Single wire also offers the advantage of taking on unique shapes. Our wire profiling services offer wires cut to the precise shape required for your application. This includes meeting your bar length needs and makeup even for the narrowest tolerances. We can use various steel profiling processes like cold-rolling and cold-drawing and add finishing services such as:
- Cutting: Using rotary arbor straighteners, impact cutters and precision cutters, we can straighten and cut your profiled wire to your exact length specifications.
- Chamfering: To remove sharp edges and improve the finish and functionality of your metal profile, we provide chamfering services to create slopes for smoother transitions.
- Surface finishing: Bekaert offers cleaning, batch heat treating, plating and isotropic surface finishing options.
- Packaging: You can rely on our team to package your steel profile so you can eliminate shipping to a third party.
Choose from metals like high- and low-carbon steel and stainless steel to align with your specific material requirements.
For example, you might choose stainless steel for its corrosion resistance and strength or carbon steel for applications with a higher strength-to-weight ratio.
Some common steel wire profile options include:
- Flat wire: We make flat wire by drawing round wire and flattening it with rolling techniques. Almost any metal can be used to create flat profile wire, and it comes in a variety of widths and thicknesses. Its narrowness and close dimensional tolerances make it ideal for many applications.
- Oil-tempered flat wire: Particularly common in automotive, industrial and consumer applications, oil-tempered flat wire offers improved strength and flexibility. The wire is heated and rapidly cooled with oil.
- Shaped wire: As a critical component of common commercial and industrial products, shaped wire can include squares, rectangles, half-oval, half-round, trapezoids, triangles and other designs. This steel profile wire is used in many manufacturing applications, such as hand tools, exhaust clamps and wedge wires.
Cutting steel wire into different shapes can introduce production challenges, so finding a capable manufacturer is crucial. Your wire manufacturer should be able to achieve close dimensional tolerances and minimize burrs while maintaining the performance characteristics your application demands, such as tensile and yield requirements.
Bekaert uses cutting-edge steel profiling technologies to tackle every step, from sourcing the right material to finishing the wire. Expect precision and complete customization with every wire.
