Rolling margin is percentage of deviation in Sectional weight of Reinforcement steel

allowable as per IS codes. Reinforcement steel is extruded from a mould which is made for
a particular size e.g. 8 mm Dia. When the mould is brand new, the sectional weight of 8mm
steel extruded through mould would exact as per IS standard of lower than that, i.e. 0.395
Kg per Metre or lesser. Mould gets little bigger after certain period of time or after certain
quantity of production is taken from a particular mould. Now same 8mm dia bars extruded
from the same mould will have more weight per Meter say 0.400 Kg per Meter instead of
0.395 as per IS. That is more mass per Metre/Length is required for same length. This
deviation in weight is defined in IS codes for different dia which is as under :-
 8mm to 10mm +_ 7%
 12mm to 16mm +- 5%.
 20mm and above + -3%.
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Rolling Margin is calculated as under:-
Total Weight of Bars (Dia wise) / Total Running Meter of Bars = Actual Sectional Weight of
bars.
Compare sectional weight with Standard IS Weight.

Weight (Kg/Mtr) as per IS Standard. = Dia X Dia (In mm)/ 162.

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