Wire Ends and Interior Geometries
Wire Ends
Machine Cut End
Wire ends can be cut straight with miniscule burrs or be clean cut without burrs. The finished wire can be quill or angle cut with a single angle or an angle on both sides of the end.
Chamfered End
Chamfered ends have a smooth flat slope around the end to remove sharp edges.
Winging
Winging or swaging cut is accomplished by placing the end of the wire in a die that creates a wing shape on the end of the wire.
Pierced Swaging
With pierced swaging, the wire is cut to give it a swaging shape and a hole is cut in the center of the swaging.
Custom Shaped Hole
With custom shaped holes, a hole is cut in the end of the wire after the wire has been trimmed by a die that punctures the wire to form the hole.
Chisel Point & Turned End
In this process, dies form a jagged end by cutting the wire on a diagonal.
Ball End
A lathe shapes the end of the wire into the form of a ball.
Groove
As with the process of forming a ball end, in the groove end process, a groove is cut in the end of the wire.
Cold Heading
In cold heading, the wire is subjected to multiple blows to flatten or round the end, which can result in button, carriage, or collar headings.
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