Our resistance fine wire program is the largest on the market and is mainly Kanthal® alloys. Kanthal® is the trademark for resistance and conductive alloys within Alliema and offered in various product forms where wire is one.
We offer a broad selection of CuNi, NiCr, FeCrAl, NiFe and various
thermocouple resistance alloys in sizes from 0,01 mm to 0,82 mm (0.0004” to 0.032”), the right alloy at the right resistance is available from our facility.
Our resistance wire is either drawn to size, or to resistance. Every item is made to order, and built to the specific requirements of your application with close attention to the exacting details of your requirement. The wire is available with or without insulation or coating.
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Type of alloy |
Description |
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Kanthal® and Alkrothal® FeCrAl alloys* |
High-resistivity iron-chromium-aluminum alloys for use up to 1400ºC (2550ºF). |
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Nikrothal® NiCr alloys |
High-resistivity nickel-chromium alloys for use up to 1250ºC (2280ºF). Also available with specific T/C ranges |
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Nifethal® NiFe alloys |
Low-resistivity nickel-iron alloys with high temperature coefficient of resistance for use up to 600ºC (1110ºF). |
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Cuprothal® CuNi alloys |
Medium- and low-resistivity copper-nickel alloys for use up to 600ºC (1110ºF). |
Read more about Kanthal® alloys at the Kanthal website.
Product forms and size range
Round wire
0.010-0.82 mm (0.00039-0.032 inch).
Other sizes are available on request.
Ribbon (flat wire)
Thickness: 0.023-0.8 mm (0.0009-0.031 inch).
Width: 0.038-4 mm (0.0015-0.157 inch).
Width/thickness ratio max 40, depending on alloy and tolerance.
Other sizes are available on request.
Stranded wire
Some resistance heating alloys and pure nickel are available as stranded wire in various configurations such as Bifilar, Trifilar, Quadfilar, twisted pairs, and 1 x 7 construction.
Dimension tolerances
Wire can be supplied to specific tolerance. However, dimension tolerance and resistance tolerance can not be specified simutanelously.
| Wire size mm | Max out of roundness mm |
| 0,05 to <0,10 | 0,0025 |
| 0,10 to <0,20 | 0,005 |
| ≥0,20 | 0,010 |
| Inch | Max out of roundness inch |
| 0,001950 to <0,0039 | 0,000098 |
| 0,0039 to <0,0078 | 0,000195 |
| ≥0,0078 | 0,000390 |
Resistance tolerances
Standard resistance tolerances for wire is a per the following table. Wire can be supplied to closer tolerances upon request.
| Wire size mm | Resistance tolerance % | Wire size inch |
| <0,05 | ±10 | <0,002 |
| 0,05 to 0.127 | ±8 | 0,002 to 0,00429 |
| >0,127 | ±5 | 0,00429 |
Manufacturing tolerance control
| Wire drawing to | ±0,000635 mm | 0,000025 inch |
| Coating thickness | ±0,00127 mm | 0,0005 inch |
| Ribbon wire | ±0,0127 mm | 0,0005 inch |
| Ribbon wire, thickness | ±0,00127 mm | 0,00005 inch |
Standard resistance tolerances for wire is listed in the below table. Wire can be supplied to closer tolerances on request. The data is valid at 20°C (68°F). Special resistance of ± 3% can also be offered. Products can be manufactured in accordance with ATSM B267-90.
| Wire size Ø mm (inch) | Resistance tolerance % |
| <0.127 (0.005) | ±8 |
| >0.127 (0.005) | ±5 |
Delivery forms
Our fine resistance wire can be supplied on spools, in coils, in pail pack or as straighened lengths.
Insulation and coatings
The fine resistance wire program includes a wide range of insulation coatings, bondable coatings and metallic coatings such as electroplating and anodizing. All coatings are available in various colors. Read more about insulations and coatings.
Marking
Each spool/package of wire is supplied with a label or tag showing alloy type, nominal size, tare and net weight, resistance W/m (W/ft), charge number and a reference number.
Capabilities
- Coils
- Stranding
- Stripped and cut to lenghts leads
- Milling (flat wire)
- Elctro plating (Ni and Au)
- Anodizing
- Enamelling
Milling
- Custom rolling mills to manufacture aluminum, copper, copper clad aluminum, precious metals and stainless steel ribbon.
