Wire Manufacturing Services Specifications

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	Automotive Wire		Wire used in the manufacture of automotive parts and equipment.
	Aerospace Wire		Wire used in the manufacture of aerospace parts and equipment.
	Conductor / Electronics Wire		Wire intended to carry electrical current.
	EDM Wire		Specially coated wire for electrical discharge machining.
	Machining Wire		Machining wire is used in general machining applications, such as Swiss screw machining. Common types include types 303 and 416.
	Magnet Wire		Copper or aluminum wire with electrical insulating material applied to the surface to prevent continuity between adjacent turns in a winding.
	Medical Wire		Common medical applications include suture needles, dental wire, spinal styles, and biopsy forceps.
	Music Wire		A high carbon steel alloy used in making springs.
	Rope Wire		Rope wire is used in the fabrication of yacht rigging; aircraft control cable, slings and various other applications.
	Spring Wire		In general, spring wire has a lower tensile strength than music wire - hard drawn MB spring wire, ASTM A227 Carbon range .60-.70%. It is used in the manufacture of general-purpose, low cost springs. Spring wire is commonly available in diameters ranging from .031 to .500.
	Weaving Wire		Weaving wire is used to weave or braid cables.
	Welding Wire		Welding wire is used in gas welding and brazing processes, and those arc-welding processes wherein the electrode does not furnish the filler metal.
	Other / Specialty		Other unlisted or specialty wire application or type.
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	Welded Wire Assembly?		The supplier has the capability to weld wire into a variety of assemblies.
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	Processes
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	Coiling		Processes include coiling of the wire.
	Drawing		In the manufacture of wire, pulling the metal through a die or series of dies for reduction of diameter to specified size
	Finishing		Processes include finishing of the wire.
	Heat Treating		Heat treating processes include: annealing, tempering, patenting. Annealing is heating to and holding at a suitable temperature and then cooling at a suitable rate, for such purposes as reducing hardness, improving machinability, facilitating cold working, producing a desired microstructure, or obtaining desired mechanical, physical, or other properties. Tempering is the reheating a quench-hardened or normalized ferrous alloy to a temperature below the transformation range and then cooling at any rate desired. In heat treatment, reheating hardened steel to some temperature below the A1 temperature for the purpose of decreasing hardness and/or increasing toughness. Patenting consists of passing the wire through tubes in a furnace at about 970^oC. This high temperature treatment produces uniform austenite of rather large grain size. The subsequent cooling - in air or molten lead - is rapid since the sections treated are generally small (e.g. wire rods), so that the resulting structure consists of very fine pearlite preferably with no separation of primary ferrite.
	Rolling		Reducing the cross-sectional area of metal stock, or otherwise shaping metal products, through the use of rotating rolls. A term applied to the operation of shaping and reducing metal in thickness by passing it between rolls which compress, shape and lengthen it following the roll pattern. Cold rolling, hot rolling.
	Spooling		Processes include the spooling of wire.
	Other / Specialty		Other unlisted or specialty process.
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	Secondary Services
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	Anodizing		Anodizing is a process for finishing aluminum alloys that employs electrolytic oxidation of the aluminum surface to produce a protective oxide coating. The anodic coating consists of hydrated aluminum oxide. It is considered resistant to corrosion and abrasion. Conventional coatings are 0.1 to 1.0 mil thick and are mostly transparent, but may be colored. Anodizing preserves the natural luster, and texture of the metal itself. An anodized coating is hard, durable, will never peel, and, under normal conditions, will never wear through. This category includes hard coat anodizing.
	Braiding		Braiding forms a woven mesh of metallic wires, usually either copper or steel, wrapped around the outside of one or more conductive cables. It provides shielding against EMI, RFI, and cross talk from other cables.
	Bonding		Bonding is the process of connecting wires from the package leads to the chip or bonding pads
	Cabling		The twisting together of two or more insulated conductors to form a cable.
	Cutting		Processes include cutting of the wire.
	Insulation / Jacketing Extrusion		Extrusion of the insulation or jacketing for a cable or braid.
	Printing		Printing on the finished wire or cable product.
	Slitting		Processes include slitting of wire. Flat wire may be produced by slitting.
	Straightening		Processes include straightening of the wire.
	Weaving		The weaving of wire together to form a wire cloth.
	Wire Forms		The supplier has the capability to form wire into shapes such as wire shelving, wire grid, wire guards, and wire baskets.
	Wrapping		The wrapping of a spirally applied tape over an insulated or uninsulated wire.
	Other / Specialty		Other unlisted services.
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	Additional Services
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	Assembly Services		Companies provide component assembly services.
	CAD / CAM Support		Companies provide computer aided design (CAD) and computer aided manufacturing (CAM) services.
	Design Assistance		Companies assist with concepts, manufacturing costs, manufacturing techniques and material considerations. Companies may also be able to assist in upgrading or redesigning, re-evaluating or modernizing existing products to increase performance and/or reduce manufacturing costs. Some companies offer material sourcing and CAD modeling as well.
	Just-In-Time Delivery		Companies provide just-in-time manufacturing capabilities that reduce the need for inventory maintenance.
	Prototype Services		Companies create prototypes to lend substance to ideas or investigate true manufacturing costs.
	Low Volume Production		Companies perform low volume production runs. Typically, run times are shorter than one week.
	High Volume Production		Companies perform high volume production runs. Typically, run times are longer than one week.
	Reverse Engineering		Companies have the capability to reverse engineer or digitize parts or products. Reverse engineering is useful in cases where components or parts for a product or equipment are no longer available commercially or in cases where drawings and documentation have been lost. The parts can be examined and digitized in order to make part drawings. Then, new replacement or duplicate parts can be fabricated for the system. Reverse engineering may include identification materials and processes as well.
	Other		Other unlisted support and production services.
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Materials



