Kalika Enterprises · Waluj MIDC · Since 2010
Every bar traceable.
15 years of cold drawn bright bar. Scroll, and follow one coil from the truck at our gate — through pickling, annealing and wire drawing — to a QR-tagged bundle of bright bar.
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24K1187
- Grade
- EN8D
- Form
- Wire rod coil
- Mill TC
- Verified
Illustrative heat number
Scale dissolved
0 %
ACID · RINSE · PHOSPHATE
Bell down
30 °C
Illustrative charge temperature
Coil drawn
0 %
ROD → DIE → BLOCK → COIL
Coil → bar
0 %
DECOIL · STRAIGHTEN · SHEAR
Surface blasted
0 %
STEEL SHOT · NO ACID
Diameter
16.30 mm
16.30 → 14.30 · COLD DRAWN
Cross-roll straightening
0 %
STRAIGHTEN → CUT
Bundle
0 / 19
EN8D · 14.30 h9 · QR TAGGED
- 01TRUCK
- 02CRANE
- 03PICKLE
- 04ANNEAL
- 05WIRE
- 06COIL→BAR
- 07BLAST
- 08DRAW
- 09CUT
- 10BUNDLE
- 11TRACE
- Years, since 2010
- MT per month
- MT per year
- Drawing lines
- Steel grades
- Dispatches with a TC
Bar Studio · 3D
Pick a grade, shape and size. The bar changes in front of you, with its weight per metre and its real ISO 286 tolerance limits worked out as you go.
Medium Carbon
EN8D
DIAMETER
25 mm
DRAG TO ROTATE
- Weight
- 3.853 kg/m
- 6 m bar
- 23.12 kg
- Metres per MT
- 260 m
- h9 limits
- 25.000 / 24.948
ISO 286 h9: the bar is never above nominal and at most 52 µm below it — so it always enters the collet.
Our steel
Inside the plant
Real photographs from Waluj MIDC. Keep scrolling — the floor moves sideways.
01 · THE FLOOR
Three drawing lines, one roof
Black bar and coil in at one end, QR-tagged bundles out at the other.
02 · RAW MATERIAL
Coil and black bar, by heat
Racked by grade and heat number, each one booked against its mill certificate.
03 · PREPARATION
Shot blasting unit
Mechanical descaling. No acid, no effluent.
04 · COLD DRAWING
The draw bench
Where black bar becomes bright bar — sized, finished and work-hardened.
05 · TOOLING
Hardened dies
Die condition is monitored and every die change recorded against the heat.
06 · LINE 03
Coil-to-bar route
Coil straightened, cut and drawn — the efficient route for small sizes in volume.
07 · FINISHING
Cut to your length
Standard lengths, or whatever your bar feeder is set for.
08 · INSPECTION
Measured, not assumed
Micrometer checks against your ordered tolerance band.
09 · TESTING
In-house testing
Dimensional and hardness checks on every batch.
10 · DISPATCH
Racked by grade and size
Covered storage, and dispatch across Maharashtra.
Our single biggest advantage
From the mill coil to your shop floor, every bar is traceable to its original heat — and to the line, shift, operator and die that made it.
- GRADE
- EN8D
- SIZE
- 14.30 h9
- HEAT
- 24K1187
- LINE
- 02 · Shift B
Illustrative tag. Scan → full history of the bundle.
- 01
Mill Coil
Heat Number + Mill Test Certificate
Steel arrives from the mill identified by its heat number — the specific melt it was cast from — accompanied by that heat's certified chemistry and mechanical properties.
- 02
Goods Receipt (GRN)
Heat number recorded once, in the ERP
At receipt the heat number is booked against the consignment together with the weighbridge slip and the mill certificate. Entered once — every document downstream inherits it, so it can never drift or be re-keyed wrongly.
- 03
Cold Drawing
Line · Shift · Operator · Die · Date
When the bar is drawn, the production record links the heat number to the line that drew it, the shift and operator who ran it, the die used and the date — captured at the time of production, not reconstructed later.
- 04
Bundle + QR Tag
Scan for full history
Each finished bundle carries a QR tag encoding its heat number, grade, size and production reference. One scan on a phone returns the complete history of that bundle.
- 05
Delivery Challan
Heat number printed
The heat number is printed on the delivery challan, so the link between the physical material and its documentation survives the journey to your gate.
- 06
Test Certificate
Kalika TC + Mill TC
The consignment ships with the Kalika test certificate carrying the heat number, alongside the original mill certificate for that heat. Your incoming inspection has documented chemistry, not an assumed grade.
Automotive capability
16MnCr5 · 16MnCr5H · 20MnCr5 — case hardening alloys for gears, pinions and transmission parts, supplied soft annealed with controlled hardenability and full batch traceability.
- Certified hardenability
- Jominy band certified per heat on H grades, so your carburising cycle holds batch to batch.
- Audit-ready paperwork
- Heat number on the bundle, the challan and the certificate — the chain an IATF auditor asks for.
Where our bar goes
Fasteners
High-volume turned and cold formed fasteners, where cycle time decides the cost per piece.
EN1A · EN1A PB · EN8M
Gears & Transmission
Carburised gears and pinions, where case depth consistency and traceability decide whether the batch is accepted.
16MNCR5H · 16MNCR5 · 20MNCR5
Shafts & Axles
Torque carrying and fatigue loaded components, where through-section strength and straightness matter.
