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Langley Wire Cloth Products is a fabricator of wire cloth screens, wire mesh, filters and filter cloth. We manufacture components, products and assemblies from wire cloth and perforated metal to your specifications. We serve several industries from agriculture to plastics. ISO 9001:9002 Certified.
Jelliff Corporation is an integrated engineering and production facility for high quality wire, filter cloth, wire cloth, stainless steel wire cloth, wire mesh and electrical resistance wire. Jelliff Corporation is experienced in producing wire cloth in all meshes from large openings to fine mesh.
Fenway Wire Cloth specializes in welded wire cloth, woven wire cloth and wire mesh. Since 1968, we have provided high quality, durable wire cloth fabrication, forming, framing and coating. We offer custom-made wire cloth. In addition, we provide fast turnaround times and excellent customer service.
For more than 35 years, CPI has specialized in manufacturing industrial wire cloth & fabricating products from such. Stainless steel wire cloth 2"-500" mesh plus galvanized 2"-20" mesh are stocked. We will custom weave heavy mesh gauges. Industrial and oilfield screening are also carried. May we help?
Unified Screening & Crushing is a woven wire cloth & fine wire mesh manufacturer and fabricator. We make galvanized and stainless steel wire cloth (plus other alloys). Our wire cloth includes market grade, slotted screen, space cloth and square mesh. Several types of wire weave and hooks are offered.
Wire cloths are materials that are typically woven
into a grid pattern with various opening and wire diameters but can also
be fashioned from welded wire metal. Wire cloth diameters for industrial
wire cloth could be from .0008 inches to greater than one inch. Wire
cloth manufacturers make products that consist of a wide range of design
specifications with various types of materials and weave styles. The
application determines the best choice of material, which includes brass,
copper, steel and stainless steel, aluminum, bronze, titanium, molybdenum
and tungsten. The weave is the pattern resulting from the manner in which
the wires cross each other vertically and horizontally. Horizontal, or
lengthwise, wires are warp wires, and vertical, or crosswise, wires are
shute wires. Metal fabric can assume many shapes to accommodate specific
needs.
Wire cloths, or mesh, are classified according to weave types, wire cloth
manufacturers commonly produce plain square, twill square, plain Dutch
and twill Dutch. Plain square wire cloths have the same diameter shute
and warp wires woven in a simple alternating over and under pattern,
producing screens and meshes with an equal mesh count in both directions.
The staggered pattern of twill square mesh provides fine filtration and
supports larger loads than the plain square weave. In plain Dutch weave,
a high-density weave, the warp wires are larger in diameter and heavier
than the shute wires, allowing for very high particle retention and low
flow rates. The twill Dutch weave produces a coarse mesh in one direction
and a fine mesh in the other, producing wire cloth that is ideal for
filtration of heavy material.
There are several advantages to using metal wire mesh. It is easy to
manipulate into the required shape. Due to its strength and high temperature
resistance, it has extended serviceability. When wire cloth is used as
a filter, there is no deterioration during filtration, and it is non-polluting.
Wire cloth is also easy to clean and maintain. One of the most common
uses for wire cloth is as a filtration media. It is also ideal for strainers.
Other applications include spark and flame arrestors, screen printing,
protection for other filter media and medical implants.
When selecting a mesh, the mesh count is the most important thing to
keep in mind. The mesh count is the open area between wires and can be
expressed as a whole number, a fraction or as two numbers. A whole number
and fractions indicate the distance between the centers of both horizontal
and vertical parallel wires. Two numbers such as 30 x 30 indicate the
actual number of openings per linear inch, both vertically and horizontally.
Other common specifications for wire cloths include material, weave and
wire diameter. Wire cloth manufacturers determine whether to use metal
or alloy according to the application requirements, such as resistance
to corrosion, heat, abrasion and vibration.
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Types of Wire Cloth
Backing cloth is wire cloth or mesh that supports the
surface of a screen.
Bolting cloth is a stainless steel mesh with a plain weave construction
and a small wire diameter, resulting in a high percentage of open area.
Cloth baskets are baskets formed from wire cloth and may have a round
or rectangular frame and be constructed from rod, flat or angle stock. Cloth
baskets used for small parts may have a heavy screen outer lining for protection
and strength.
Copper screens may be used for Faraday cages, electromagnetic shielding,
papermaking and insect screens. Copper mesh is quite ductile and has very
little springback after being bent or formed.
Filter cloth is cloth with differing wire diameters designed for the
express purpose of filtering or straining. Filter cloth is woven in both
plain and twill patterns with a higher number of wires in one direction.
Sieves are implements with mesh baskets that are used for straining.
Square mesh cloth is woven with uniform mesh count and wire diameter
in either direction.
Stainless steel screens are used for sifting, especially in food service
and plumbing applications where its corrosion-resistant quality is needed.
Stainless steel wire cloth is the most common material and has high
strength and corrosion resistant properties. The mesh pattern consists of
square openings.
Test sieves come in a wide variety of styles, including half-height,
microplate, wet washing, extra depth, air jet and grain sieves. Test sieves
are totally sealed and have precision frames, structured rims and evenly
tensioned mesh.
Wire mesh is a material made of parallel and perpendicular interlocking
metal wires.
Wire Cloth Terms
Aperture –
The space between contiguous parallel wires, expressed in millimeters.
Bands – Steel, galvanized steel
or stainless steel material that is used to reinforce the screen edge.
Bend Test – A test in which
wire is bent over a specified diameter through a certain angle and for
a preset number of cycles, in order to determine its relative ductility,
soundness and toughness.
Blinding – The blocking of apertures
of wire mesh caused by particle entrapment of the process material.
Bubble Point Test – A method
used to test the average aperture size. The pressure needed for air bubbles
to pass through the mesh, which is covered by a test liquid, is measured,
and surface tension, liquid density, temperature and immersion depth are
taken into account in the calculations.
Calender – Also known as “rolled,”
it is the process of passing wire cloth between two rollers to reduce
the thickness or flatten intersections of wires and to supply a smooth
surface.
Coin – To stamp wire cloth in
order to prevent unraveling and to shape or compact the wire mesh.
Count – A term used only in
reference to mesh wire cloth, referring to the amount of openings per
linear inch as measured from the center of the wire.
Crimp – Corrugations in the
wires for the purpose of securing the wire in place when perpendicular
to each other.
Double Crimp – Crimping of wires
prior to weaving. The shute and warp are in each crimp.
Feather Edges – Non-crimped,
straight wire edges sticking out all around a section of screen cloth
on the same plane.
Gauge – The diameter of the
wire prior to weaving.
Heated Deck – A screen surface
that is heated by a screen cloth, which is used as a heating element and
is typically made of stainless steel material.
Intermediate Crimp – Shute and
warp wires occurring in every other crimp.
Market Grades – The most commonly
utilized sizes of industrial wire cloth specifications chosen for general-purpose
work and typically ready for shipment upon order from companies.
Offal – Excess wire screen material
that, in the slitting or fabricating process, is cut from a standard roll.
Open Area – The proportion of
open space to the total area of a wire screen, expressed as a percentage.
Selvage – The finishing of edges
along the length of a roll of wire mesh to prevent unraveling.
Shute Wires – Also called “weft,”
“shot,” “shoot” or “fill” wires, they
are the wires going across the width of the woven cloth. Shute wires are
moved back and forth by the shuttle.
Warp Wires – Wires going lengthwise
across the wire cloth. In the weaving process called "warping the
loom," the warp wires are placed first at the preferred spacing.
