Industrial and Filtration Terminology & Ordering Info

Calendered Wire Cloth: Wire cloth that has passed through a pair of heavy rolls to reduce the thickness of the fabric, or to flatten the intersections to provide a smooth surface.

Sintered Mesh: Layers of wire mesh bonded together for specialized filtration or separation applications

Clear Openings (Also Space): Space between adjacent parallel wires.

Count (Also Mesh): Number of openings in a linear inch.

Crimp: Corrugations in wires to permit locking them in place when perpendicular to each other.

Double Crimp: Wires pre-crimped prior to weaving; warp and shute wires lay in each crimp.

Double Intermediate Crimp: Usually the warp wires lay in every crimp in the shute wires, and the shute wires lay in every other crimp in the warp wires.

Fill Wires (Also Shute Wires): Wires running across the width of the cloth as woven.

Gauge: Wire size. To avoid possible errors, specify wire diameter in decimal sizes rather than gauge numbers.

Slotted Opening: Weave where shute wires are arranged to provide rectangular openings.

Market Grades:
Most commonly used sizes of industrial wire cloth specifications selected for general purpose work.

Mesh:
Number of openings in a linear inch measured from one wire to a point 1 inch distant.

Opening (Space):
Clear opening between adjacent parallel wires; not affected by diameter of the wire.

Plain Weave:
Each warp wire and each shute wire pass over one and under the next adjacent wire.

Plain Dutch Weave:
Warp wires are generally larger than the shute wires. Shute wires are closely spaced to provide a dense weave with wedge shaped openings.

Rectangular Openings:
Long dimension of an opening can be specified as parallel or perpendicular to the length.

Salvage:
Finished edges running the length of the roll to prevent unravelling.

Shute Wires:
Wires running across the width of the cloth as woven.

Square Mesh:
Wire cloth with mesh count the same in both directions.

Twilled Weave:
Each warp wire and each shute wire pass successively over two and under the next adjacent pair of wires.

Twilled Dutch Weave:
Combination of Plain dutch and Twilled weaves.

Warp Wires:
Wires running the length of the cloth as woven.

Welded Wire Cloth:
Warp and shute wires lay flat (no crimp); welded at intersections. Precrimping assures maximum rigidity with close tolerance mesh opening in accordance.

Fabricated Parts

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