Fort Wayne Metals Research

We use their nitinol wire on a daily basis and rely on their consistency and quality. They may not be as nimble and speedy as we'd like, but they deliver excellent quality and are willing to work with us on all issues and R&D projects. The best in the way of nitinol wire in my opinion.

Strengths: Excellent quality

Needs to improve: Not speedy

Our company did use Fort Wayne for stainless steel on many of our projects. They are a good source for wire supply. They have good sale personal to work with when we ordered wires with different temper and hardness. They are knowledgeable and provide good advise on material section and wire hardness.

Strengths: -customer service
- wide selection

Needs to improve: no weaknesses

I have purchased Nitinol and stainless steel wire in a wide variety of sizes and shapes from Fort Wayne. It has always been top quality. I have also made several purchases of their DFT wire (Niti over Pt core) to great effect. Highly recommended for quality of product and service.

Strengths: Wire in its many forms

Needs to improve: None

raw materials and tubing

Strengths: reliable source for raw material metals for our consumer electronics manufacturing. The products are of high quality and very durable. The customer service department is also very knowledgeable and courteous. One thing that may cause an issue is the minimum spend you need to get certain items, which can hinder small businesses.

Needs to improve: non

I have use Fort Wayne for stainless steel on my projects. They are a good source for wire supply. They have good sale personal to work with when I ordered wires with different temper and hardness. They are knowledgeable and provide good advise on material section and wire hardness.

Strengths: Wire

Needs to improve: None

FWM are experts in stainless steel and nitinol wire. They are my first stop for anything mildly challenging (complicated cross-sections, drawn filled tube, small diameters, etc.) FWM has consistently helped guide my application and then provided high quality wire over and over again. Highly recommended.

Strengths: Metal Wire

Needs to improve: None

Fort Wayne offers wire from a large selection off materials as well as extensive wire processing capabilities. They have provided a number of custom drawn stainless wires for my projects. All custom jobs have been delivered on time

Strengths: Leaders in wire and wire processing

Needs to improve: None

wide selection, very good customer service

Strengths: They are a good source for wire supply. They have good sale personal to work with when I ordered wires with different temper and hardness. They are knowledgeable and provide good advise on material section and wire hardness

Needs to improve: non

Fort Wayne is good source for Nitinol Wire, SS Wire and Braided Cables. They can provide you nitinol wire in a range of Af's and formulations. Their fine wire braided cables are extremely flexible yet strong.

Strengths: Nitinol and SS wire

Needs to improve: None

Forty Wayne wires have great strength and tolerance. They are awesome in keeping and maintaining consistency over quality products. Large orders are cheap but small orders are costly.

Strengths: great variety and knowledge about wires

Needs to improve: price

When ordering from FW, you can trust that the product you receive will meet specifications with minimal lot to lot variation. However, their lead times can be extremely long depending on tolerances and quantity.

Strengths: NiTi, SS Tubing

Needs to improve: Lead times

Consistently order various nitinol, stainless and platinum wires from them. Expect a long lead time, but in the end, you will get exactly what you ordered. Very high in quality.

Strengths: Consistent product from lot to lot

Needs to improve: long lead times

FWM has been around a long time and that experience translates into great products. Their custom wire drawing services are excellent and always on time. FWM is my first choice for custom wire!

Strengths: Tons of experience

Needs to improve: none

We get our Nitinol wire from FW they can extrude wire all the way down to .0005 diameter. Crazy small and great folks to work with.

Strengths: Customer service, Technical support, Custom orders

Needs to improve: None

Offers standard metals commonly used in medical devices; Company strives for continuous improvement; Good vendor to talk to if you're starting a blue sky project

Strengths: Surgical and medical wire

Needs to improve: None so far

FWM makes some excellent products. I regularly use nitinol wire supplied by fort wayne. their quality is exceptional. Plan accordingly for custom products for lead times.

Strengths: quality products, various materials

Needs to improve: lead times

They have a large selection of wires and wire processing. Their custom wire service is great and delivers on time.

Strengths: great quality in wires, good customer service

Needs to improve: some wires are pricey

We use fort wayne metas research at work their a great company for metals!

Strengths: The have great metals that last!

Needs to improve: Ive found no weaknesses with fort wayne metals research

We used Nitinol wire and Nitinol filled tube on our project very good quality I have to say.

Strengths: Very Good quality Nitinol wire and Nitinol filled tube.

Needs to improve: none

We use them to purchase raw-materials and custom metal designs for our medical devices. They also have great deals and good prices.

Strengths: product quality and selection

Needs to improve: none