::: Applications for Cold Drawn Steel Bars

Currently 97.5% of our bar shipments are used as the basic raw material for the manufacturing of original equipment and aftermarket component parts.

Although there are many uses for cold drawn steel bars, here are some of the most common applications for St. Louis Cold Drawn, Inc. / Quality Engineered Steels, LLC customers:

All Markets

• Electric Motor Shafts
• Fasteners
• Screw Machine Parts
• Hand Tools

Automotive

• Constant Velocity Drive Shafts
• 6-Way Adjustable Seat Torsion Bars
• Alternator Shafts & Generator Shafts
• Oil Pump Shafts & Water Pump Shafts
• Piston Pins
• Electric Motor Shafts (Wiper, Door, Window, etc.)
• Hydraulic Brake Fitting
• Transmission Shafts
• Shock Absorbers & Macpherson Struts
• Stabilizer Bars
• Starter Motor Shafts

Industrial / Commercial

• Bearings
• Hydraulic Hose Fittings
• Printer Shafts
• Roller Conveyor Axles
• Electric Motor Shafts
• Trailer Landing Gear & Gear Box Components (Over-the-Road Trucks)

Appliances

• Agitator Shafts (Washing Machines)
• Electric Motor Shafts

Agricultural

• Wheel Spindles
• Steering Linkages (Garden Tractors)