Brookfield Wire is a renowned provider of top-quality wire products, offering a diverse range of options to meet various industrial and commercial needs.
With a commitment to precision manufacturing and customer satisfaction, Brookfield Wire utilizes advanced techniques to produce different types of metal wire products with impeccable dimensional accuracy and consistent quality. Their comprehensive selection includes an array of materials, including stainless steel, nickel alloys, and specialty metals, ensuring compatibility with a wide range of applications.
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Different Types of Metal Wire
The following wire types are available in bulk through Brookfield Wire:
304L Stainless Steel Wire
304L stainless steel wire is recognized for its exceptional properties, making it a popular choice in various industrial applications. This alloy, a low-carbon variation of 304 stainless steel, offers excellent corrosion resistance, particularly in acidic environments. Its high chromium and nickel content contribute to its robust resistance to oxidation, ensuring durability and longevity in harsh conditions.
Additionally, 304L stainless steel wire exhibits superb formability and weldability, allowing for easy fabrication into intricate shapes and structures. Its low carbon content minimizes the risk of sensitization and subsequent intergranular corrosion, making it suitable for applications where exposure to high temperatures is inevitable.
302 Stainless Steel Wire
302 stainless steel wire is known for its exceptional corrosion resistance, making it a favored choice in numerous industrial and commercial applications. This alloy boasts excellent strength and durability, coupled with high ductility, making it suitable for intricate wire forming processes. With its resistance to oxidation and abrasion, 302 stainless steel wire maintains its integrity even in harsh environments, including those with exposure to chemicals and high temperatures.
Nickel 200 Wire
Nickel 200 wire, recognized for its exceptional properties, stands as a quintessential material in various industrial applications. Renowned for its high resistance to corrosion and oxidation, Nickel 200 wire serves as an ideal choice for environments demanding durability and longevity. Its impressive thermal and electrical conductivity make it indispensable in electronics and heating elements. Furthermore, Nickel 200 wire boasts remarkable ductility and toughness, facilitating ease of fabrication and manipulation into desired shapes. Its ability to withstand high temperatures without undergoing significant changes in its properties renders it invaluable in the aerospace and chemical processing industries.
With its superior mechanical strength and resistance to a wide array of chemicals, Nickel 200 wire stands as a reliable solution for critical applications where reliability and performance are paramount.
Nickel 205 Wire
Nickel 205 wire exhibits several notable properties that make it valuable for various industrial applications. With its high purity level, typically above 99.9%, Nickel 205 wire offers exceptional corrosion resistance, making it ideal for use in harsh environments, such as chemical processing plants and marine applications.
Its high melting point, at around 1,453°C (2,647°F), ensures stability even under extreme temperatures, enhancing its suitability for aerospace and automotive industries where heat resistance is crucial. Additionally, Nickel 205 wire demonstrates excellent electrical conductivity, making it a preferred material for electrical heating elements and electronic components.
Monel 400 Wire
Monel 400 wire possesses a unique set of properties that make it highly sought after in various industries. This alloy, primarily composed of nickel and copper, exhibits exceptional corrosion resistance, particularly in marine environments, where it withstands the effects of saltwater and acidic conditions. Its high strength and toughness enable it to maintain structural integrity under extreme temperatures and pressures, making it suitable for applications in aerospace and chemical processing.
Monel 400 wire also demonstrates excellent electrical conductivity, facilitating its use in electrical and electronic components.
304 Stainless Steel Wire
304 stainless steel wire is made from an alloy of iron, carbon, chromium, and nickel. It is also known as 18/8 stainless steel due to its composition of 18% chromium and 8% nickel. 304 stainless steel wire is the most commonly used grade of stainless steel. Its popularity stems from its excellent corrosion resistance, high ductility, and ease of fabrication. This alloy is non-magnetic in the annealed condition but can become slightly magnetic when cold worked. It is excellent in a wide range of atmospheric environments and many corrosive media, features high tensile strength and good elongation properties, and is easily welded using all standard fusion methods, with or without filler metals. Applications include food processing equipment, chemical containers, heat exchangers, and architectural applications
305 Stainless Steel Wire
305 stainless steel wire is known for its exceptional corrosion resistance, making it highly suitable for applications exposed to harsh environments or corrosive chemicals. This alloy contains chromium and nickel, providing superior resistance to oxidation and scaling at high temperatures, alongside excellent resistance to atmospheric corrosion.
