Stackpole's wirewound resistors come in 1 W rated 2615, 2 W rated 4124, 3 W rated 6227, and 4 W rated 8035 sizes. The SM series offers a surface-mount option to handle high power with low thermal resistance. The surface-mount wirewound resistors offer energy handling many times higher than film chip resistors of similar power rating. The SM series compliant terminations eliminate the potential for cracking or solder joint failure, which can be a problem for large case size chip resistors. Stackpole can change the characteristics of the SM series and any other wirewound product to suit any customer need, whether it is a fusing characteristic, high inductance, low inductance, non-inductive, or higher power in smaller packages.