Stainless Steel Wire for Dummies: Product Guide
At Western Steel & Wire, we supply two types of stainless steel wire: Stainless Steel Spring Wire and Stainless Steel Annealed Wire. Download our Stainless Steel Product Guide. Stainless Steel...
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Things to Know When Buying from Western Steel & Wire
When buying products, whether you are buying them for personal use or a business, there are some things you should know before you buy. Quality, Price and Trust First, consider quality. Western...
Ecommerce or Bust? Part 1: An Introduction
How should wire suppliers balance ecommerce to give customers the best support, options, and incredible buying experience they deserve?
End Grinding a Straight Edge
This is one of our smaller centerless grinders, a Royal Master that we use for grinding wire from .125" to .030" in diameter. In this particular case we are end grinding and removing 15% of material, ...
Centerless Grinding for Immediate Need of Out of Stock Material
With in-house centerless grinding, Western Steel & Wire can maintain short turnaround times on wire with custom length and diameters.
3 Methods of Centerless Grinding
Learn about the 3 methods of centerless grinding: Thru-feed, End-feed, In-feed along with their various applications and results
Rockwell vs. Tensile Strength
We get asked a lot what is the Rockwell for our wire. Material specifications only callout Tensile Strength not Rockwell. Fortunately there are tables that convert the Tensile Strength to Rockwell lik...
Changing Demand: A Glimpse at a U.S. Manufacturing Revival
Changes in demand give US Manufacturing business opportunity to improve domestic supply chain and drive industry growth.
Centerless Grinding for Tight Tolerances or Improved Surface Finish
All wire that we supply meets a specific ASTM standard based on the material. Within these specifications, there are callouts for diameter tolerances. These tolerances are specific to the size of the ...
Cylindrical Wire Grinding (Including Centerless Grinding)
Where precision, speed, & reliability are of high importance, the right wire grinding method is crucial to customer satisfaction.
Helpful Wire Tips
Two Types of Wire Gauge Charts The Steel Wire Gauge (SWG) chart is used for most steel wire whereas the American Wire Gauge (AWG) chart is commonly used for other than steel wire, such as copper, b...
Wire Spooling
This video shows our spooling machine. This machine can spool, 1 lb. up to 25 lbs., using #14 (.080) to #25 (.0204") of soft wire. In this particular case, we are spooling #16 Black Annealed wire, 20 ...