Wire Cloth
A Guide to Industrial Wire Cloth
Newark Wire Cloth is more than just a manufacturer of stainless wire cloth, we are the expert weaver. As ‘the source’, Newark offers a broad range of industrial wire cloth – Space Cloth, Mesh Cloth, and even Micronic Filter Cloth. Many items are considered ‘Stock’ and are ready for immediate shipment. Your choice of wire sizes may range from 1″ diameter down to wire sizes finer than human hair. Mesh opening sizes range from 4″ and larger down to one micron (.00003937 inch). With such wide variation, Newark Wire produces a variety of versatile weaves. The type of weave is frequently dictated by the wire diameter or the opening size desired, or by a combination of these factors, types and materials to suit virtually any requirement. Since stainless wire cloth is produced in such varying combinations of wire diameter and opening size, its use has been widely accepted throughout the industry. It is extremely versatile in application. Whether you’re sizing, separating, sifting, filtering or protecting, industrial wire cloth will do the job.
Wire Cloth is a woven product. The term Weave refers to the different types of interwoven warp and shute wire patterns found in the mesh.
Specifications
ASTM E2016-22
Standard Specification for Industrial Woven Wire Cloth
ASTM E11-22
Standard Specification for Woven Wire Test Sieve Cloth and Test Sieves
ASTM A740-21
Standard Specification for Hardware Cloth (Woven or Welded) Galvanized Steel Wire Fabric
ASTM E2814
Standard Specification for Industrial Woven Wire Filter Cloth
RR-W-360A
Federal Specification for Wire Fabric, Industrial (Obsolete, replaced by ASTM E2016
ASTM E437-92 (1997)
Specification for Industrial Wire Cloth and Screens – Square Opening Series (Withdrawn 2000, replace by ASTM E2016)
Types of Weaves
- Pre Crimp Weaves
- Plain Weaves
- Filter Cloth
- Pre Crimp Weaves
Pre-Crimp
Typically found in coarser wire cloth or space cloth specifications. Here, the wires are crimped prior to weaving. The pre-crimp action enables both the warp and shute wires to nest securely with each other restricting their random movement and ensuring an accurate and consistent opening size. This weaving technique adds strength and rigidity to the wire cloth.
Lock Crimp
A refinement of the pre-crimp technique. The crimping of the warp and shute wires is done in such a manner to actually ‘lock’ the wires together at their point of intersection, offering further assurance of no wire movement.
Inter-Crimp or Multiple Crimp
Another enhancement of the basic pre-crimp weave. Both the warp and shute wires are crimped with extra crimps or corrugations between the points of intersection. This technique is usually required when weaving large openings with fine wires. Inter-crimping assures the proper locking of the warp and shute wires and adds rigidity and accuracy.
- Plain Weaves
Plain Weave or Double Crimp
This is the most type of wire cloth. Here, the wires are not crimped before weaving. The corrugation or depression that is crimped into both the warp and shute wires is a result of the having a plain weave pattern calls for each shute wire to pass over and under successive rows of warp wires and vice versa, like interlacing fingers.
- Filter Cloth
Plain Dutch Weave
Similar interlacing as in Plain Weave, except the warp wires are larger diameter than the shute wires. The lighter shute wires are driven up close thus forming a dense filtering medium. This weave displays a tapered or wedge-shaped opening.
Twill Dutch
This filter cloth specification technically combines the Twill Weave and Dutch Weave described above. The larger diameter warp wires successively pass over and under the lighter diameter shute wires. Each pass of the shute wires shifts the over and under movement one wire. The shute wires are driven up close, resulting in a tightly woven filter cloth with tapered or wedge shaped openings.
Twill Dutch Double
Very similar to Twill Dutch Weave, but by proper selection of the wire sizes, the shute wires actually overlap each other when driven up tight into position. This permits double the wires per inch in the shute direction. This type of wire cloth is usually considered a Micronic Grade filter cloth.
How to order
Wire Cloth
Application – All service conditions should be considered when selecting wire cloth – temperature, environment, and other processing conditions often play a key role in material selection and usually influence the material needed.
Mesh Count – Please advise mesh count, or if not know, the particle size you want the mesh to pass or retain.
Wire Diameter – if known, please advise the wire diameter requested.
Material – Please specify the type of material you require:
- Grade of Stainless Steel (304 SS, 304L SS, 316 SS, 316L SS)
- Aluminum
- Copper
- Hastelloy
- Inconel
- Monel
- Other
Quantity –
- Roll Goods – Wire Cloth is available in any roll width – 36”, 40”, 48” and 60” are considered standard widths. Custom roll widths are available!
A standard roll length is 100l/f. We will cut a standard roll to the length required. - Cut Pieces – Please advise the length and width of the cut piece and the quantity required. Let us know if you want quantity price breaks as well.