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Round Ground Metals

Hanover Park, ILSince 1988ISO 9001:2015rgmetals.com
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What you can buy

  • Cold-rolled

  • Stainless steel

Sizes

Size range
Round bar from 1/16" to 12" diameter, lengths up to 50 ft
Inventory
More than 8,000 tons of carbon, alloy and stainless grades in stock; aluminum, brass, bronze, tool steels and specialty alloys processed on request
Coil to bar
0.2500"–1.1875" diameter, lengths to 28 ft, straightness to 0.0015" TIR/ft
Centerless turning
0.3750"–11.2500" diameter, lengths to 46 ft; roundness typically 50% of ASTM standards
Centerless grinding
0.1250"–12.000" diameter, lengths to 50 ft
Rotary straightening
To 0.0015" TIR/ft, up to 9.0000" diameter and 40 ft long
Press straightening
To 0.0015" TIR/ft, up to 12.0000" diameter and 32 ft long
Saw cutting
Band saw up to 12" diameter; cold saw 0.375"–3.25"; cut lengths 1" to 5 ft; end chamfering and deburring
Inspection
Automated eddy current and ultrasonic testing of cold-finished bar, plus roundness gauging and straightness tables
Products
RGM-Tech Swiss machine stock, RGM-Tech GBQ gun-barrel quality (416R), RGM-Tech precision cold finish, precision ground, bearing shaft, pump shaft, rotor bar, polished rod, marine boat shaft and cold-finished bar
Packaging and delivery
Bundled, paper-tubed, boxed, U-crated or palletized; own delivery, 6 AM–10 PM delivery hours

About Round Ground Metals

Round Ground Metals (RGM) is a precision cold-finishing processor and distributor of close-tolerance round bar in Hanover Park, Illinois, founded in 1988 as a toll processor. From a 500,000 sq ft plant and warehouse it turns, grinds, straightens, polishes, saws and inspects carbon, alloy and stainless bar from 1/16" to 12" diameter, supplying Swiss machine stock, pump and bearing shaft, rotor bar and gun-barrel quality steel to aerospace, firearms, fluid power and equipment makers.

Processing
Sawing, Polishing, Toll processing, Warehousing
Industries served
Aerospace and defense, Agriculture, Firearms, Oil and gas, Fluid power, Heavy equipment, Industrial products, Medical, Transportation
Certifications
ISO 9001:2015, AS9100D

Location

  • Hanover Park, IL

    Headquarters

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