Additionally, 305 stainless steel wire offers good formability and weldability, making it versatile for various fabrication processes. Its moderate strength and ductility make it suitable for applications requiring both strength and flexibility, such as in wire forming, springs, and fasteners.
316 Stainless Steel Wire
316 stainless steel wire offers enhanced corrosion resistance compared to 304 due to its higher nickel content and the addition of molybdenum (2-3%). This makes it particularly effective in environments exposed to salt water or corrosive chemicals. The properties making 316 stainless steel wire attractive include:
- Corrosion resistance: Superior resistance to pitting and crevice corrosion, especially in chloride environments.
- Temperature resistance: Maintains strength and toughness at both high and low temperatures.
- Fabrication: easily welded and processed by standard shop fabrication practices.
Applications for 316 stainless steel wire include marine environments, pharmaceutical and chemical manufacturing, industrial and commercial equipment, and even medical implants.
321 Stainless Steel Wire
321 stainless steel wire is renowned for its exceptional properties, making it a preferred choice in various industries. Characterized by its high resistance to corrosion, particularly against acidic environments, it offers excellent durability and longevity.
This grade of stainless steel wire also boasts impressive heat resistance, remaining stable even at elevated temperatures up to 900°C (1652°F). Furthermore, its superior weldability and formability make it suitable for a wide range of applications, including aerospace, automotive, and chemical processing.
304V Stainless Steel Wire
304V stainless steel wire is a high-quality material known for its exceptional mechanical properties and corrosion resistance. Composed primarily of chromium and nickel, it exhibits excellent strength, ductility, and toughness, making it suitable for a wide range of applications.
Its unique “V” designation indicates that it undergoes a special cold-working process, which enhances its tensile strength and spring characteristics. This makes 304V stainless steel wire particularly well-suited for applications requiring precision and reliability, such as medical devices, orthodontic appliances, and various industrial components.
Inconel 600 Wire
Inconel 600 is a nickel-chromium alloy known for its excellent oxidation and corrosion resistance at high temperatures. It is highly durable, retaining its strength and oxidation resistance up to 2150°F. Inconel 600 is also effective against many corrosive environments, particularly those containing chlorides and sulfides. This alloy is also known for its high resistance to stress-corrosion cracking and pitting. All of these properties make Inconel 600 suitable for extreme environments. Applications include aerospace and jet engine components, chemical processing and heat treatment equipment, nuclear reactors, and heat exchangers and furnaces.
Inconel 601 Wire
Inconel 601 wire boasts a plethora of remarkable properties, making it a highly sought-after material in various industries. Known for its exceptional resistance to high-temperature oxidation and corrosion, it thrives in environments featuring extreme heat and harsh chemical conditions. This nickel-chromium alloy exhibits superb mechanical strength and retains its structural integrity even under prolonged exposure to elevated temperatures.
Moreover, its resistance to carburization and nitriding further enhances its durability in challenging environments. Inconel 601 wire also demonstrates excellent weldability, facilitating easy fabrication and assembly processes. Its combination of high performance and reliability makes it indispensable for applications such as aerospace components, furnace fixtures, and chemical processing equipment.
Whether it’s wire for aerospace, medical devices, automotive components, or industrial machinery, Brookfield Wire delivers products engineered to meet stringent performance requirements. With a reputation for reliability and expertise in customization, we work closely with clients to develop tailored solutions that perfectly match their specifications and exceed expectations. With Brookfield Wire, customers can trust in the excellence of their wire products and the reliability of our service.