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Woven Wire Mesh (Weaving)

Wire cloth woven on looms in plain, twill and dutch weaves from 2 to 635 mesh. 96 products in the catalog are made with this process.

How it is made

Warp wires run the length of the loom and weft wires are shot across them, passing over and under in a set pattern. Plain weave goes over one, under one; twill goes over two, under two; dutch weaves pack thick warp and fine weft wires to form tiny wedge-shaped pores. The cloth is then cut, slit, calendered or rolled for shipping.

What the process can do

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.

Best for

Screening, sieving and surface filtration where you need a defined aperture, high open area and the lowest cost per square meter.

Limits

Fine cloth is soft and frays at cut edges, and it needs support under pressure. Below about 5 µm or for rigid parts, sintered mesh or etched sheet is better.

Design & ordering tips

Specify mesh count and wire diameter together, or aperture/micron for dutch weaves, and say how the cloth will be cut and edged.

Products made by woven wire mesh

Other manufacturing processes

Wire Crimping & Heavy Weaving

Wire Crimping & Heavy Weaving

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

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

Perforated Metal (Punching)

40 productsExpanded Metal (Slit & Stretch)

Expanded Metal (Slit & Stretch)

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

Sintered Media (Diffusion Bonding)

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

Calendering & Precision Flattening

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

Knitted Wire Mesh

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)

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

Photo-Chemical Etching

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

Laser Drilling & Cutting

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

Electroforming

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

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

Pleating

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

Surface Finishing & Coating

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

Filter Fabrication & Assembly

86 products

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