What Is Wire Guide
Wire guide is kind of wire tools widely used in wires and cables industry. Being set on stranding machines, the wire guide can strand several thin wires to become a thick one. Hardness and abrasive resistance of a wire guide is crucial to ensure a long service time.
Wire Guides in Different Shapes
There are always different shapes of HG wire guides to match with different machines.
Wire Guides with Big EntranceThis kind of wire guides are used for big sizes cables to ensure smooth entering of wires.
Cylindrical Wire GuidesThis it the most commonly used wire guides in wire and cable production.
Conical Wire GuidesThere is an angle outside the wire guide to make it work well with the stranding machine.
Wire Guides for Different Wires
Wire guides’ specifications should be designed according to the wires they will be used to.
Wire Guides for Soft WiresWire guides for sot wire, usually cooper or aluminium wires should have exact diameters.
Wire Guides for Hard WiresHard wires require wire guides made by high abrasive resistant tungsten carbide.
Wire Guides for Galvanized WiresThis wire guides must have big entrance and well blended reduction to avoid scratching the coating on wire surface.
High Abrasive Resistance
Always contacting many wires with a wide area, the wire guides must be abrasive enough. In order to supply abrasive wire guides to you, HG always select correct brand of tungsten carbides with high abrasive resistance according to wires the wire guides will be used to.
Well Blended Inner Geometry
Entrance of a wire guide should be big for wires entering. Then the entrance and reduction parts must be well blended to make the wires go through the guides smoothly. We make the radius between entrance and reduction correct to avoid any scratching on your wires.
High Polishing
Polishing degree of a wire die decide mostly the wires’ surface. HG wire guides are always highly polished like mirror in inner geometry. In this case, the wires can go through the guides successfully and your wires/ cables’ surface finish will also be satisfactory.
Customized Wire Guides
There are always many shapes and sizes of wire guides to work on all kinds for machines. You can get the wire guides made by your designated brand of tungsten carbide and drawings. Most of your reasonable opinions can be realized in HG.
The mainly used wire guides in market is made by tungsten carbide. If you want to make them in other materials, we can have a try.
We usually use the brand customers want. If you do not have the brand, we can recommend one for your reference.
The tungsten carbide supplier have MOQ for us so we also fix MOQ according to the wire guides’ sizes.
Yes. The quantity is bigger, the raw materials’ price is lower, the final price is better.
We have stably cooperated suppliers in China. You can also recommend your preferred supplier.
In order to avoid any damage on the way, we always choose solid boxes with individual cells to pack the wire guides. Then pack the boxes into a big carton.