DC01 to DC06 Cold Rolled Steel Strip
The full cold rolled drawing quality ladder, 0.05 to 1.0 mm, slit 5 to 1500 mm.
What This Grade Range Is For
DC01 through DC06 is a formability ladder rather than a set of unrelated grades. DC01 is commercial quality and handles ordinary bends. Each step up buys a deeper draw, until DC06 takes the severe multi stage work that splits the lower grades. We supply the whole ladder from 0.05 mm to 1.0 mm, in tempers from annealed to full hard, slit from 5 mm to 1500 mm.
Specifications
| Quality Designation | DC01 - DC06 |
| Temper | Annealed to full hard |
| Thickness | 0.05 - 1.0 mm |
| Width | 5 - 1500 mm |
Ranges as supplied. Exact grade within the range is confirmed against your application.
Key Benefits
- The whole ladder from one supplier, so a forming problem is solved by moving up a grade
- Down to 0.05 mm, thinner than typical service centre cold rolled stock
- Width to 1500 mm, or slit to a narrow mult where the part is small
- Temper specified from annealed to full hard rather than fixed by stock
Problems It Solves
- A drawn part splits and the only local stock is DC01
- Tooling is reworked to suit the steel when the cheaper fix was a higher drawing quality
- Thin gauge requirements below 0.3 mm fall outside normal stock ranges
- Small parts are blanked from wide coil and the skeleton is scrapped
Who It Is For
- Press shops running multi stage draws
- Enclosure and cabinet manufacturers
- Appliance component suppliers
- General stampers working below 1 mm
Application Scenarios
- Deep drawn housings, cups and shells
- Stamped enclosure and cabinet panels
- Roll formed light sections
- Thin gauge washers, shims and stamped hardware
Technical Features
- Low carbon cold rolled steel, formability increasing from DC01 to DC06
- Supplied annealed for forming or hard rolled where flatness and stiffness matter more
- Uncoated, so parts need painting, plating or another finish after forming
How This Material Reaches You
Materials
- Low carbon cold rolled steel, drawing qualities DC01 to DC06
Quality Control
- Thickness measured across the width on every coil
- Flatness checked before slitting
- Slit edge checked for burr and camber
Customization Options
- Drawing quality selected against the part draw ratio
- Slit width to the mult your die runs
- Coil weight and inner diameter to suit your decoiler
How It Compares With The Alternatives
| Compared With | What Changes |
|---|---|
| HSLA 260 to 550 Cold Rolled Strip | HSLA gives yield strength so the part can be thinner. DC grades give draw depth. Pick by whether the part is formed hard or loaded hard. |
| DX51D to DX56D Galvanized Strip | Same forming logic, but galvanized arrives with zinc already on it. Choose DC only where the part gets its own finish after forming. |
Getting The Specification Right First Time
- Start at the lowest grade that passes the draw, because each step up costs more
- If parts split intermittently, move up one grade before reworking the tool
- Specify annealed for forming and hard rolled only where stiffness matters more
- Plan the finishing step, since this material is uncoated and will rust
What to Include in Your Enquiry
- The part and how it is formed, including the tightest bend radius
- The service environment and expected design life
- The strip width your die or roll former actually needs
- Coil inner diameter and maximum coil weight your decoiler accepts
DC01 to DC06 Cold Rolled Steel Strip Questions
Which DC grade do I need?
How thin can DC grades be supplied?
Is the strip oiled?
What width can you slit to?
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