Description

Soft galvanized wire's softness isn't inherent; it's achieved through an annealing process. This involves heating the hardened wire at 600-800°C and then slowly cooling it. This process rearranges the metal grains within the wire, eliminating internal stress and reducing hardness while increasing ductility.

Why should you choose soft galvanized wire?

Before purchasing, be sure to align your needs with the application:

Hand Bundling: We require wire that bends easily without springback.

Agricultural Applications: Whether used at home or in the garden, when bundling fruit tree branches, soft galvanized wire can be easily looped and knotted, conforming to the plant stems without constriction, and resisting springback, thus preventing injuries to workers.

Packaging: For bundling cardboard and wooden boxes, it can bend to the contours of the packaging, saving time and effort for small-batch packaging.

Temporary Fixing: For securing pipes and wires, no additional tools are required, and repeated bending will not break.

Crafts: It can be bent into complex curves to suit your needs, retaining its shape without springback, eliminating the need for fixing.

Low-Damage Requirements: If you need to protect the object being tied, choose soft galvanized wire.

Pitfalls that are easy to encounter during use

While soft galvanized wire offers many advantages, users can also encounter numerous pitfalls during use, primarily due to overreliance on its "softness" and perceived bias:

Insufficient load-bearing capacity

Soft galvanized wire has low tensile strength and is not recommended for heavy binding, but only for light-duty binding.

Susceptible to rust in humid environments

Soft galvanized wire is often produced using an electrogalvanizing process, which reduces adhesion after annealing. Therefore, it is prone to rust in high-humidity environments.

Greasy surface stains

A small amount of cooling oil remains on the surface during annealing, affecting the feel during handling and causing poor adhesion during subsequent processing such as painting and gluing.

Factors that contribute to price differences

The price of soft galvanized wire varies among manufacturers, primarily considering the following factors:

Raw Material Selection

High-quality raw materials combined with sophisticated production processes result in high-quality products, naturally leading to higher prices.

Market Positioning

Targeting the high-end market, through quality control and after-sales service, will increase wire prices.

Specifications

The price of soft galvanized wire varies depending on the wire diameter. Generally, finer wire diameters are more difficult to produce and therefore more expensive.

Regional Factors

Labor and transportation costs vary across regions, directly impacting price.