Fort Wayne Metals manufactures more than just medical wire. After all, our ability to draw wire to the finest sizes, our impeccable surface quality, and our ability to maintain tight tolerances are also useful in many non-medical applications. Our wire is used in industrial needs, resistance wire, in airplanes, and even in space.
Kovar has been used for making hermetic seals with the harder Pyrex glasses. Used in power tubes, microwave tubes and transistors.
Chemistry
| ASTM F-15 | |
| Carbon | 0.02 (max) |
| Manganese | 0.30 |
| Silicon | 0.20 |
| Nickel | 29.0 |
| Cobalt | 17.0 |
| Iron | Balance |