Our flat wire is produced by cold rolling either redrawn round wire or rod. Depending on the finish temper or the amount of reduction, an anneal may be required during the flattening process. Some of the advantages of flat wire are tight tolerances, less camber, and a smoother edge.

Our Flat Wire Products come in a variety of Edges such as Square, Natural Round, Full Round or square with a Broken/Chamfered Corner. These edges are produced by cold rolling through a mill or a turks head. Our Flat Wire sizes range from .020 to .750 inches in width and .005 to .187 inches thick and are available in all Alloys. (Plating options also available).

For more information about our Flat Wire Products, please contact: United Wire Company.

EDGES AVAILABLE
SQUARE EDGES
ROUNDED/BROKEN CORNERS
NATURAL ROUNDED EDGES
FULL ROUND EDGES

SMALLEST WIDTH
.020″

LARGEST WIDTH
.750″

EDGE CLASSIFICATIONS

No. 1 Edge
A Smooth, uniform, round or square edge, either slit or filed or slit and edge rolled as specified, width tolerance +- .005″.

strong>No. 2 Edge
A natural round mill edge carried through from the hot rolled band. Has not been slit, filed, or edge rolled. Tolerances not closer than hot-rolled strip limits.

No. 3 Edge
Square, produced by slitting only. Not Filed. Width tolerances close.

No. 4 Edge
A round edge produced by edge rolling either from a natural mill edge or from slit edge strip. Not as perfect as No. 1 Edge. Width tolerances liberal.

No. 5 Edge
An approximately square edge produced by slitting and filing or slitting and rolling to remove burr.

No. 6 Edge
A square edge produced by square edge rolling, generally from square edge hot-rolled occasionally from slit strip. Width tolerances and finish not as exacting as No. 1 Edge.

PLATING OPTIONS
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