Wire Grids
A wire grid, also referred to as a wire grid panel, is a framework of crisscrossed horizontal and vertical wires. Wire grids are very similar to both metal gratings and wire mesh; however, they are on a much larger scale than wire mesh and are formed from wire rather than metal bars as is typical with grating. Read More…

Leading Manufacturers
Acme Wire Products Company, Incorporated
Mystic, CT | 800-723-7015Acme Wire Products provides close tolerance wire fabrications using steel and stainless steel. Customized applications include a wide range of wire forms for many different applications. Acme works with wire from .050 to .500 diameter.

All-Rite Spring Company
Spring Grove, IL | 815-675-1350All-Rite Spring Company serves a diversity of industries with an extensive catalog of springs & wireforms. We design & manufacture high quality, precision compression, extension, torsion, double torsion, spiral, and clock (flat spiral torsion) springs. A vast range of alloys, sizes & geometries. Same day shipping of new parts!

Coiling Technologies, Inc.
Houston, TX | 713-849-4000At Coiling Technologies we custom manufacture these wire forms in either wire or a bar, depending on your project’s needs. We will create high-quality prototypes so we can quickly get your approval and fulfill your project’s requirements. Our automated processes allow us to create the forms with your precise specifications, as well as the ability to repeat those results every time.

General Wire & Stamping Co., Inc.
Randolph, NJ | 800-562-0237General Wire & Stamping is a manufacturer of strip and wire specialties, including medical wire forms, shaped wire components, grooved pins, wire goods, notched configurations, staples and subcomponent assemblies. Since the 1940’s, we have produced precision wire forming using fourslide systems.

Gifford Spring Company
Garland, TX | 888-213-7231Gifford Spring manufactures spring and wire form products, including flat springs and custom wire forms. Our versatile capabilities allow us to provide you with one spring or millions of custom wire forms. Torsion bars, levers, clips and snap rings are examples of our products. Our high quality products and customer service have made us an award-winning industry leader.

R & L Spring Company
Lake Geneva, WI | 262-249-7854R&L Spring Company manufactures custom spring and wire formed components for industries such as powersports, automotive, medical devices, and general industrial. Products include compression, extension, and torsion springs, as well as rings, wire forms, fourslide components, and long coils. Wire diameters available from .001" to .750" in both shaped wires and flat stocks. Their experienced team is able to meet the most demanding parts specifications. IATF16949 and ISO9001 certified.

Crawford Manufacturing
Baltic, OH | 330-897-1060Crawford Manufacturing is a specialized manufacturer of wire forms, flat springs, slide parts, coil springs and recoil springs. Our capabilities extend to a wide variety of metals. We are a quality, fair-priced, knowledgeable manufacturer with over 30 years of experience.

Suhm Spring Works
Houston, TX | 800-338-6903For over 130 years, Shum Spring has been manufacturing high-quality wire forms. Our expert team works alongside our customers to ensure that their needs are met. So call our family-owned business today, where customer satisfaction is our number one priority.

Apex Spring & Stamping Corporation
Grand Rapids, MI | 616-453-5463Apex Spring & Stamping is a certified minority owned company that manufacturers springs, stampings, wire forms, clips, and fasteners. Our core industries include automotive, office furniture, medical, recreational, consumer goods, and appliances. We also specialize in value added assembly and prototyping. Our engineering team will ensure your part is both functional and cost-effective. IATF 16949 Certified.

Wire grids are useful for a wide range of applications, in industries such as retail, residential, industrial manufacturing and entertainment.
Specific applications of wire grids include point of purchase (POP) displays, lawn and garden accessories, machine guards, shelving and overhead storage systems, walking surfaces that allow safe access to lighting in theaters, wire grid polarizers and wire grid resistors.
Wire grid polarizers are the simplest form of absorptive polarizer, meaning that the grid produces polarized light because of unwanted polarization states that it absorbed during the polarization process. Wire grid resistors are electrical devices that limit current within a circuit. Also referred to as wire-wound resistors, wire grid resistors are used in high-current industrial applications.
Wire grids can be fabricated through a couple of different wire forming processes. One of the more common methods would be through the use of a solid metal frame, which can be a number of different shapes including square, rectangular and trapezoidal. To form the wire grid, metal wire is woven onto the frame in an over and under pattern in order to create a grid that is very similar in style to wire mesh. Another method of fabricating wire grid is through the use of various welding techniques.
There are two main types of welding used are types of spot welding: metal inert gas (MIG) and tungsten inert gas (TIG). The MIG welding process involves the use of electricity from a continuous wire feed in order to melt and join pieces of wire together, while utilizing an inert gas to ensure that the weld is protected from any contamination.
The TIG welding process is similar, but more complex. This process involves the use of a non-consumable electrode formed from tungsten, a shielding inert gas and, at times, a filler material. Some advantages of TIG welding include a stable arc and exceptional weld, while disadvantages are the requirement of significant operator skill and the low speeds of the process. A welded wire grid is much more like a grating, and typically offers a fairly large improvement in strength over woven wire grids.