Gibbs Interwire is the premier supplier of strip and wire products to springmakers in North America, offering eight stocking locations and one sales office across the United States, Canada, and Mexico. In 2021, Gibbs and Interwire joined forces to create one customer-focused company. We want to be your strip and wire partner. Here’s how. Global… [Read More]
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Tensile Strength, Yield Strength, Elongation, & Hardness: Defined
Customers often require their material to meet certain metal mechanical properties: tensile strength, yield strength, elongation, and hardness. Our in-house metallurgical expert, Gene Sheldon, explains the meaning behind these four properties (all of which can be found on your Gibbs certificate). Tensile Strength: The maximum load the material can bear before it fails. The unit… [Read More]
Update on Integration Items for Gibbs Interwire.
As Of April 15, 2022 To Our Valued Customers Re: Update on integration items for Gibbs Interwire. We want to thank all of you for the support you have shown us as we combine two great companies: Interwire and Gibbs. We are very excited by the new company we have created. A number of you… [Read More]
Gibbs Interwire 2021 Holiday Message
Happy Holidays from Gibbs Interwire! I received my Christmas present early this year. I always thought a combination of Gibbs Interwire and Interwire made sense. Fortunately, I work for and with a very bright creative group that saw the same thing I did. We were also truly fortunate to work with Debbie Cardile, CEO and President of Interwire, who… [Read More]
302 Stainless Steel Standard Tempers and Chemistry
302 Stainless Steel Overview 302 Stainless Steel is a slightly higher carbon version of type 304 Stainless Steel. Type 302 (T302) is more corrosion resistant than Type 301 (T301) stainless steel due to a higher nickel content. Type 302, the general-purpose stainless alloy, is 18% chromium and 8% nickel. Type 302 cannot be hardened by heat… [Read More]
