Medium Carbon Steel

Carbon content between 0.3% and 0.6%, balancing strength and toughness for shafts, gears, and structural machine parts.

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1045 Carbon Steel Hexagonal Bar

Medium-carbon steel hexagonal bar offering a balance of strength, hardness and machinability, suitable for fasteners, nuts, machined components and general engineering applications.

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1030 Carbon Steel Round Bar

Medium-carbon grade offering a practical balance of strength, toughness and machinability, ideal for axles and shafts and gears and machinery parts.

Carbon Steel / Medium carbon steel

1035 Carbon Steel Wire

Cold-heading grade with higher strength than 1030 while retaining good ductility for forming, ideal for cold-headed bolts and fasteners and structural pins.

Carbon Steel / Medium carbon steel

1045 Carbon Steel Round Bar

The most widely used medium-carbon engineering grade, responsive to induction hardening, ideal for machinery shafts and gears and sprockets.

Carbon Steel / Medium carbon steel

1050 Carbon Steel Plate/Sheet

Higher-carbon engineering grade delivering greater strength for demanding shaft and spindle duty, ideal for crankshafts and spindles and high-strength gears.

Carbon Steel / Medium carbon steel

1060 Carbon Steel Strip

Upper medium-carbon spring-grade steel with good hardenability for flat and coil springs, ideal for agricultural tool components and flat springs.

Carbon Steel / Medium carbon steel

C45 Carbon Steel Seamless Tube

The European-standard designation for 1045-equivalent medium-carbon steel used across EU machinery specs, ideal for hydraulic cylinder tube stock and machinery shafts.

Carbon Steel / Medium carbon steel

1045 Carbon Steel Square Bar

The most widely used medium-carbon engineering grade, responsive to induction hardening, ideal for gears and sprockets and hydraulic cylinder rod.

Carbon Steel / Medium carbon steel

1045 Carbon Steel Flat Bar

The most widely used medium-carbon engineering grade, responsive to induction hardening, ideal for machinery shafts and hydraulic cylinder rod.

Carbon Steel / Medium carbon steel

1045 Medium Carbon Steel Round

Medium carbon steel with good strength and toughness

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