Industrial Wire Cloth - Heavy Gauge Woven Hardware Cloth
Posted by Duncan Page on Tue, Jan 26, 2010
There are many different specifications of hardware cloth available with heavier gauges and different mesh sizes. They are often called industrial wire cloth and can be difficult to find and purchase. In addition to regular steel, these specialized meshes can be made with any kind of metal that can be drawn into wire including stainless steel, brass, bronze, aluminum and copper.
Square mesh industrial wire cloth specifications are usually expressed as openings per inch. For example 4 mesh means that there are four openings per inch - the mesh measures 1/4"x1/4". The mesh sizes available range from 1 mesh (1") down to 100 mesh (100 openings per inch). Wire diameters used in these products ranges from .331 inch ( gauge) down to .003 inch ( gauge).
Finer meshes from 120 down to 500 openings per inch are also available. The wire diameters used are .0037 ( gauge) to .001 ( gauge). These specifications are often called filter cloth or fine mesh wire cloth.
Due to the variety of choices of gauge, wire type and mesh opening size, some specifications require a minimum quantity and must be made to order.
Industrial wire cloth meshes are usually woven. The woven styles are the same as those described in our blog article about standard hardware cloth galvanized wire mesh.
Do you have any projects requiring industrial wire cloth?