Pacific Wire Products, Inc.

United States

Designing welded wire forms and welded wire products, which retain their integrity in normal use, is not particularly difficult, but it can be quite different for the designer or product engineer who does not work frequently with wire forms and wire forming problems. The selection of the proper wire material classification, tolerances, surface finish, wire size, bend radii and the “finishing of wire products” is of utmost importance prior to starting a new wire form design.

Working with metal tube stock, we can fabricate and finish just about any configuration you can design: circles, ovals, offset bends, multi-bend framing, and various other metal tubing combinations. The selection of the proper material classification, tolerances, surface finish, tube size, bend radii and the “finishing of tube products” is of utmost importance prior to starting a new design.

The open frame construction, which characterizes skeletonized metal wire shapes, has been used to advantage in designing hybrid welded sheet metal-wire products type chassis. Improved air circulation to dissipate heat; open visibility for quick inspection, testing and service reduced weight and excellent rigidity are several of the advantage gained when doing this type of design. When a hybrid chassis is made of steel wire its cost is significantly less than its sheet metal counterpart because structural material is used only where it is needed and is economically and effectively joined by electric resistance welding. The selection of the proper material classification, tolerances, surface finish, wire size, bend radii and the “finishing of wire products” is of utmost importance prior to starting a new welded sheet metal wire design.