EN8 · EN8D · EN8M
Auto Components
Tier-1 and Tier-2 automotive parts, where documentation is part of the product.
16MNCR5H · 20MNCR5 · EN8D
Hydraulic & Pneumatic
Sealing surfaces and pressure-carrying parts, where surface finish and tolerance are the specification.
EN8D · SAE 1018 · EN8M
General Engineering
The broad base of engineering work — machined parts, fabricated assemblies and everything in between.
MS · SAE 1018 · EN8
Grade selector
Start from your product, not from a specification sheet. We will point you at the grade that fits.
For fasteners, we recommend
EN1A
EN1A Free Cutting Bright BarThe volume standard. Excellent chip breaking and high permissible cutting speeds for general nuts, bolts, studs and turned parts.
Our story
Drawing bright bar since 2010.
A supplier who has run continuously since 2010 has kept dispatches moving through the 2016 demonetisation, the GST transition, the COVID shutdowns and every steel price cycle in between. That is not marketing — it is the reason a purchase department can plan a schedule around us without keeping a second source on standby.
Established
18 October 2010
Years
15+
2010
Kalika Enterprises is founded
The company is established on 18 October 2010 in Waluj MIDC, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, with a single drawing line, to manufacture cold drawn bright bar for the engineering industry around it.
2018
ISO certification
Kalika Enterprises is ISO certified from 2018, formalising the quality system that was already running on the shop floor — incoming inspection, in-process checks and documented final verification.
2019
Second drawing line commissioned
Rising repeat volume from fastener and general engineering customers justifies a second line, so grade changeovers on one line no longer hold up production of another.
2020
Third drawing line commissioned
A third line is added along with the coil-to-bar route, taking the plant to its current three-line configuration and widening the size range run in volume.
Range
From mild steel to case hardening alloy
The grade range widens from general purpose MS and free cutting EN1A into medium carbon EN8 variants, and then into the Mn-Cr case hardening alloys that automotive gear work demands — 16MnCr5, 16MnCr5H and 20MnCr5, supplied soft annealed and ready to machine.
Systems
Production moved onto an ERP
Heat numbers, drawing line, shift, operator, die and dispatch are recorded in a single system instead of a register. This is what makes true heat traceability possible — and it is what an IATF 16949 customer asks to see.
Today
1,500+ MT a month, ten grades, fully traceable
Three drawing lines and a coil-to-bar route, ISO certified since 2018, supplying fastener, gear, shaft, hydraulic and general engineering manufacturers across Maharashtra — with a test certificate on every dispatch.
2026
Next phase of expansion
A further capacity expansion is planned for 2026, continuing the same line-by-line growth that has taken the plant from one drawing line in 2010 to three today.
Case study
“Consistent hardenability across every batch — with full traceability for our IATF audit.”
Why buy from us
- 01
15 years, without a break
Manufacturing continuously since 2010, through demonetisation, the GST transition and the COVID shutdowns. A supplier you can plan against.
- 02
We are the manufacturer
Not a trader. Drawing, shot blasting, straightening, cutting and testing under one roof — lead time, tolerance and consistency are ours to control.
- 03
Traceability that survives an audit
Heat number captured once at goods receipt and inherited by every document downstream, to the QR tag and your challan. No re-keying.
- 04
Paperwork ships with the steel
A Kalika test certificate with every dispatch, alongside the mill certificate for that heat. Certified chemistry, not an assumed grade.
Enquiry
Tell us what you need.
Send the grade, shape, size and quantity. Not sure of the grade? Tell us what you are manufacturing and we will suggest one. Your enquiry goes straight to our sales desk.
Monday – Saturday · 9:30 AM – 6:30 PM IST
Questions
Frequently asked.
How long has Kalika Enterprises been manufacturing bright bar?
Kalika Enterprises was established on 18 October 2010 in Waluj MIDC, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, and has manufactured cold drawn bright bar continuously for over 15 years.
What is a bright bar?
A bright bar is a hot rolled steel bar that has been shot blasted to remove mill scale and then cold drawn through a hardened die. Drawing gives it a bright surface, a controlled diameter tolerance, improved straightness and higher tensile strength than the hot rolled condition.
Which steel grades does Kalika Enterprises manufacture?
Ten grades across four families: MS and SAE 1018 (low carbon), EN8, EN8D and EN8M (medium carbon), EN1A and EN1A PB (free cutting), and 16MnCr5, 16MnCr5H and 20MnCr5 (case hardening alloy).
Do you supply a mill test certificate with every dispatch?
Yes. Every consignment ships with a test certificate carrying the heat number, alongside the original mill certificate for that heat. The heat number is also printed on the delivery challan and carried on a QR tag on each bundle.
What is the difference between 16MnCr5 and 16MnCr5H?
Standard 16MnCr5 is supplied to a chemical composition. 16MnCr5H is additionally supplied to a certified hardenability band verified by the Jominy end-quench test, so case depth stays consistent from batch to batch on a fixed carburising cycle.
What sizes and tolerances are available?
Round bar from approximately 5.5 mm to 65 mm and hex from 6 mm to 46 mm across flats, in h9, h10 and h11 tolerance bands. Exact availability for a given grade and size is confirmed on enquiry.
Where is Kalika Enterprises located and where do you deliver?
The plant is in Waluj MIDC, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra. We supply engineering industries across Maharashtra.