Wire screens are thin metal wires woven in a criss-crossed horizontal and vertical pattern to form open yet protective barriers. Also referred to as wire sieves, wire screens are often used to protect, shield and filter. Wire screen products include flour sifters, cooking strainers, wire netting, bend screens, resin traps, support grids, intake screens and extruder screens.
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HyTech Spring and Machine CorporationPlainwell, MI 269-685-1768 HyTech is a custom designer and manufacturer of wire screens for distribution to a variety of industries including aerospace, automotive, military, electronic and more. We also offer precision miniature and micro parts. Our wire forming capabilities include .002" to .240" diameter wire and wire straightening capabilities include .004" to .236" diameter wire. ISO/TS - 16949:2002 Certified.
Advance Wire Forming, Inc.Cleveland, OH 216-432-3250 As a full-service manufacturer of wire screens, Advance designs, develops, engineers and manufactures wire forms to your exact specifications, or they can turn your ideas from an initial concept to a final product. Their top priorities are customer satisfaction, on-time deliveries, cost-efficiency and to maintain long-term relationships with their customers through quality products & people.
Merrill Manufacturing CorporationMerrill, WI 888-662-9473 Merrill Manufacturing specializes in finding creative solutions for your custom wire screen needs. Their wire forming techniques, cost-effective designs and experienced employees have made Merrill a top choice among new and repeat customers. They can customize for any application or product and decrease manufacturing costs, serving you both quality and affordability.
Acme Wire Products Company, IncorporatedMystic, CT 800-723-7015 Acme Wire Products provides close tolerance wire fabrications using steel and stainless steel. Customized applications include a wide range of wire screens for many different applications. Acme works with wire from .050 to .500 diameter. Whether your application is simple or sophisticated, the team at Acme Wire Products can provide you with a part that meets your needs. Contact them today!
Argo Products CompanySt. Louis, MO 877-385-1803 Argo Products Company is committed to being the leader of low cost, high quality metal products with unparalleled on time delivery. We place Quality Gates at appropriate points in our production processes, to ensure the processes are carried out as planned and to ensure customer requirements are met. If you are looking for high quality wire screens, then Argo Products Company is for you!
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A diverse range of industries use wire screens including: food and beverage, chemical and petroleum, for liquid filtration systems in order to catch unwanted media and debris; automotive and aerospace, for nozzles, intake screens and oil filters; construction and architecture, for window screens, gratings and wall panels; and industrial manufacturing for strainers, filtration systems and vibrating screens. Each different type of wire screen has specified wire gauges and weaves, making them more suitable for certain applications and industries than others. For example, the wire screen gauge range can include very thin and fine screens, like window screens, or thicker and stronger screens, like fencing. Wire screens can be made from a number of different metals, including stainless steel, aluminum, copper and brass; however, plain steel is the most common material used for most applications.
Wire screens are fabricated from very thin pieces of metal wire that are formed through wire drawing, which is a process that forces wire through a die, thus decreasing the wire's diameter. After this process, the wires can be either woven or welded in order to make a screen. Weaving is a process used for screens with smaller gauges where perpendicular wires are interlaced. In waving, wire is woven onto a typically rectangular solid metal frame in an over and under pattern in order to create a mesh, which allows for some amount of space between where the interlocked wires cross but still operates in a guarding capacity. In regards to welding, the two most common methods are metal inert gas (MIG) welding and tungsten inert gas (TIG) welding. In the MIG welding process, electricity is utilized from a continuous wire feed in order to melt and join together wires. In addition, an inert gas is used to ensure that the weld is protected from any sort of contamination. TIG welding is similar, but much more complex since it utilizes a non-consumable electrode formed from tungsten, a shielding inert gas and, at times, also adds a filler material. For stronger applications, welding should be used since it increases the screen's strength. In addition, welded wire screens are easily cut to size; however, woven wire screens may easily come unraveled.
