Fort Wayne Metals is at the forefront of the exciting shaped wire technology. Our success with flat wire processing has allowed us to push our capabilities into a new arena.
Shaped wire allows you to lower overall manufacturing and product costs by reducing assembly time and machining processes. This rolled wire provides a good cast and is available in all alloys. It is a near net shape product and is able to achieve very unique geometries.
Half Round, Over Half Round and Under Half Round geometries can be achieved. D-Wires are often used as the product or also as tooling. D-Wires can provide unique lumen shapes in plastic components.
Sizes: As small as 0.0015" x 0.004" to 0.040" x 0.080".
Angle wires are classified as either pie or triangle. Nearly any angle can successfully be achieved from approximately 45° to 120° and greater.
Sizes: As small as 0.003" x 0.0045" to 0.030" x 0.045".
Sizes: As small as 0.0016" x 0.0021" to as large as 0.030" x 0.039" and possibly larger
Sizes: Square - As small as 0.0025" x 0.0025" to 0.040" x 0.040".
Rectangle - as small as 0.005" x 0.008" to 0.030" x 0.040".
±10% of the thickness rounded up to the next 0.0001", with a minimum of ±0.0002".
±10% of the width rounded up to the next 0.0001".
Tensile strength ranges from annealed to spring temper can be achieved in most shapes and alloys. Wires with unique geometries should be specified with a Break Load requirement, and use the tensile strength calculation as a reference due to the difficulty of measuring the cross sectional area.
