Three entry points

Sample, trial, then production.

There is no container minimum. We would rather draw a small lot and let you test it than ask you to commit before you have seen the wire.

Sample - 100 g, supplied at cost

A 100 g sample is supplied at cost: you pay for the wire and the freight. Enough to wind a test coil, build a probe or run a trial joint, and every sample is drawn from the same lines as production.

Trial order - from 5 kg

Priced at production rates, so the trial tells you what the real part will cost as well as how it behaves. Same lead time as production: 3 to 7 days on standard specifications.

Production - quantity pricing

Once the specification is fixed in writing, production quantities are quoted against grade and quantity. The specification agreed at sample stage is the specification that ships.

What comes with a sample

You should not have to spend money finding out what you were sent.

A sample is only useful if you can trust the label on it. Every sample leaves with the same identification as a production batch, so what you test on the bench is what you can order.

Grade and designation, exactly as quoted
Diameter and the tolerance window applied
Temper condition (M / Y2 / Y)
Batch number, traceable to the retained sample
Measured resistance per unit length on request
Material test certificate on request, at sample stage

Why the sample is charged. A sample is a test, not a stock position. The 100 g sample is supplied at cost - you pay for the wire and the freight - and it is drawn from the same lines as a production order, so what you test on the bench is what you can buy. Keep it small and it stays fast.

Metal samples retained for inspection — Retained samples are kept against the batch number.

What the wire looks like

Fine wire, on the spool, with its label.

Two finished spools, and the labels that travel with them. The printed label on one spool records 0.018 mm; the red handwritten label on the next records 0.025 mm - the same NiCr20AlSi grade at two drawn sizes, each identified on its own spool.

Two white-flanged spools of bright drawn alloy wire on a wooden bench, the spool on the left bare and the spool on the right still wrapped in clear film — Two spools of fine alloy wire as they leave the plant — bare on the left, still in its protective wrap on the right.

Two white-flanged spools of NiCr20AlSi wire on a wooden bench. The printed label on the left spool reads certification, NiCr20AlSi wires, 0.018 mm diameter, 5174 ohm per metre, gross weight 0.053 kg, net weight 0.007 kg, date 220615, checker 02. The red handwritten label on the right spool reads 0.025 mm and 2206 ohm per metre. — Two spools of the same NiCr20AlSi grade, side by side: the printed label on the left records ⌀ 0.018 mm, 5174 Ω/m and the date 220615; the red handwritten label on the right records Φ 0.025 and 2206 Ω/m. These are mill spool labels, not certificates — measured values are confirmed on the inspection report issued with each shipment.

Toll drawing

If you already hold the metal, send it.

Toll drawing is the alternative to buying our wire: you supply the rod or wire, we draw, anneal and test it to your specification and return the finished wire with its material certificate. You keep control of where the metal came from - we take responsibility for what it measures when it leaves the plant.

What you sendRod or wire with a known composition and provenance

What we doDraw, anneal to temper, inspect and test to your specification

What you get backFinished wire with a material certificate and a retained sample

Charged asConversion fee - the metal cost is yours, not ours

Drawing capability Ask about toll drawing

Lead time

What actually drives the 3 to 7 day range.

Situation	Lead time	What drives it
Standard specification, stock grade	3 - 7 days	Batch queue
Harder temper	Longer end of the range	More draw passes
Third-party test report required	Adds time	An external testing step, not paperwork
Non-standard diameter or special section	7 - 15 days	Feasibility check, then a small trial before the production run

Tell us the date your line needs the wire and we will confirm what is achievable before you place the order - not after.

Next step

Send the grade, diameter, temper and quantity.

Tell us what the wire has to do and the date your line needs it. We come back with a confirmed lead time, the achievable tolerance and the documents we can issue. Sample 100 g at cost; orders from 1 kg; production pricing from 5 kg.

Request a Quotation Samples & trial orders

Start with a 100 g sample - then trial, then production.