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	Aluminum		A bluish silver-white malleable ductile light trivalent metallic element that has good electrical and thermal conductivity, high reflectivity, and resistance to oxidation.
	Brass		Brass comes with good strength, excellent high temperature ductility and reasonable cold ductility, good conductivity, excellent corrosion resistance, good bearing properties and low magnetic permeability.
	Bronze		Bronze is an alloy of copper and tin and sometimes other elements; also any copper-base alloy containing other elements in place of tin.
	Copper		A common reddish metallic element that is ductile and malleable and is one of the best conductors of heat and electricity.
	Hastelloy®		The attributes of Hastelloy® alloys include high resistance to uniform attack and localized corrosion resistance. It also provides stress corrosion cracking resistance, and ease of welding and fabrication. Hastelloy is a registered trademark of Haynes International, Inc.
	Inconel®		Inconel® is a nickel-base alloy with chromium and iron. Inconel is a registered trademark of Special Metals Corporation.
	Iron		A heavy malleable ductile magnetic silver-white metallic element.
	Molybdenum		A silvery-gray metal used as an alloy to strengthen steel and make it less susceptible to rust and corrosion. When added to stainless steels it increases their resistance to corrosion. It is also used in high-speed steels.
	Monel®		Monel® alloy has high strength and resistance to a range of corrosive media including seawater, hydrofluoric and sulfuric acids, and alkalis. Monel is a registered trademark of Special Metals Corporation.
	Nickel Alloy		Will vary per application, as nickel is a constituent of many alloys.
	Precious Metals		The wire is constructed from precious metals such as platinum, gold or silver.
	Stainless Steel		Stainless steel is chemical and corrosion resistant and can have relatively high-pressure ratings.
	Steel, Low Carbon		A commercial iron that contains carbon in any amount up to about 1.7 percent as an essential alloying constituent. It is malleable when under suitable conditions, and is distinguished from cast iron by its malleability and lower carbon content.
	Steel, High Carbon		High carbon, hard drawn steel is used when resistance to abrasion and impact is required.
	Titanium		Titanium is a hard, lustrous, silvery, element that is relatively abundant in the Earth's crust. It is known for its lightness, strength, and corrosion resistance. For this reason it is used widely in the aerospace industry and the medical fields (e.g., replacement joints). When alloyed with other metals, especially steel, it adds strength and oxidation resistance.
	Tungsten		Tungsten is a gray-white heavy high-melting ductile hard polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and molybdenum in many of its properties and is used especially for electrical purposes and hardening alloys (as steel).
	Zinc		A bluish-white lustrous metallic element; brittle at ordinary temperatures but malleable when heated; used in a wide variety of alloys and in galvanizing iron; it occurs as zinc sulphide in zinc blend.
	Other / Specialty		Other unlisted or specialty metal or alloy.
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	Shape
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	Flat		The profile of the wire is flat. Flat wire is round wire which has been reduced to a flat state with rounded edges
	Oval		The profile of the wire is oval.
	Round		The profile of the wire is round.
	Specialty / Custom		The supplier can provide specialty or custom profiles.
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Location



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	North America		Companies are located in the United States, Canada or Mexico.
	United States Only		Companies are located in the United States.
	Northeast US Only		Companies are located in the Northeast United States, namely Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont.
	Southern US Only		Companies are located in the Southern United States, namely Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington D.C., and West Virginia.
	Southwest US Only		Companies are located in the Southwest United States, namely Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah.
	Northwest US Only		Companies are located in the Northwest United States, namely Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming.
	Midwest US Only		Companies are located in the Midwest United States, namely Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin.
	Canada Only		Companies are located in Canada.
	South / Central America Only		Companies have facilities in South American countries such as Argentina, Brazil, or Chile; or in Central American countries such as Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama, etc.
	Europe Only		Companies are located in Europe, namely Germany, Ireland, Italy, United Kingdom, etc.
	South Asia Only		Companies are located in South Asia, namely India, Pakistan, Nepal, etc.
	Near East Only		Companies are located in the Near East, namely Egypt, Israel, Saudi Arabia, etc.
	East Asia / Pacific Only		Companies are located in East Asia, namely China, Japan, Taiwan, etc.
	Oceania Only		Companies are located in Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and a large group of South Pacific islands that include Micronesia, Polynesia, Guam, Fiji, Tonga, etc.
	Africa Only		Companies are located in sub-Saharan Africa.
	Other		Other unlisted country or region.
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Wire Manufacturing Services Specifications

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