Your First Choice for Stainless Steel Manufacturer in China
Stainless steel wire rod is an upstream feedstock for wire drawing and cold heading fasteners. Commonly downstream route is stainless steel wire, such as spring, welding, braiding, and these can also be strung into wire rope. SparkX provides stainless steel wire rod standard diameters of 5.5-16mm, and the maximum diameter is 20mm. After HRAP, pickled can be chosen with or without a protective coating and built as stable coils for clean payoff. We have ISO 9001, IATF 16949, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, and ISO 50001, so we always control surface quality to ensure no overlaps or seams, low decarburization rate, and precise chemical composition. So we can customize according to your desired cold heading, springing, and welding processes. All stainless steel wire rods are delivered with EN10204 3.1 and fully traceable.
Multiple Options of Stainless Steel Wire Rod
If you have any other needs or require customization, please feel free to contact us.
High strength wire rod suitable for drawing into spring and cold forming wire, maintain stable tensile response after heavy reduction.
Containing molybdenum wire rod suitable for drawing into corrosion resistant wire, 316L can support clean weld and consistent processing.
Ferritic wire rod has magnetic properties and good oxidation resistance, very economical for common drawing processes.
High strength martensitic wire rod suitable for high requirement drawn products, has good hardenability and better corrosion resistance than 410.
Duplex stainless wire combines high strength and excellent resistance to pitting corrosion, ideal raw material for steel wire in chloride environments.
Typical Routes of Stainless Steel Wire Rod
Hot rolled coils are pickled and oiled or shot descaled if needed and to have a clean, low-scale surface for drawing. Annealed (solution or soft anneal) is used to improve drawbility and cold heading. Peeled and turned can remove surface defects for critical applications or cut to length bars. We control scale, laps, seams, low decarb, and keep coil inner diameter, outer diameter, and tie points consistent for smooth payoff, reducing stainless steel wire rod breaks and die scoring.
Some Grades and Applications of Stainless Steel Wire Rod
302, 304/304L are commonly used for general drawing, spring wire, mesh/rope wire feedstock, and the work hardening curve is stable, resulting in fewer wire breakages and higher drawing speeds. 302HQ, 304CU, and 305 are used for screws, nuts, and fittings, SparkX-controlled Cu/Ni windows, and improve thread rolling output and reduce cracking. If your application needs very high corrosion resistance, such as marine, food, or medical, you should choose 316/316L. 430 is always used for weaving, brushes, and decorative wires. Our ferrite 430 not only meets magnetic requirements and offers great value for money. So if you need it, SparkX is definitely your first choice. The other grades, like 410, 420, 431, these martensitic used for hardenable shafts and fasteners, 17-7PH and 2205 are usually used for high-strength spring and rope strands.
Dimensions & Standards
Diameters:5.5-20mm
Coil weight/geometry: typical 1.6-2.2t, inner diameter 850-900mm, outer diameter 1100-130mm
Standards: EN 10088-3, ASTM A276/A479 + A484 (long-product general), GB/T 1220, ASTM A580/A313, EN 10270-3 (spring wire).
SparkX stable coils and controlled surface properties enable higher drawing speeds, reduce die changes, and lower breakage rates. So it directly improves OEE and reduces your total cost.
Process route and grade are always the most important part of stainless steel wire rod, such as 2205 is the most expensive grade, and 201 is the cheapest grade. Certainly process and grade depend on your application, so you don’t need to choose the most expensive one; just choose the most suitable one. The other, like diameter band, coil weight, packing, and QA scope(3.1 vs +PMI/+decarb/+trial-draw) are also depend on price.
Yes, we will ship the rod, pilot wire, and rope assemblies together that come from the same heat and with MBL/proof load reports.
Commonly eye-to-the-sky or eye-to-the-side coils on fumigation free pallets, and rust preventive oil or clean oiled. Inner use PE film and you can choose VCI rust-proof bags according to your requirements and the outer use waterproof woven or kraft wrap. And edge protectors, 3-4 circumferential steel straps, 2-3through bore straps both included. The tag is always with heat, grade, size, weight and EN 10204 3.1. The container has straps and corner protectors for sea transport.
