What Is Shaped Wire? A Comprehensive Guide
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Shaped Wire
Shaped wire is a type of industrial metal wire that is crafted into various non-round profiles, such as square, oval, arch, water-drop, rectangular, triangular, or custom shapes. Also referred to as cold-rolled or cold-drawn shaped wire, it offers greater versatility compared to standard round wire, making it ideal for a wide range of applications across industries like automotive, electrical, aerospace, and medical devices.
What Is The Difference Between Shaped Wire And Standard Round Or Flat Wire?
Round wire: The most common and standard shape of wire is round, which is suitable for most applications.
Flat wire: In addition, flat wires come in a variety of shapes. The most common flat wire shape has straight edges and a flat surface. Rounded Edges: Flat wire with rounded or beveled edges for smoother finishes and applications requiring reduced sharpness; oval shapes flat wire provide strength and flexibility due to their curved profile.
Material Options for Shaped Wire
- Common metals such as high-carbon steel and stainless steel are frequently used for shaped wire due to their durability and versatility.
- More specialized materials, like titanium, Nitinol, and aluminum alloys, offer unique properties such as lightweight strength, shape memory, or corrosion resistance, making them ideal for advanced applications.
- The choice of material significantly influences the wire’s performance, including its strength, flexibility, and resistance to wear or environmental factors.
- When selecting the right material for your project, consider the specific demands of your application, such as mechanical requirements, operating conditions, and longevity.
Choosing the Right Supplier
We are not only producers of special-shaped wires, flat wires, square wires and thin fine wires, but we are also manufacturers of wire drawing machines and precision rolling mills. For example, stainless steel spring flat wire requires a hardness, tensile strength, and surface requirement of 1800N/mm2 for its flat wires. we know the requirements of each industry for wire materials. Our understanding of your production process will help us recommend a more accurate machine model.
The Features of Shaped Wire
- High hardness and precision: the material composition complies with ROHS and SUCH standards.
- Strong hardness, good toughness, use of materials with good elongation, high hardness, and high elasticity, and more stable performance.
- The material is easy to bend and has a good toughness, so it cannot easily be broken.
- Accurate size, controllable thickness 0.08 +0.005mm, controllable width 1.5 +0.01mm, controllable hardness HV180-600, good toughness, not easy to break when bending 180 degrees.
- Flat surface, standard side straightness: high-precision rail machine control board type, high-precision angle control board type. The side curvature can be controlled within one thousandth of one meter.
- The surface of the product is flat and smooth: 2B surface, matte surface, mirror surface, brushed surface, etc. Special surface technology allows you to control the surface: bright surface, mirror surface, brushed surface, matte surface, etc.
More than 100+ Alloys
Whether you need cut-to-length wires or continuous coils, we offer over a hundred different alloys in shaped wire that meet specific requirements. Our turnkey solutions cover both materials and equipment
How Is Shaped Wire Made?
Generally, flat wire can be produced in two ways, cold rolling and cold rolling. In addition, it involves a series of annealing, pickling, and peeling processes, so you will clearly understand how flat wire is produced. Here are two of our common models for you to learn about. As far as materials and equipment are concerned, we will provide you with turnkey solutions.
