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Hot Rolled Steel Vs Cold Rolled Steel

Hot rolled steel is easier and cheaper to produce than cold rolled steel. Hot rolled steel involves heating steel to high temperatures and rolling it to shape, then allowing it to cool, resulting in less precise dimensions and a rougher surface. Cold rolled steel is processed at room temperature through rolling mills to achieve a more accurate shape, smoother surface, and defined edges, but it is more expensive to produce and fewer shapes are available. Both steel types have advantages and disadvantages depending on the needed properties for the application.

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Hot Rolled Steel Vs Cold Rolled Steel

Hot rolled steel is easier and cheaper to produce than cold rolled steel. Hot rolled steel involves heating steel to high temperatures and rolling it to shape, then allowing it to cool, resulting in less precise dimensions and a rougher surface. Cold rolled steel is processed at room temperature through rolling mills to achieve a more accurate shape, smoother surface, and defined edges, but it is more expensive to produce and fewer shapes are available. Both steel types have advantages and disadvantages depending on the needed properties for the application.

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Hot rolled steel vs cold rolled steel – what’s the difference?

26th March 2019Lina, Design EngineerUncategorised6 Comments

We’re often asked about the differences between hot rolled steel and cold
rolled steel. Here’s what you need to know!

All of ours UB, UC, PFC, RSA, flats are hot rolled whereas SHS, CHS, RHS that we provide are
cold rolled structural steel. Sheets can also be produced in cold rolled option but they are only
available on special request.

Hot rolled steel Cold rolled steel


Hot rolled steel is easier to make, to shape and While hot rolled steel is heated then cooled,
form. It has its source in a mill process cold rolled steel is heated and cooled at the
involving rolling the steel at high temperature. room temperature and then rolled after again.
It starts from a piece of still billet which is The steel is processed further in cold reduction
heated up 1700 degrees Fahrenheit (926° mills, where the material is cooled (at the
Celsius) and then the steel is rolled through the room temperature) followed by forming the
mill into the particular shape. The whole material by either press-braking or cold roll
process is done at high temperature and at the forming to achieve the desired shape. The term
end is being cooled down. The cooling down “rolled” is often used just to describe a range
may cause the steel to shrink and therefore of finishing processes such as turning,
there is less control over the final size and grinding, and polishing, each of which
shape. modifies existing hot rolled stock into a more
Hot rolled steel is commonly used when refined product. Technically, “cold rolled”
precise shapes and tolerances are not essential. applies only to sheets that undergo
compression between rollers. But forms like
Advantages bars or tubes are “drawn” not rolled. Hot
rolled bars and tubes once cooled, are
– Easier to make: heat it up, push through, processed into what we call “cold finished”
cool down and that’s it! tubes and bars.
– Cheaper than cold rolled
– Hot rolled steel is allowed to cool at room Advantages
temperature and it’s free from internal stresses
that can arise from quenching or work- – accurate shape (consistent and straight)
hardening processes – a wider range of surface finishes
– Most popular shapes are hot-rolled (UC, UB, – a smooth and shinier surface
SHS, RHS, PFC, flats etc.) – bars are true and square and have well-
defined edges and corners
Disadvantages – Tubes have better concentric uniformity and
straightness.
– dimensional imperfections caused by heating
(expanding) and cooling down (shrink, Disadvantages
warpage)
– rough texture on a surface, need to be – more expensive
removed and buffed before painting – fewer shapes available cold-rolled (sheets,
– Slight distortions box section shapes: CHS, SHS, RHS)
– additional treatments can create internal
stress within the material; this can cause
unpredictable warping if the steel is not stress
relieved prior to cutting, grinding, or welding.

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