Straightened material is a workpiece whose properties have been changed by the straightening process. Its most important property is straightness or final curvature. Other properties, apart from straightness, changed by the straightening process include the material's internal stress condition.
A straightened material can be endless or finite. Rails and sheets are examples of finite straightened material. Wire, cable and rope are endless straightened material.
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Adapted from “"We do it straight" — Wire Straightening”, p. 153 (ISBN 3-00-005897-4).