Welded Wire Mesh Panels (EN 10223-7 / ASTM A740) is specified where the duty calls for partitions, cages, guards and reinforcement where a rigid welded grid is needed. The sections below cover the typical end-uses by industry, the mesh, micron and material decisions for each, installation practice, and the applications this product type is not suited to.
Typical Applications for Welded Wire Mesh Panels
The most common settings where this is specified:
- Construction: reinforcement, gabions and cages.
- Industrial partitions: machine guards, storage cages and enclosures.
- Agriculture & animal: pens, aviaries and enclosures.
- Infrastructure: fencing and containment.
- Industrial filtration & separation: removing particulates from liquids, gases and slurries in process plant.
How to Specify Welded Wire Mesh Panels for Your Application
- Mesh count / micron rating: Match the aperture or micron rating to the smallest particle you must retain or pass. The table below lists mesh count, aperture and micron for each option — for woven cloth, specify the aperture or micron, not just the mesh count.
- Opening & wire: Set the square opening and wire diameter for the containment and load, and choose panel or roll format.
- Material / alloy: Select the alloy for the environment — 304 for general use, 316L for chlorides, food and chemicals, brass or copper for shielding, and Monel, Inconel or Hastelloy for marine, acid and high-temperature service.
- Environment: For damp, coastal, chemical or high-temperature service move up to 316L or a nickel alloy; for dry indoor duty 304 or a coated steel is usually enough.
- Standard: This product is supplied to EN 10223-7 / ASTM A740. Quoting the standard on your order guarantees interchangeable dimensions and filtration data between suppliers.
Handling & Installation Practice
- Support panels at a spacing suited to the wire diameter and load; a rigid frame stops the grid flexing.
- Touch up the coating on cut ends and welds after fabrication to preserve corrosion protection.
Common Selection Mistakes with Welded Wire Mesh Panels
- Specifying welded mesh where a woven or wedge-wire screen is needed — welded grids are for containment and reinforcement, not fine separation.
- Ignoring the coating: bare welded steel rusts at every weld outdoors, so galvanized or stainless is needed.
Where Welded Wire Mesh Panels Is Not the Right Choice
Not for fine filtration or sieving, and not where a single sharp impact could break a weld — a woven or wedge-wire screen is more tolerant.