- Thickness of 0,025 mm or less are possible.
- Aspect ratios as high as 40:1.
Electro plating
- Pure gold (99,99%) may be applied with or without nickel substrate on most alloys. Specialty is ultra-fine gold plated copper (0,2 to 0,7 mm (0,008 to 0,027 inch)).
- Other plating materials are available such as nickel, copper and silver.
- Ability to plate square and ribbon wire.
- Ability to gold plate stainless steel, Ni and MP35N wire alloys.
Anodizing
- Anodizing round or flat aluminum wire to create very thing high temperature coating - the thinnest possible electrical insulation available for aluminum wire.
Enameling
- Wide range of insulation coatings and bonds are available.
- Ability to provide a range of colored insulations.
Typical applications by alloy
Iron Chrome Aluminum Alloys (KANTHAL® ALLOYS)
Kanthal® A
- Heaters and heating elements: panel heaters, infrared heaters, warming plates, irons, ceramic pots, in cartridge heaters for liquid heating, storage heaters, in ceramic heaters for cooking plates
- Hobby kilns, radiators, in quartz tube heaters for space heating, toasters, toaster ovens, grills, industrial infrared dryers
- Coils for cooking plates with ceramic hobs
- Freestanding coils for heating (e.g. vaping)
Kanthal® A1
- Heaters and Heating Elements
- High-temperature furnaces
Kanthal® D
- Element wire for dishwashers
- Elements embedded in ceramics for panel heaters, in cartridge elements in metal dies
- In heating cables and rope heaters in defrosting and de-icing elements
- In mica elements used in irons
- Tube heaters for space heating
- Industrial infrared dryers
- Coils for boiling plates
- Isulated coils for panel heaters
- Suspended coil elements for air heaters in laundry dryers
- Music Strings
Nickel Chrome Aluminum Alloys (NIKROTHAL® ALLOYS)
Nikrothal® 40
- Household appliances and other electric heating equipment
- Night-storage heaters, convection heaters, heavy duty rheostats and fan heaters
- Heating cables and rope heaters in defrosting and de-icing elements, electric blankets and pads, car seats, baseboard heaters, floor heaters
- Resistors
Nikrothal® 60
- Household appliances, furnace applications up to high temperatures
- Hot plates, grills, toaster ovens, space heaters
- Suspended coil air heaters used in clothes dryers, fan heaters, hand dryers
Nikrothal® 80
- Flat irons, ironing machines
- Water heaters
- Soldering irons, metal sheathed tubular elements, cartridge elements, etc
- Electronic components where low t/c is not needed
- Resistors, potentiometers
- Detonators
- Igniters
- Bug zappers
Nikrothal® LX
- Temperature stable electronic components
- Resistors with low TC requirements
- High accuracy transducers
- Precisions resistors/controls
RO800
- High value resistors and potentiometers for automotive and consumer electronics
- Testing and automatic control equipment
Copper Nickel Alloys (CUPROTHAL®)
Cuprothal® 49
- Precision resistors, temperature-stable potentiometers
- Industrial rheostats
- Electric motor starter resistances
- Inductors
- Volume controls
- Strain gauges
Cuprothal® 5, 10, 15, and 30
- High current resistors
- Low temp heating cables, electric blankets
- Defrosters
- Fuses, shunts, resistors
- Controllers
- Floor heaters
- Roof heaters
Nickel Iron Alloys (NIFETHAL® ALLOYS)
Nifethal® 36/Nifethal® 52
- Timing devices
- Temperature sensitive resistors
- Temperature compensating devices
- Low temperature heating applications
- Transducers
- Resistors, thermostat bars
- Precision measurement transducers
b. Nifethal® 70
- Self regulating heating elements
- High precision, mil-spec control devices
- Voltage regulators, timing devices
- Temperature sensitive resistors
- Temperature compensating devices
- Low temperature heating applications
Nickel Alloys
RN 6000
- Resistance thermometers
- Temperature sensors (PTC)
- Thermistor leads
- Transducers
- Lead wires etc
Nickel 205
- Lead wires
- Anode grids
- Specialty filters etc
Thermocouple Alloys
Types: N, K, T, E
Tolerances: Standard Limits, or Special Limits
- Temperature Ssensors
- Temperature controllers
- Temperature probes