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Metal Filter Mesh by Manufacturing Process

Every filter, screen and mesh part in the catalog, grouped by how it is made. Choose a process to see what it can achieve, where it is the right choice, and the products we make with it — or browse by product family.

A roll of stainless steel plain weave wire mesh partially unrolled on a workbench, square weave clearly visible, industrial

Woven Wire Mesh (Weaving)

Wire cloth woven on looms in plain, twill and dutch weaves from 2 to 635 mesh.

96 productsWire Crimping & Heavy Weaving

Wire Crimping & Heavy Weaving

Wire pre-crimped before weaving so heavy screens and belts keep their opening under load.

8 productsA stack of stainless steel welded wire mesh panels with square openings in a fabrication shop, forklift in the background

Welded Wire Mesh & Wire Forming

Wires resistance-welded at every crossing into rigid panels, rolls, cages and baskets.

14 productsA large stainless steel round hole perforated metal sheet with staggered holes, angled light showing depth, factory setting

Perforated Metal (Punching)

Holes and slots punched through sheet and plate in round, slotted and hexagonal patterns.

40 productsExpanded Metal (Slit & Stretch)

Expanded Metal (Slit & Stretch)

Sheet slit and stretched into one-piece diamond mesh with no welds or joints.

11 productsCross-section of five-layer sintered stainless wire mesh showing the bonded layers, technical macro

Sintered Media (Diffusion Bonding)

Mesh layers, powder or fibers bonded in a vacuum furnace into rigid porous filters.

19 productsAssorted round stainless steel wire mesh filter discs with aluminum and stainless rims of different sizes

Calendering & Precision Flattening

Mesh, felt and expanded metal rolled between precision rolls to a set thickness and a flat, smooth face.

21 productsA roll of crimped knitted stainless steel wire mesh sleeve showing interlocking loops, industrial product shot

Knitted Wire Mesh

Wire knitted into interlocking loops for demisters, gaskets, airbag and cushioning parts.

4 productsA flat stainless steel wedge wire screen panel with precise parallel slots and support rods, viewed at a low side angle

Wedge Wire (Profile Wire Welding)

V-profile wire welded to support rods to form precise, non-clogging slots.

6 productsA round brushed stainless steel rain shower head face plate with hundreds of tiny etched nozzle holes

Photo-Chemical Etching

Thin metal foil etched through a photo-resist mask into burr-free, stress-free filter parts.

25 productsMicroscope-style macro image of a small round metal nebulizer mesh plate with a dense central field of microscopic holes

Laser Drilling & Cutting

Micro-holes and profiles laser-drilled or cut into thin and thick metal.

4 productsExtreme macro of an electric shaver head showing a curved thin silver foil with a pattern of tiny hexagonal holes

Electroforming

Nickel grown on a patterned mandrel to make ultra-precise foils, sieves and screens.

5 productsA polished stainless steel double-layer pour-over coffee filter cone with a rolled rim, sitting on a ceramic mug

Deep Drawing, Stamping & Forming

Mesh and perforated sheet pressed into cups, cones, domes, baskets and grilles.

44 productsPleated stainless steel mesh filter cartridges with welded end caps, close-up of the pleats, industrial lighting

Pleating

Mesh, felt and sintered media folded into pleats for maximum filter area.

3 productsA rectangular electropolished stainless steel wire mesh sterilization basket with handles, filled with surgical instruments

Surface Finishing & Coating

Electropolishing, passivation, plating, anodizing and coating for hygiene, wear and appearance.

31 productsA stack of round multi-layer extruder screen packs with spot-welded wire mesh layers beside a breaker plate

Filter Fabrication & Assembly

Cutting, rimming, spot-welding, framing and assembling mesh into finished filter parts.

