Filter Mesh Application Guides

One application-focused guide for every filter mesh product in the catalog. Each guide explains real-world uses, an industry breakdown, how to specify the mesh for your job, and where it is not the right fit. Pick a category to browse, or jump straight to a product.

Woven Wire Mesh

Stainless steel wire mesh and woven wire cloth — plain, twill, plain/twill dutch, reverse dutch and five-heddle weaves from 2 to 635 mesh, plus copper, brass, phosphor bronze, nickel and aluminum wire mesh and metal mesh conveyor belts, woven to ISO 9044 / ASTM E2016.

13 application guides

Perforated Metal

Perforated metal mesh and perforated sheet — round, slotted and hexagonal holes to DIN 24041 in stainless steel, mild steel and aluminum, from 0.5 mm holes upward.

3 application guides

Expanded Metal

Expanded metal mesh and expanded steel sheet — standard (raised), flattened and micro expanded metal in steel, stainless and aluminum; one-piece slit-and-stretched sheet with no welds to fail.

3 application guides

Welded Wire Mesh

Stainless steel and galvanized welded wire mesh — welded wire panels, welded mesh rolls and hardware cloth, plus industrial wire mesh baskets, resistance-welded to EN 10223-7.

3 application guides

Filter Elements

Metal mesh filters and stainless steel filter elements — wire mesh filter discs, extruder screen packs, cylindrical and pleated filter cartridges, cone and basket strainers and Y-strainer screens.

24 application guides

Sintered Mesh

Sintered metal filters — five-layer sintered wire mesh, sintered stainless steel powder filters, porous metal tubes, discs and cups, catalyst trap filters and sintered fiber felt; rigid, cleanable, high-temperature filtration to ISO 4022.

8 application guides

Knitted Wire Mesh

Interlocked-loop knitted mesh rolls, sleeves and demister (mist eliminator) pads for gas-liquid separation, EMI shielding and cushioning.

2 application guides

Wedge Wire Screen

V-profile welded wedge wire panels and tubes with precise, non-clogging slots from 0.05 mm for water intake, architectural and process screens.

2 application guides

Screening Mesh

Window/insect screen, security screen and crimped vibrating screen mesh for building, safety and aggregate screening duties.

3 application guides

Kitchen & Appliance Filters

Food-contact stainless filters for small appliances and kitchens — reusable coffee cones, espresso baskets and puck screens, cold brew and French press screens, juicer blade baskets and strainers, tea infusers, range hood grease filters, sink strainers and dishwasher / laundry lint filters.

29 application guides

Bathroom & Personal Care Mesh

Photo-etched and micro-perforated parts for bathroom fittings and personal-care devices — shower head face plates, inlet filter washers, faucet aerator screens, hair dryer intake filters and electric shaver foils.

10 application guides

Acoustic & Electronics Mesh

Die-cut acoustic dust meshes for smartphone speakers, receivers and MEMS microphones, earbud nozzle meshes, wearable vent meshes, micro-perforated device and Bluetooth speaker grilles, and EMI shielding mesh.

16 application guides

Automotive Mesh & Filters

Car audio speaker and tweeter grilles, front grille and intake mesh, and the fluid-system screens behind them — fuel pump strainers, injector filter baskets, oil pickup screens, DEF / AdBlue filters and airbag inflator filters.

15 application guides

Laboratory & Medical Mesh

Test sieves to ISO 3310 and ASTM E11, sterilization and instrument baskets, vibrating-mesh nebulizer plates, laboratory wire gauze, sintered Büchner discs and stainless tissue sieves.

10 application guides

Home, HVAC & Safety Mesh

Washable aluminum HVAC filters, chimney and fireplace spark arresters, crimped-ribbon flame arresters and burner mesh, gutter guards, soffit and vent insect screens, and pool, aquarium and pet-fountain screens.

14 application guides

Process Industry Screens

Screens built for one industry's machine: shale shaker and sand control screens for oil and gas, sugar centrifuge screens, vibro sifter and fluid bed dryer screens for pharma and food, and lauter tun false bottoms for breweries.

11 application guides

Food Machinery Mesh & Screens

Stainless mesh parts for food processing machines — fryer conveyor belts and fryer baskets, fruit and juice press screens, vegetable washer drums, pulper finisher screens, dehydrator trays, pizza screens, rice polisher screens and plansifter sieves.

9 application guides

Chemically Etched Filters & Mesh

Photo-chemically etched metal filter parts — etched mesh sheet, micro-slot screens, hexagonal shielding mesh, fuel injector spray plates, sensor vent mesh, titanium porous plates and formed etched cup filters, made burr-free and stress-free from thin metal foil.