Wire forms have extensive applications for both the household and the general fields of work. While it is true that wire forms can be found in nearly every industry, can be almost any shape or size, and can be manufactured from a range of materials there are a few common applications and shapes that wire forms take.
Spring Hinge
Spring hinges are common wire form applications that can be manufactured in a variety of sizes, typically from round or flat stock wire. These hinges are used in door handles to bring the knob or handle back to center after it has been turned. A spring with legs that face in opposite directions, when pressure is applied to one side of the hinge the other side brings the whole apparatus back to center.
Battery Contacts
One of the most common applications for wire forms is battery contacts. While installing batteries, you must have noticed the spring-like holder which is fitted into one end of the battery holding space. This piece of wire form ensures that the battery is fixed firmly in place and ensures a strong flow of current from the battery and through itself.
Battery contacts consist of a spiral spring with a leg that can later be welded onto a base. Typically, this type of application involves nickel material either as platting or as a base material and tends to use wire between 10,000 and 40,000s.
Mousetraps and Safety Pins
Wire forms can also be found in some of the most common household items like safety pins and mouse traps. The front, wire, portion of a mousetrap is an example of a common, simple wire form. Safety pins are also wire forms.
The standard safety pin shape, however, is not only created with small wires for household use. The same basic shape is often made with larger gauge wire for industrial or agricultural applications. The larger wire form can then be fitted through two holes, just like a smaller safety pin, to link two objects together. Sometimes these larger pins are even used to connect things like tractors to another piece of equipment.
Large Wire Applications
One of the most common larger wire applications is wire handles. These handles can be made, typically, with wire sizes upwards of 200,000s and are designed to slip into a hole at either end with a shaped handle above for carrying.
Another common application is wire springs for door handles. We can produce these for either left or right door openings in both round and square wire.
Light Fixtures
Light fixture wires are also common wire forms. Designed to hold a lighting fixture in a ceiling, these wire forms are simple to make but typically require extra packaging.
Additionally, many types of devices which require some form of light but strong support make use of wire forms, including headsets and computer brace components.
Electrical Applications
Due to their strength and conductive capacity, wire forms are also a staple of the electrical industry. They are used as clips and holders to keep the devices in place and prevent them from falling out. Antennas are also a form of a wire that is bent into the desired shape and placed on top of receivers.
It is very common for tin-plated copper to be bent into clips that are used to hold equipment and electrical wires in place in electrical applications. This basic design can also be manufactured as an antenna that clips directly onto the chipboard.
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Acme Wire Products has designed, recommended, and manufactured custom wire components for customers in many diverse markets. We offer the benefit of our almost 50 years of experience in the manufacture of parts for hardware, medical & lab equipment, cable management, sporting goods, firearms, furniture, guarding, HVAC, pharmaceutical, automotive, optical, and food service, and processing industries.
Acme Wire’s designers work with our customers to create a wire component that will provide the greatest functional value. The design of wire products such as levers, handles, supports, rings, guards, baskets, trays, grids, frames, and shelves is limited only by one’s imagination (and the limitations of technology).
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