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Thin Wire Coating

02/02/2007 10:48 AM

I am in need of coating a Nitinol wire that tapers from .012" to .002" over a 3" length with either PTFE or Nylon. The finished product needs to have a consistant O.D. of .013" over the entire 3". Can I do this in one step or do I need to layer maybe with different materials to get the coating to adhere to the very thin wire. Any ideas on how to do this?

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Re: Thin Wire Coating

02/03/2007 1:08 PM

I don't know what kind of wire is that (tapered, so conical from o.d. 0.012" to 0.002" ?).

Difficult job.

You must find a die of 0.013". Find a PTFE varnish ?? (???? God! Don't know) (why PTFE or Nylon? They are prety different. Nylon does not resist heat or chemicals, but PTFE does. Good electric properties could have many others polymers Isn't a polyester or a poliesterimide good enough ? Epoxy ? You could find a varnish for each of these (you have to dilute it, the diameter is very small). Cure after dieing.

Interesting. Maybe if you can let others know the final use of the coated wire ;it will be easier to discuss.

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Re: Thin Wire Coating

02/04/2007 12:58 PM

What tolerance do you need?

Multiple drawings and/or variable drawing rate of the wire from a bath, followed by curing, can do this sort of thing - but it's not trivial. If you only need to make a few, would it be worth depositing a thicker coating and then cooling the wire so that you can machine it to size?

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