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title: Hardware Cloth Woven Wire Mesh Styles
description: "Hardware cloth, or industrial wire mesh can be woven in many different styles. There are two types of woven wire hardware cloth: woven and crimped."
image: https://www.louispage.com/hs-fs/file-13063062-jpg/images/plain_weave_copy-resized-600.jpg
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## Hardware Cloth Woven Wire Mesh Styles

 December 16, 2009 | by [Duncan Page](https://www.louispage.com/blog/author/duncan-page)

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**Warp Wires, Shute Wires, Crimped Mesh and more**

There are two types of woven wire hardware cloth: woven and crimped. Many of these styles are made as heavy meshes for very specialized uses, such as sifting screens. In both woven and crimped wire cloth meshes, the warp wires are those running the length of the roll. The wires running across the width are called shute wires.

#### **Woven Wire Mesh **

> - **Plain Weave**
>   
>   [![hardware cloth plain weave](https://www.louispage.com/hs-fs/file-13063062-jpg/images/plain_weave_copy-resized-600.jpg?width=80&height=89&name=plain_weave_copy-resized-600.jpg)](https://www.louispage.com/welded-wire-mesh/hardware-cloth)
>   
>     - warp and shute wires pass over and under adjacent wires
>     - most plain weave is double crimped - warp and shute wires are crimped and locked into position

> - **Twilled Weave**[![hardware cloth twilled weave](https://www.louispage.com/hs-fs/file-13063809-jpg/images/twilled_weave.jpg?width=80&height=95&name=twilled_weave.jpg)](https://www.louispage.com/)  
>     - warp and shute wires pass over two and under two adjacent wires
>     - not as tight as plain weave - more pliable

> - **Plain Dutch Weave**[![hardware cloth plain dutch weave](https://www.louispage.com/hs-fs/file-13063059-jpg/images/plain_dutch_weave.jpg?width=80&height=92&name=plain_dutch_weave.jpg)](https://www.louispage.com/)  
>     - warp wires usually larger than shute wires
>     - closely spaced shute wires makes dense weave with wedge shaped openings

> - **Twilled Dutch Weave**[![hardware cloth twilled dutch weave](https://www.louispage.com/hs-fs/file-13063805-jpg/images/twilled_dutch_weave.jpg?width=80&height=97&name=twilled_dutch_weave.jpg)](https://www.louispage.com/)  
>     - combination of Dutch and Twilled weaves

#### **Crimped Wire Mesh **

> - **Double Crimp**[![hardware cloth double crimp](https://www.louispage.com/hs-fs/file-13060790-jpg/images/double_crimp.jpg?width=80&height=86&name=double_crimp.jpg)](https://www.louispage.com/welded-wire-mesh/hardware-cloth)  
>     - wires are pre-crimped before weaving
>     - warp and shute wires lay in crimps

> - **Intermediate Crimp - aka Intercrimp**[![hardware cloth intermediate crimp](https://www.louispage.com/hs-fs/file-13062023-jpg/images/intermediate_crimp.jpg?width=80&height=97&name=intermediate_crimp.jpg)](https://www.louispage.com/)  
>     - warp wires lay in every crimp in shute wires
>     - shute wires lay in every other crimp in warp wires

  

> - **Lock Crimp**[![hardware cloth lock crimp ](https://www.louispage.com/hs-fs/file-13062566-jpg/images/lock_crimp.jpg?width=80&height=92&name=lock_crimp.jpg)](https://www.louispage.com/)  
>     - warp and shute wires are locked in place with deep crimps
>     - used for heavy duty meshes

 

> - **Smooth Top Crimp** [![hardware cloth smooth top crimp](https://www.louispage.com/hs-fs/file-13063463-jpg/images/smooth_top_crimp.jpg?width=80&height=97&name=smooth_top_crimp.jpg)](https://www.louispage.com/welded-wire-mesh/hardware-cloth) 
>     - crimps are on underside of mesh
>     - has a smooth flat surface on top 

Many of these wire cloth meshes are made for industrial uses. They are very specialized and are not usually available in retail stores.

 

See the blog article [Industrial Wire Cloth - Heavy Gauge Woven Hardware Cloth](https://www.louispage.com/blog/bid/11051/Industrial-Wire-Cloth-Heavy-Gauge-Woven-Hardware-Cloth) for more information about these heavier wire cloth meshes.

Information taken in part from Edward J. Darby & Son, Inc. catalog.

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