B21F WORKING OR PROCESSING OF METAL WIRE (rolling of metal wire B21B1/16; by drawing, auxiliary operations used in connection with metal-working without essentially removing material B21C)
Description
B21F covers mechanical operations performed on metal wire without material removal, including drawing, twisting, coiling, straightening, and bundling processes. This subclass encompasses machinery and methods for transforming wire stock into finished or semi-finished products for applications such as fasteners, springs, cables, and reinforcement materials. Operations typically involve plastic deformation, bending, or assembly of wire components rather than cutting or grinding. Related wire coating, insulation, and electroplating processes are excluded, falling instead under classes B05, B29, or C23.
23 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B21F 1/00 Bending wire other than coiling; Straightening wire
- B21F 11/00 Cutting wire
- B21F 13/00 Splitting wire
- B21F 15/00 Connecting wire to wire or other metallic material or objects; Connecting parts by means of wire (tools for both straining and connecting B21F9/02; jacketing or reinforcing B21F17/00; manufacture of wire network B21F27/00; in making bands B21F43/00)
- B21F 17/00 Jacketing or reinforcing articles with wire
- B21F 19/00 Metallic coating of wire (by extruding B21C23/24; by soldering or welding, e.g. cladding or plating, B23K)
- B21F 23/00 Feeding wire in wire-working machines or apparatus
- B21F 25/00 Making barbed wire
- B21F 27/00 Making wire network, i.e. wire nets (making meshed-ring network from wire B21F31/00; in making bands B21F43/00)
- B21F 29/00 Making fencing or like material made partly of wire (B21F25/00 takes precedence)
- B21F 3/00 Coiling wire into particular forms
- B21F 31/00 Making meshed-ring network from wire
- B21F 33/00 Tools or devices specially designed for handling or processing wire fabrics or the like
- B21F 35/00 Making springs from wire
- B21F 37/00 Manufacture of rings from wire
- B21F 39/00 Making wheel spokes from wire
- B21F 41/00 Making umbrella frames or members from wire
- B21F 43/00 Making bands, e.g. bracelets, from wire
- B21F 45/00 Wire-working in the manufacture of other particular articles (of pins, needles, nails, hairpins B21G; of chains B21L)
- B21F 5/00 Upsetting wire
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B21, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- JFE STEEL JP 2,667
- NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION JP 2,049
- POSCO (POHANG IRON AND STEEL COMPANY) KR 1,967
- NSSMC (NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL) JP 1,800
- SMS GROUP DE 1,538
- JFE STEEL 1,150
- ARCELORMITTAL LU 1,142
- BAOSHAN IRON & STEEL COMPANY 821
- HYUNDAI STEEL COMPANY KR 808
- THYSSENKRUPP STEEL EUROPE DE 660