To help reduce costs for wire formed parts, H.E. Orr buys raw materials directly from steel mills rather than in precut bars. This way there is no middle man to add an additional markup and inflate the price for finished parts.

This also allows Orr to draw the wire down to the exact specifications needed—keeping a tighter control on tolerances and quality. For example, a coil of plain carbon steel comes in at twenty-nine sixty-fourths (29/64") of an inch, and specifications might require drawing down to 10mm with only a + or - .03125" tolerance.

Originally, cold forming was known as cold heading. Cold forming was a common way to make the heads of screws and bolts. After forming the head, the threads would be cut or rolled into the material. The advantage was the parts could be made quickly with little or no scrap.

H.E. Orr Company uses cold forming machines to make simple and complex shapes for a wide variety of applications. Orr's tooling is designed to extrude the material to (.004") of an inch tolerance. Then a series of punch presses shape the part to customer specifications. The number of punch presses is determined by the specifications of the parts produced.

Sub-assembly and Kitting
When you use H.E. Orr for wire forming you are using a one-stop supplier that can supply your OEM parts from concept to a finished condition wire form. After the parts are formed, either through forging or wire forming, and coated, they often move to the sub-assembly and kitting operations. Sub assembly includes installing rubber hoses or plastic parts to the finished wire form. Orr has invested in the equipment required to install these parts quickly and efficiently. Once a part leaves our facility, it is ready for installation in your OEM environment.

E-Coating and Powder Coating Start With Pre-Treatment – 48 hour turnaround

Zinc Phosphate Eight-Stage Pre-Treatment for Superior Quality
One key to assuring the high quality output of H. E. Orr's coating process is the care and attention taken to pre-treat every part. Orr utilizes an eight-stage pretreatment process that establishes an outstanding bonding surface prior to coating. To many, this sounds like more steps than needed, but customers of H. E. Orr appreciate the consistency and quality that the pre-treatment process generates.

Design
A thorough analysis of customer specifications and requirements by Orr's technical team determines the most cost-effective way to manufacture the specified parts. Whether working with customer-supplied drawings or custom engineering a design on Orr's in-house CATIA or Auto CAD systems, efficiency and quality are paramount.

Forging is one of the oldest known metalworking processes. Traditionally, forging was performed by a smith using hammer. The smithy or forge has evolved over centuries to become a facility with engineered processes, production equipment, tooling, raw materials and products to meet the demands of modern industry.

The key to a successful wire forming operation is efficiency and precision. What matters most is getting the right products made to spec with the highest quality in the least amount of time and at the most competitive price. Although this may sound like a list of conflicting goals, finding a supplier that has these goals in mind can be a tremendous advantage to your organization.

The coating business is all about meeting customer specifications and consistently delivering quality parts on time. Part of the process is testing to ensure that every part that comes off the line meets quality standards.

Every product gets extensive testing to make sure that it meets customer requirements. The most common test is the salt spray test. In this test, coating samples are collected on 3" x 9" plates. The plates are run through the coating line at the same time as customer parts. This ensures that the test plates are coated in the same manner as the parts.

H.E. Orr Company’s production line has a 4' x 6' window. Orr can accommodate any part that will fit in this space. Orr also has the added advantage of dual drives on the line that allow it to handle heavier parts than what many e-coaters can accept. If have been told your parts are too heavy for a particular production line, it makes sense to call H.E. Orr as we can typically handle what many coaters cannot.

Always over e-coating
Because H.E. Orr operates with e-coating and powder coating on the same production line, every part gets e-coated prior to being powder coated. This provides companies an extra level of protection for their parts and is a highly desirable benefit to improve the corrosion protection attributes of the paint.

E-coating is an exceptional painting choice for any steel part that requires high quality and exceptional durability. E-coating is especially valuable for oddly shaped and complex products. It conforms to multifaceted parts and maintains designed specifications of coating thickness without runs or drips. This is especially valuable for coating the inside surfaces of parts, deep recesses, weld marks and fasteners. More parts within spec translate to less waste, as well.