voestalpine Wire Technology offers a wide range of high-quality wire products and materials for a variety of industries. Our product range includes billets, blooms, wire rod, drawn wire, profiles, strands, and cords - manufactured from over 400 unalloyed, low-alloy, and medium-alloy steel alloys. Our products comply with international standards such as EN, ASTM, and JIS and cover numerous ISO product groups. In addition, we develop custom alloys for specific requirements. Using state-of-the-art technology and sustainable processes, we combine quality with environmental responsibility—for solutions that are as diverse as our customers' requirements.
Wire rod products
Drawn wire products
Customized wire solutions
- Custom-developed wire products according to customer specifications
- Special projects, research & development
- Custom alloys & profiles
- Customized further processing – tailor-made wire solutions
Alternative steel grades
- Wire rod for welding consumables
- Special grades produced via secondary metallurgy
- Super-Clean grades with steel inclusions specifically limited to the surface area
- High-purity grades, when the ESU and VAR processes are not economically viable
- Bainitic steels, AFP steels
Product Overview: Technical Specifications
Material groups, standards & specifications - Main categories of our steel product range
| Material Group | Standard/Specification |
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Cold heading steels & cold extrusion steels
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EN 10263-2, -3, -4
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Modified cold heading steels for high-strength bolts |
up to strength class 16.9 (18.9 on request)
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Cold extrusion steels |
optimized for supplementary machining |
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AFP & bainitic steels
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EN 10267 / SEW 605
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Rolling bearing steels
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EN ISO 683‑17 & optimized grades for special bearing applications
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Spring steels
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EN 10080 & mill-optimized grades
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Chain steels for the manufacture of forged or butt-welded chains
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Mill grades
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Case-hardening steels
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EN 10084
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Quenched and tempered steels
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EN 10083 & optimized grades for improved hardenability
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Ferritic/pearlitic and pearlitic steels for tensioning steels, tire wire, profiles for flexible pipes |
Mill-finished grades
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Hard drawing grades (steels for technical springs and wire ropes)
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EN ISO 16120-2
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Basic drawing grades and soft drawing grades
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EN ISO 16120-2 and 16120-3
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Structural steels and fine-grained structural steels
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EN 10025-2/-3
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- Wire rod for welding consumables
- Special grades with specific secondary metallurgical treatments
- Super-clean grades with steel inclusions limited specifically to the surface layer
- High-purity grades, when the ESU and VAR processes are not economically viable.
Dimensions / Diameter ranges
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Product |
Diameter ranges |
| Bloom | approx. 230, rectangular 270 x 360 or 330 x 440 mm |
| Billet | 150 x 150 mm |
| Wire rod | 5.0 to 52 mm |
| Cold-drawn wire | 0.5 to 49 mm |
| Wire drawn by wet drawing | 0.04 to 0.50 mm |
| Stranded wire | 0.09 to 0.175 mm |
| Profiles | 2 to 200 mm² |
| Strands | up to a filament diameter of 8 mm |
| Cords | up to a single-filament diameter of 0.5 mm |
Tolerances
| Wire product | Tolerances |
| Hot-rolled wires | in accordance with DIN EN 10017 |
| Drawn wires | in accordance with DIN EN 10278 |
Further processing - heat treatment, surface treatment, assembly
The chemical composition of our steels does not determine all of a product’s properties. In many cases, products require extensive further processing to optimize either their performance or processing characteristics. Thanks to modern processing methods - ranging from heat and surface treatment to finishing - you receive wire products that precisely meet your requirements, including all relevant certificates and approvals.
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In the rolling process, we rely on the following methods:
- Stelmor cooling (fast cooling, standard cooling, active slow cooling)
- Thermomechanical rolling
- Bainitic transformations induced by rolling heat
- Water cooling in the Garrett line
In the drawing mills, we have a wide range of additional processes available, depending on the diameter, which are carried out either in the open
or under protective gas:
- Annealing to spheroidal cementite (+AC)
- Tempering
- Soft annealing
- Annealing to specific strength/hardness
- Patenting in a lead bath
- Diffusion annealing (>1100 °C) for segregation equalization
- Diffusion annealing (>550 °C) for surface transformation
- Stress-relief annealing
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We are constantly developing new solutions for surface treatments. Our goal is to provide environmentally neutral coatings for all applications. To this end, we maintain close development partnerships with private and public research institutions.
For wire rod, we offer the following options to ensure optimal surface properties:
- Roll-hard for mechanical or chemical descaling
- Pickled
- Phosphated
- Phosphate-free: Phosphate-free phreeco® coating for cold forming processes
- Chalked, soaped, polymer-coated
To ensure the quality of the wire rod surface, we operate a fully automated high-bay warehouse. This reduces the risk of mechanical damage and corrosion spots while securing and streamlining transport logistics.
The range of drawn wires is more diverse and is tailored to the requirements of the wire’s subsequent application:
- Pickled
- Phosphated
- Phosphate-free: Phreeco® phosphate-free coating for cold forming processes
- Calcined, soaped, polymer-coated
- Electrolytic and chemical coatings based on copper, brass, nickel, and zinc
- Hot-dip galvanizing
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- Packaging: 1 kg – 3,000 kg
- Packaging: all types, including custom solutions for extreme environments and delivery formats tailored to customer requirements
Are you looking for a wire solution or the right material for your project?
Our experts will be happy to advise you personally.
