scope:

This European Standard is applicable to rod of non-alloy steel intendedfor wire drawing and/or cold rolling. The cross-section of the rod may beround, square, rectangular, hexagonal, half-round or another shape and as ageneral rule of nominal size 5 mm or above the surface is smooth.It is not applicable to following products for which standards exist orare under study such as: - steel rod intended for heat treatment - rod of free-cutting steels - steel rod for cold heading and cold extrusion - steel rod intended for the production of electrodes and products forwelding - steel rod for welded fabric for reinforcement for concrete - steel rod for wire for high fatigue strength mechanical springs, suchas valve springs. In addition to the requirements of this standards the general technicaldelivery requirements specified in EN 10021 apply.