Wire Cloth Terminology

 

BOLTING CLOTH	Weave pattern where each wire goes alternately under then over each successive wire.
MARKET GRADE	Wire cloth specifications that are commonly woven and stocked.
MESH	Number of wires per linear inch.
OFF COUNT	A mesh with a greater number of wires per linear inch in one direction - usually warp (vertical). Also called "Rectangular Mesh".
OPEN AREA	The ratio of the area of the openings to the total area.
OPENING	The distance between two parallel, adjacent wires usually expressed in decimal inches. The theoretical width of an opening is a direct function of the mesh count and wire diameter, both for which there is a manufacturing tolerance.
PLAIN WEAVE	Weave pattern where each wire goes alternately under then over each successive wire.
SELVAGE	The edge or border of wire cloth, finished to prevent unravelling (versus a raw or cut edge.) Types of selvage edges include looped, folded, welded and fine mesh border pattern.
SHUTE WIRES	Wires running across woven cloth, perpendicular to warp wires. Also called "fill" or "weft" wires.
SQUARE MESH	A mesh with identical number of wires per linear inch in both warp (vertical) and shute (horizontal) directions.
TWILL WEAVE	Weave pattern where each wire goes alternately over two wires then under two successive wires. "Herringbone Twill" is a special type, in which the direction of the twilled weave is reversed at regular intervals to produce a striped effect.
WARP WIRES	Wires running the vertical length of woven cloth.
WIRE DIAMETER	Normally referred to in decimal parts of an inch; a determining factor in a weave's mesh count.

Types of Weaves

PLAIN WEAVE		Weave pattern where each wire goes alternately under then over each successive wire.
TWILLED WEAVE		Wire cloth specifications that are commonly woven and stocked.
PLAIN FILTER CLOTH		Number of wires per linear inch.
TWILLED FILTER CLOTH		A mesh with a greater number of wires per linear inch in one direction - usually warp (vertical). Also called "Rectangular Mesh".
MICRON WEAVE		The ratio of the area of the openings to the total area.
GRID SPECIFICATIONS		The distance between two parallel, adjacent wires usually expressed in decimal inches. The theoretical width of an opening is a direct function of the mesh count and wire diameter, both for which there is a manufacturing tolerance.

Typical Properties of Woven Metals