Stainless steel wire, also known as stainless steel wire, is a variety of silk products of different specifications and models made of stainless steel. It originates from the United States, the Netherlands and Japan, and the section is generally round or flat. The common stainless steel wires with good corrosion resistance and high cost performance are 304 and 316 stainless steel wires. Under the action of drawing force, the wire rod or wire blank is pulled out from the die hole of the wire drawing die to produce small section steel wire or non-ferrous metal wire. Wire with different section shapes and sizes of various metals and alloys can be produced by drawing. The drawn wire has accurate size and smooth surface, and the drawing equipment and die used are simple and easy to manufacture.

Generally, according to austenite, ferrite, bidirectional stainless steel and martensitic stainless steel, it is mainly divided into 2-Series, 3-series, 4-series, 5-series and 6-series stainless steel.

316 and 317 stainless steels (see the following for the properties of 317 stainless steel) are molybdenum containing stainless steels. The molybdenum content of 317 stainless steel is slightly higher than that of 316 stainless steel. Due to the molybdenum in the steel, the overall performance of this steel is better than 310 and 304 stainless steel. Under high temperature conditions, 316 stainless steel has a wide range of applications when the concentration of sulfuric acid is lower than 15% and higher than 85%. 316 stainless steel also has good chloride corrosion resistance, so it is usually used in marine environment.