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Bright Mild Steel Bar

Bright steel bars are carbon steel which has had the surface condition improved over the hot rolled finish supplied by the steel mill.
Advantages achieved include improved machinability, enhancement of physical and mechanical properties and improved dimensional
tolerances and straightness.
Cold finished steels are covered by Australian Standard AS1443.
Types of cold finished bars
Cold drawn bars are widely used in mass production of parts due to their excellent mechanical and dimensional properties, with
machinability in excess of the hot rolled condition. Round, hexagonal and square bars can be produced by cold drawing.
Turned and polished round bars have similar mechanical properties to those of equivalent hot rolled bar, but exhibit a smooth, bright
surface finish and improved dimensional accuracy. They are widely used where a surface free of decarburisation is required, for
example in induction hardening and when the surface must be free from surface defects, such as for use in cold forming.
Cold drawn and precision ground or turned and precision ground round bars, where very close dimensional tolerances and
finishes are required, e.g. plating.
Cold rolled sizes up to 100mm wide and 7mm thick inclusive are produced by cold rolling to produce flat and some special shape
sections to suitable tolerances and surface finishes.

Current Steel-Making Practice

Old
New
Practice
Prefix
Prefix
R

Example of Old
Prefix

Steel with unspecified deoxidisation (no minimum % Si

specified)

Example of New
Prefix

R1008

U1004

S1010

U1010

CS

Merchant quality. Similar to "U" with wider composition range

CS1020

M1020

No prefix

As per relevant table in Standard

K1045

1045

A major deviation in chemical composition from AISI-SAE

grades

XK1320

X1320

Carbon steel groups

10xx
Plain carbon steels
11xx

Sulphurised free cutting carbon steels. (Free machining steels)

12xx

Phosphorised and sulphurised free cutting carbon steels

xxLxx

Lead bearing free cutting carbon steels

13xx

Carbon - manganese steels. (Pearlitic manganese steels)

Chemical Composition (specified elemental limits as per AS 1443)

Grade
M1020

Min

C
0.15

Si
-

Mn
0.30

P
-

S
-

Pb
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M1020

480 mim

460 min

M1030

560 min

540 min

1045

690 min

650 min

1214

480 min

430 min

Strong in Metals
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Grade
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Over 50mm to 250mm incl.

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Note that alternative grades with guaranteed mechanical properties are available subject to special order.
Grade Datasheets
Grade

Description

Atlas M1020
Datasheet [171kb]

All purpose low carbon steel with good ductility and weldability. Application in non-critical engineering
applications.

Atlas M1030
Datasheet [171kb]

All purpose medium carbon steel with intermediate strength good ductility and weldability. Application in low-stress
engineering applications.

Atlas 1214FM
Datasheet [172kb]

Low carbon free-machining steel with excellent machinability for non-critical engineering applications.

Atlas 12L14FM
Datasheet [172kb]

Low carbon free-machining steel with lead addition. Superior machinability in high-speed machining. Application
in non-critical engineering applications. Cannot be welded.

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