MACPLUS® Quick Facts

MACPLUS® Cold Finished Steel Bars Size and Length Range
Rounds: 0.875” to 5” (22 mm to 127 mm)    
Lengths: 10 through 32 feet (3m to 9.75m)    

MACPLUS® Advantages
  • Seam-Free® Surface
  • Decarb-Free Surface
  • Defect-Free Surface
  • Improved Machinability
  • Tighter Size Tolerances and Concentricity
Dimensional Tolerances (All Minus)
  C C Any Heat Treat
  to 0.28% 0.28% to 0.55% and/or
  Carbon/ Carbon/ C>0.55% Carbon/
Size, Inches Alloy Inches Alloy Inches Alloy Inches
to 1-1/2 included .002/.003 .003/.004 .005/.006
>1-1/2 to 2-1/2 .003/.004 .004/.005 .006/.007
>2-1/2 to 4 .004/.005 .005/.006 .007/.008
>4 to 5 included .005/.006 .006/.007 .008/.009
       
MACPLUS® Surface Quality
Surface Finish   10 to 25 RMS  
Decarburization   None  
Seam Depth   None*  
Surface Appearance   Shiny, clean  
Surface Detail   High Surface Integrity  
Residual Stress, Warp Factor   -0.020” to -0.030”  
Weight Savings per Order      
   Carbon and Alloy   6 to 8%  
   Resulfurized   9 to 11%  

Straightness Deviation from Straightness in 10 ft., in Inches
Length, Feet C <= 0.28% C > 0.28% and all Heat Treat  
<15 1/16 1/8  
15 and Over 1/8 3/16  

Cost of Material Lost in Removing Seam Depth Tolerance on 2" Round
Grade MACPLUS (Competitive Material)
1018 $0.00/feet $0.15/feet
1045 $0.00/feet $0.15/feet
8620 $0.00/feet $0.24/feet
4140 $0.00/feet $0.28/feet
1117 $0.00/feet $0.34/feet

*Seam Depth Tolerance:
0.001" per 1/16" of diameter for carbon and alloy.
0.0015" per 1/16 of diameter for resulfurized and rephosphorized.

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