spring wire forms

Every precision wire product begins with the right wire, and with over a half million pounds of wire on-site in our manufacturing facility, we have the right wire for every spring and wire form. No matter what your product or application requires, we can help you find what you are looking for.

Why So Many Types of Wire?

That’s because each wire has its own unique properties that make it good for certain situations. Mechanical springs are used for a variety of applications, so naturally there needs to be a process that creates custom springs with specific sets of properties. Our engineering process allows us to do just that, and it all begins with a specific wire.

We offer many wires ranging from .005” to .625”, based on the material. Our wire materials include (but are not limited to):

High Carbon Spring Wires

    • Music Wire: for high quality springs and wire forms. Often used in cyclic applications.
    • Oil Tempered Wire: a heat-treated general purpose wire.
    • Hard Drawn Wire: often used in higher quality springs and wire forms.

Alloy Steel Wires

  • Chrome Vanadium & Chrome-Silicon Wire:  heat-treated wires used for shock loads and higher temperatures.

Stainless Steel Wires

  • 302: for general purposes. Resistant to corrosion and heat. Magnetic.
  • 316: better resistance to corrosion and heat than 302. Also magnetic.
  • 17-7: precipitation-hardened after fabrication. Has a high strength and corrosion resistance. Slightly magnetic.

 

High Temperature Alloy Wires

  • Inconel Wire: good corrosion resistance and extremely stable at high temperatures.

Some of the other wire materials we have include:

    • Galvanized Hard Drawn Wire
    • Galvanized Music Wire
    • Phosphor Bronze Wire & Strip
    • Stainless Steel Strip
    • Square & Round Edge OT
    • Flat Annealed
    • Blue Clock
    • Oil Tempered Strip
    • Bright Basic Wire
    • Brass Wire

Other Properties

While this is a basic overview of the unique properties of a few types of spring wire materials, there are many other features that include:

  • Minimum tensile strength
  • Modulus of elasticity
  • Modulus in torsion
  • Max operating temperatures
  • Rockwell hardness

To find out which type of wire is best suited for the springs or wire forms you need, contact our team today.