cold-finished steel

cold-finished steel

[′kōld ‚fin·isht ′stēl] (metallurgy) Steel bars which have been cold-drawn, cold-rolled, centerless-ground, or turned smooth.

cold-finished steel

Carbon steel which has been cleaned and pickled and then rolled or drawn through dies to produce a dimen-sionally accurate section with an improved surface finish (and often with other improved properties).