Thabiso Steel is a reputable manufacturer and supplier of Carbon Steel EN-1A Bars based in Cape Town, South Africa. We pride ourselves on providing high-quality alloy steel bars that are specifically designed for precision engineering and various industrial applications. Our EN-1A Bars are celebrated for their outstanding strength, toughness, and wear resistance, making them perfect for crafting shafts, gears, machine components, and other parts that endure high stress. At Thabiso Steel, we focus on precision manufacturing, rigorous quality control, and maintaining consistent dimensional accuracy, ensuring that our bars deliver reliable performance and a long service life, even in the toughest operating conditions.
Our Carbon Steel EN-1A Bars are crafted from low-alloy steel, with carefully balanced levels of carbon, manganese, and other alloying elements to achieve impressive tensile strength, hardness, and impact resistance. These bars typically boast tensile strengths between 700 and 850 MPa and show remarkable fatigue and wear resistance. Thanks to their uniform microstructure, they offer consistent mechanical properties, excellent machinability, and are well-suited for heat treatment, forging, and precision fabrication into high-performance industrial components.
| Grade | en1a |
|---|---|
| Specification | BS970: 1955 EN1A, BS970/PD970: 1970 onwards 230M07. |
| Round bar size | Diameter: 3-~800mm |
| Hex Bar size | 2-100mm A/F |
| Flat bar size | Thickness: 2 -100mm |
| Width: 10 to 500mm | |
| Square bar size | 4 to 100mm |
| Angle bar size | 3mm*20mm*20mm~12mm*100mm*100mm |
| Section | 3.0 to 12.0mm thickness |
| Channel Bar | 80 x 40mm to 150 x 75mm section; 5.0 to 6.0mm thickness |
| Hollow Bar | 32mm OD x 16mm ID to 250mm OD x 200mm ID) |
| Billet Size | 1/2″ to 495mm Diameter |
| Rectangles Size | 33 x 30mm to 295 x 1066mm |
| Finish | Cold (bright) drawn, centreless ground,smooth turned, peeled, slit rolled edge, hot rolled, hot rolled annealed, Rough Turned, Bright, Polish, Grinding, Centreless Ground & Black |
| Tolerance | H8, H9, H10, H11, H12, H13K9, K10, K11, K12 or as per clients’ requirements |
| Surface | Bright, Hot Rolled Pickled, Cold Drawn, Sand Blasting Finished, Polished, Hairline |
| Condition | Hardened & tempered, annealed |
| Technique | en1a Hot Rolled, Cold Drawn, Cold Rolled, Forged Round Bar, Rod |
| Processing | Bar cutting to 650mm |
| Form | en1a Welding Rod, Round, Rod, T-Bar, Channel Bar, Precision Ground Bar, Flat Bar, Square, Blocks, Round Rod, Rings, Hollow, Triangle, Rectangle, Hex (A/F), Threaded, Half Round Bar, Profiles, Billet, Ingot, I/H Bar, Forging etc. |
230M07 (EN1A) Specification Chemical composition | |
|---|---|
Carbon | 0.15% max |
Silicon | 0.40% max |
Manganese | 0.90-1.30% |
Sulphur | 0.25-0.35% |
Phosphorus | 0.070 Max |
Chromium | – |
Molybdenum | – |
Nickel | – |
Lead | 0.15-0.35% (Where specified) |
230M07 (EN1A) – mechanical properties in cold drawn condition | ||
|---|---|---|
Max Stress | 370-480 n/mm2Â Min | dependent on ruling section |
Yield Stress | 240-400 n/mm2Â Min | dependent on ruling section |
0.2% Proof Stress | 225-360 n/mm2Â Min | dependent on ruling section |
Elongation | 6-10% Min | dependent on ruling section |
We provide products that come with both mill test certificates and third-party test certificates, ensuring the highest standards of quality and compliance.
10 mm | 3, 5 mm |
12 mm | 3, 5, 6 mm |
13 mm | 3 mm |
16 mm | 3 mm |
20 mm | 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12 |
25 mm | 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 16, 20 |
30 mm | 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 16, 20, 25 |
40 mm | 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 16, 20, 25, 30 |
50 mm | 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 16, 20, 25, 30 |
60 mm | 3, 6, 8, 10, 12, 16, 20, 25, 30 |
70 mm | 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 16, 20, 25 |
80 mm | 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 16, 20, 25 |
90 mm | 6, 10, 12, 16 |
100 mm | 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 16, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50 |
125 mm | 10, 25, 50 |
150 mm | 6, 10, 12, 16, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50 |
200 mm | 10, 12, 20, 25, 30, 50 |
You’ll find Carbon Steel EN-1A Bars widely utilized across the automotive, heavy machinery, construction, and engineering sectors. They are particularly well-suited for producing gears, shafts, axles, crankshafts, and other mechanical components that demand superior strength, toughness, and durability. The blend of high mechanical performance, versatility, and reliability makes EN-1A Bars the go-to choice for industries in search of top-notch alloy steel solutions for their demanding applications.
ThabisoSteel is a leading manufacturer, supplier and exporter of high-quality Carbon Steel, Alloy Steel, Mild Steel and Galvanized Steel products. Our extensive product range includes Pipes, Tubes, Flanges, Pipe Fittings, Forged Fittings, Sheets and Plates, catering to various industries in Cape Town, South Africa.
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