Understanding bar products
Bar is typically produced as centerless ground, offering a straight product with tight tolerances and a smooth, polished surface. Bar products are manufactured to meet your specifications for tensile strength, yield strength, diameter tolerance, and length. Depending on the alloy, bar can offer strength, corrosion resistance, and good biocompatibility, making this product remarkably adaptable.
Typical end uses
Our customers have used bar products to make:
- Dental implants
- Orthopaedic guidewires
- Orthopaedic screws
- Pins
- Spinal rods
Design specifications
The first step to designing bar products is choosing the right alloy for your application. You can learn more about available alloys by clicking the pages below.
- High-performance alloys for fatigue life, strength, and corrosion resistance
- Nitinol for shape memory and superelastic performance
- Stainless steel for strength and corrosion resistance
- Titanium for strength and biocompatibility
Size ranges
Processing capabilities can differ depending on the alloy, so check with your Sales Representative about the possibilities for your bar product.
- Diameter 0.990 mm to 13.97 mm [0.022 in to 0.500 in]
- Length 304 mm to 3708 mm [12 in to 146 in]
- Tolerance to 6, or ±0.0040 mm [0.00016 in]
Additional capabilities
- End treatments
- Chamfered ends
- Specialized quality testing
- Eddy current testing
- Ultrasonic testing