86 products

Process comparison

ProcessWhat it can doBest for
Woven Wire Mesh (Weaving) Openings from about 5 µm (twill dutch) up to 25 mm; wire from 0.02 mm; widths to about 2 m; stainless, copper, brass, bronze, nickel, Monel, Inconel, titanium and aluminum.Screening, sieving and surface filtration where you need a defined aperture, high open area and the lowest cost per square meter.
Wire Crimping & Heavy Weaving Openings about 1–100 mm; wire 0.8–12 mm in 65Mn high-carbon, stainless and heat-resisting alloys; panels with hook strips, belts to several metres wide.Vibrating screens, quarry and mining decks, security and guard mesh, oven and fryer conveyor belts.
Welded Wire Mesh & Wire Forming Openings from about 3 mm (hardware cloth) to 150 mm; wire 0.5–6 mm; panels, rolls, bag cages, baskets and guards to drawing.Rigid containment, guarding, baskets, bag cages and supports where strength and a square opening matter more than filtration accuracy.
Perforated Metal (Punching) Holes from about 0.5 mm (in thin sheet) up to 100 mm; thickness 0.3–20 mm; open area roughly 5–60 %; steel, stainless, aluminum, copper and brass.Strong, flat screening and support parts — drum screens, grilles, filter cores, press screens and trommel panels.
Expanded Metal (Slit & Stretch) Foil-thin micro mesh (from about 0.03 mm) up to heavy walkway grades; diamonds from below 1 mm to over 100 mm; steel, stainless, aluminum, copper, nickel and titanium.Light, strong supports, grease and air filter layers, battery electrodes and guards where a one-piece mesh with no welds is valued.
Sintered Media (Diffusion Bonding) Ratings from about 0.5 µm (powder) to 200 µm (mesh laminate); stainless 316L, Hastelloy, Inconel, Monel, nickel, titanium and bronze.Strong, cleanable filters for high pressure and temperature, back-washing, catalyst recovery, gas and polymer filtration.
Calendering & Precision Flattening Thickness tolerance to about ±0.01 mm; woven cloth, dutch weaves, sintered laminates, fiber felt and flattened expanded metal.Filter discs and packs, sintered mesh, dutch weave filter cloth, shaker screens and flattened expanded mesh.
Knitted Wire Mesh Wire 0.1–0.4 mm; sleeves and tapes from a few mm to over 1 m wide; densities from very open pads to dense pressed parts.Mist elimination, EMI gaskets, vibration damping and pressed filters such as airbag inflator filters.
Wedge Wire (Profile Wire Welding) Slots from about 0.05 mm to 10 mm; flat panels, sieve bends, cylinders and false bottoms; stainless and duplex.Dewatering, well and intake screens, lauter tun false bottoms and backwash filters where non-clogging slots matter.
Photo-Chemical Etching Foil 0.02–1.0 mm; features down to about the foil thickness (≈0.05 mm in thin foil); any hole shape and pattern; stainless, nickel, copper, nickel silver, titanium and more.Precision filter discs, shower and atomizer plates, shaver foils, acoustic and vent meshes, injector spray plates and micro-slot screens.
Laser Drilling & Cutting Holes from about 20 µm in foil to several mm in plate; positional accuracy of a few microns.Flow restrictors, micro-hole discs, prototypes and parts too thick to etch.
Electroforming Openings down to about 5 µm with ±2 µm tolerance; foils 0.01–0.3 mm.Micro sieves, shaver foils, sugar centrifuge screens and nebulizer meshes.
Deep Drawing, Stamping & Forming Cups from a few millimeters to baskets over 300 mm; domes, cones, flanges and rims.Coffee cones, espresso baskets, strainer cups, speaker grilles, fuel and appliance inlet filters.
Pleating Pleat heights from a few mm to over 30 mm; stainless mesh, fiber felt and sintered laminates.Cartridges and candles that need high flow and long service.
Surface Finishing & Coating Electropolish Ra ≤ 0.4 µm; hard chrome 5–20 µm; anodize 10–25 µm in colours; powder coat 60–120 µm; Pt / Ir flash coatings for electrolyzers.Food and medical parts, visible grilles, wear-loaded screens, outdoor and automotive parts, electrolyzer media.
Filter Fabrication & Assembly Discs, packs, cartridges, strainers, framed screens and sieves from a few millimeters to over 1.5 m.Turning any mesh into a part that drops into your machine.