Wire Alloy Overview
Integrity Woven Wire uses a wide range of wire cloth materials to meet industrial requirements and your specific application needs. Each type of alloy has its own distinct properties that affect its performance in the particular application.
IWW works primarily with four types of steel; high carbon, low carbon, oil tempered, and stainless. We stock these materials in diameters ranging from 0.020" (24 gauge) through 0.135" (9 gauge).
Standard Alloys
High Carbon Steel
High Carbon hard drawn steel is used when resistance to abrasion and impact is required. High-carbon steel has a high tensile strength, making it ideal for applications that require high-stress resistance.
Oil Tempered Steel
Oil Tempered wire is specially tempered high carbon steel wire to provide greater strength and abrasion resistance.
Similar or better performance to Branded tempered steel products
Low Carbon Steel
Low Carbon steel is frequently used in the manufacture of industrial wire cloth screens due to its tensile strength and impact resistance.
Stainless Steel
With the addition of 11% or more chromium to steel, the alloy becomes non-staining under most conditions that corrode plain steel, thus the term stainless is applied.
Special Order Alloys
Aluminum
5056
Containing magnesium, manganese and chromium, this non-heat treatable alloy is used most often for weaving wire cloth. 5056 contains 5% magnesium providing good corrosion resistance (particularly in marine atmospheres) and greater strength.
Copper
Copper wire mesh is ductile, malleable and has high thermal and electrical conductivity. As a result, it is popularly used as RFI shielding, in Faraday Cages, in roofing, in HVAC and in numerous electrical-based applications.
Brass
High brass (70% copper, 30% zinc) and low brass (80% copper, 20% zinc) have much better abrasion resistance, better corrosion resistance and lower electrical conductivity when compared to copper
Inconel
Inconel wire finds applications in industries such as aerospace, chemical processing, and marine engineering, where exposure to extreme temperatures and corrosive substances is common.