End-to-end solutions for the cold‑forming industry
From raw materials and cold‑heading materials to cold‑heading dies, heat treatment, surface treatment, and failure analysis, we provide integrated technical services centered on the finished part and mass‑production stability.
More than cold-heading materials: connecting the critical manufacturing steps
Creation Group provides an end-to-end solution for the cold-forming industry, from raw-material selection and cold-heading material supply to tooling, heat treatment, surface treatment and failure analysis.
Our role is not to replace the customer's manufacturing decisions. We connect materials, tooling, processes, testing and root-cause analysis in one technical chain to reduce information gaps and improve forming and series-production stability.
END-TO-END SOLUTION
A five-stage technical chain from materials to failure analysis
Each project starts with the final part, service conditions and production targets, then works backward to define the material, tooling, process, surface and validation plan.
End-to-end control from wire rod to cold-forming material
Our manufacturing system covers incoming-material verification, pickling and phosphating, spheroidizing annealing, drawing, profile forming, inspection, packaging and delivery. Key process and quality data are recorded for order-level retrieval and traceability.
01Heat-number and mill-certificate verification
02Microstructure, hardness, dimensional and surface control
03Cold-forming performance validation and final release
Working backward from the final part, cold-heading deformation, strength-ductility window, cross-sectional geometry and downstream processes, we coordinate mills, tooling specialists and customers through trials, material and process validation, and production release.
01 · SPECIAL MATERIALS
Special materials and custom grade development
When standard grades cannot meet a part's requirements, we work with steel mills to define chemistry, melting route and delivery condition, then validate an import-substitution or application-specific material through small-batch trials.
Project materials include 41CrS4, 10B38, 16MnCr5, 10B21M and 34CrNiMo6. Some special projects may start with an approximately 200 kg trial, subject to mill scheduling and the agreed technical specification.
02 · MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
Custom mechanical-property windows
Beyond grade-based supply, we define project-specific windows for diameter, tensile strength, elongation, within-coil variation and batch-to-batch consistency around the final part.
Past projects include SWCH10A 6.30 mm, full-coil property control for C4C, and 10B21 1.92 mm high-strength wire. Values shown online illustrate development capability only; order requirements are governed by the technical specification.
03 · STRENGTH & FORMABILITY
High strength with large-deformation formability
Chemistry, spheroidizing annealing, drawing reduction and delivery condition are coordinated to develop materials that combine high strength with complex multi-stage cold-heading formability.
10B21 and SCM435 projects are validated with actual multi-stage headed samples, cold-upsetting tests, metallography and mechanical properties, rather than treating any single index as a substitute for forming results.
04 · MATERIAL & TOOLING
Material and tooling development for shaped cold-headed parts
We work backward from the final part to define material cross-section, grain flow, forming stages and die loading, jointly developing shaped preform materials and cold-heading tooling.
For complex parts such as seat-belt locking blocks, the approach can reduce machining, powder-metallurgy or repeated sizing steps. Performance and cost improvements are verified for each project.
05 · CUSTOM PROFILES
Custom-profile material development
We develop non-round sections, complex profiles and near-net-shape materials for seat-belt locking blocks, bearing cages, transmission parts and precision structural components.
Critical dimensions, tolerances, radii, surface quality and production consistency are controlled to the customer drawing, with sample validation matched to the downstream forming route.
06 · ULTRA-THIN-WALL TUBE
Ultra-thin-wall tube material and process development
For small ultra-thin-wall tubes, we coordinate material ductility, wall-thickness uniformity, roundness, surface condition and cut-end deformation with the drawing or forming route, tooling and inspection plan.
The photographed samples record caliper readings of 0.53 mm and 0.27 mm. Final dimensional definitions, tolerances and measurement methods are governed by the drawing, calibrated instruments and the technical specification.
These examples demonstrate development and project capability; they are not standard supply commitments for every grade or value. Final material, dimensions, properties, trial quantity and acceptance method are governed by the mutually approved drawing, applicable standard and technical specification.
OUR CAPABILITIES
Materials, Processes, and Problem-Solving Capabilities
Integrating manufacturing data, laboratory validation, and project experience to provide a foundation for the development, mass production, and anomaly resolution of cold-formed components.
Ensuring That Every Batch of Material Has a Validation Basis
The Shanghai office and the Wuhu plant’s laboratories are equipped with metallographic sample preparation, microscopic analysis, and hardness-testing equipment, providing validation of material microstructure, heat‑treatment outcomes, and mechanical properties.
Certificates for quality, environmental, and occupational health and safety management systems
Certificate documents are provided in their original languages. The IATF 16949 document is valid until July 7, 2027; the ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 documents are valid until January 4, 2025. Please confirm the renewal status before any formal audits or tenders.
