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Stainless Steel Wire
Who draws wire in this alloy, and can they hold my diameter and finish?
What it is
Small diameter drawn product supplied in coil or on spools. Used for fasteners, springs, welding filler and additive manufacturing feedstock.
- Typical dimensions
- Roughly 0.010 to 0.5 inch diameter.
- Also known as
- coil wire, welding wire, filler wire, spooled wire
Suppliers
Grouped by what they actually are. A mill and a distributor answer different needs.
Mills and producers 7
Companies that manufacture this form. Mill direct means longer lead times and mill minimums, with full melt traceability.
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Carpenter Technology Corporation ReportedUS melted
Specialty long products including the precipitation hardening grades.
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Electralloy VerifiedUS melted
Weld wire, which matters because filler metal has to match the base grade and be traceable.
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Elgiloy Specialty Metals VerifiedAS9100NADCAP Materials Testing Laboratories
Wire from the Sycamore, Illinois wire division.
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Fort Wayne Metals Reportedsource
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Loos & Co., Inc. VerifiedAS9100
Stainless steel aircraft cable, strand and safety lock wire, QPL qualified across the military specifications listed. Both Pomfret CT and Milton FL are AS9100 certified.
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North American Stainless VerifiedUS melted
Wire rod within the long product range. MELT ORIGIN re-confirmed 2026-07-30 and corroborated rather than superseded: this is an integrated domestic producer that melts its own material. It remains a per-heat question regardless. DFARS 252.225-7009 status is settled on the mill certificate for the specific heat, not by the company record.
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Universal Stainless & Alloy Products VerifiedUS melted
The Dunkirk, New York facility produces finished bar, rod and wire for service centers and OEMs. Finished bar, rod and wire from the Dunkirk, New York facility. Re-confirmed 2026-07-30 and corroborated by the melt routes established this pass: AOD, ESR and VAR at Bridgeville and VIM plus ESR or VAR at North Jackson. Those are different cleanliness levels, not synonyms. An aerospace specification usually names the one it requires, so ask for the route as well as the origin.
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