Hexagonal Bar– More commonly known as a Hex bar, the hexagonal bar is a length of six-sided bar with its diameter measured across two opposing flat faces. This unit of measure is referred to as AC for Across Flats.

As you can probably imagine given the range of options already outlined in this guide, this leaves us with a bewildering number of potential grades of stainless steel (over 150, in fact, although only around 15 of these are especially common in everyday construction use). Worse still, there isn’t even one universal method for grading stainless steels - while there is often a large degree of crossover, specific grading scales do technically vary from country to country! The overall strength of stainless steel products often has an inverse relationship to its corrosion resistance, so getting the balance right is importantStainless Steel Round Bars have many great attributes. They are hard, strong, and have excellent anticorrosive properties. All of our stainless steel is sourced from accredited mills and is fully certified. The chemical and mechanical certification is available on request. Also available in a range of materials, our range of metal bars and rods can accommodate any application. Our bars and rods can be found in: These Grade 304 Stainless Steel solid cylindrical sections of Bar or Rod are produced by one of the following methods of manufacture:

Importantly, this includes most foods - stainless steel will not taint flavours or colours, which is why it’s so commonly used for kitchen environments and cookware Non-magnetic (although this isn’t as straightforward as many people think!)Intermediate sized Stainless Steel Round Bars with diameters such as 25mm, 30mm, 35mm, 40mm, 50mm, 2.1/4”, 2.1/2” & 3” will usually be Smooth Turned, although some sizes are Bright Ground. Our Stainless Steel Round Bar range can be cut size to suit your requirements. They are available in non standard sizes in both Metric and Imperial and in a wide variety of grades, including: 303, 304, 316, 321, 410, 420 and 431. Here’s where buying stainless steel rods and bars - or any stainless product, for that matter - can get really confusing. The ‘grade’ of a stainless alloy product denotes precisely what its intended application or environmental resistance will be, and this is dictated by both the specific chemical/elemental makeup of the alloy in question, as well as any finishing or treatment process it has undergone after casting. Stainless steel is not especially ductile or malleable, certainly without extensive annealing, but reasonably good for welding Hygienic, low-maintenance and non-reactive with many substances You may actually be better off with a lower grade of heat resistance in most non-specialised environments or installations

Stainless steel doesn’t conduct heat particularly well, meaning it can be used in higher temperature applications than some other metals. It’s also a poor conductor of electricity by metallic standards Relatively expensive compared to many other metal types Fairly difficult to work Nonferrous metal rods- These types are rods that contain no form of iron metal or alloy, these products have a range of benefits depending on the types of metal used in the makeup.The degree of magnetic response in stainless steel is dictated by its microstructure, and certain types of stainless alloys can therefore be manipulated at the processing stage to be more or less magnetic