Magnet wire or enameled wire is a copper or aluminum wire coated with a very thin layer of insulation. It is used in the construction of transformers, inductors, motors, generators, speakers,hard disk head actuators,electromagnets, electric guitar pickups, and other applications that require tight coils of insulated wire.The wire itself is most often fully annealed , electrolytically refined copper. Aluminum magnet wire is sometimes used for large transformers and motors. The insulation is typically made of tough polymer film materials rather than vitreous enamel, as the name might suggest.