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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.

  • Philadelphia, PA · Mill
    US melted

    Specialty long products including the precipitation hardening grades.

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  • Electralloy Verified
    Oil City, PA · Mill
    US melted

    Weld wire, which matters because filler metal has to match the base grade and be traceable.

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  • Elgin, IL · Converter
    AS9100NADCAP Materials Testing Laboratories

    Wire from the Sycamore, Illinois wire division.

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  • Fort Wayne, IN · Converter
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  • Loos & Co., Inc. Verified
    Pomfret, CT · Converter
    AS9100

    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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  • Ghent, KY · Mill
    US 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 MELT ORIGIN re-confirmed 2026-07-30 and corroborated rather than superseded: this is an integrated domestic producer that melts its own material.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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  • Bridgeville, PA · Mill
    US 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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