduction to the steel wires we provide and their specific info.
Steel Wire Rod We Offer
We offer a variety of nail making steel wire suitable for nail manufacturing, including low carbon wire such as Q195, Q235 (SAE 1008/1006), medium and high carbon wire such as #45, #65, and C1022 wire. The diameter of the steel wire rod is usually 6.5 mm or 5.5 mm, and each rod weighs about 2 tons. For the convenience of customers, we also provide cold-drawn wire with diameter specifications including 1.2, 2.0, 2.2, 2.5, 2.8, 3.1, 3.4, 3.7, 4.1, 4.5, 4.7, and 5.0 mm. Small and medium-sized enterprises can choose to purchase cold-drawn wire directly without investing in wire-drawing machines, thereby reducing equipment investment and production costs.
Characteristics and Application of Steel Wire
In the nail-making process, different types of steel wire are used for different nail production according to their characteristics. Low carbon steel wire (such as Q195, Q235, SAE 1008/1006) has good flexibility and low cost, is suitable for producing ordinary iron nails and coil nails, and is widely used in carpentry and construction. Medium carbon and high carbon steel wire (such as #45 and #65) have high strength, are suitable for making high-strength nails such as concrete nails, and are often used to fix hard materials. Alloy steel wire (such as C1022) is used to produce self-tapping screws, which have good toughness and self-tapping screws and are suitable for the connection between metal and wood.
Common Wire Nail Making Process
- Raw Material Selection: According to the performance and purpose of the required nails, choose low carbon steel wire, medium and high carbon steel wire, or alloy steel wire as the raw material. You can also choose to buy cold-drawn wire directly, eliminating the wire drawing process and reducing equipment investment costs.
- Wire Drawing: If you choose to draw the wire yourself, pull the 6.5 mm or 5.5 mm steel wire rod through the wire drawing machine until it reaches the diameter specification required for nail making, ranging from 1.2 mm to 5.0 mm. Customers who purchase cold-drawn wire can skip this step and go directly to the nail-making process.
- Nail Making: Whether the drawn steel wire or the purchased cold drawn wire, it will pass through the nail die, punch bar, and nail cutter of the nail making machine to form the common wire nails.
- Nail Polishing: The surface of the formed nails is usually rough and needs to be surface treated by a polishing machine. Polishing can make the nail smoother and improve its corrosion resistance.
