State check
Distinguish the forming process from the final delivery condition. Material may be annealed after cold forming. Record the full temper or strength condition, product form and relevant specification; a grade name or “cold rolled” label alone is insufficient.
Next step
Compare properties only for the stated final condition. Use the separate work-hardening page when the question concerns deformation during a machining operation.
Carry the final condition into the material record
A process name does not supply a universal hardness, strength, temperature, dimensional allowance or cutting parameter.
Sources and scope
Reviewed 23 October 2026. Process explanations and public standard summaries do not establish a treatment recipe or certify a supplied part.
Copper Development Association Terms and Definitions
Process definition and stated condition boundaries; public standard abstracts only where applicable.
Open source ↗Outokumpu stainless steel types
Process definition and stated condition boundaries; public standard abstracts only where applicable.
Open source ↗Outokumpu post-fabrication treatment
Process definition and stated condition boundaries; public standard abstracts only where applicable.
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