Woven Wire Mesh Screens
Woven wire mesh screen is a metal mesh with a series of openings woven from warp and weft wires, and is mainly used for screening and filtering purposes. Common metals can be used to make woven mesh, such as carbon steel, galvanized wire, stainless steel, aluminum, copper, brass, nickel, silver, etc.
Types of Weaving
The main types of weave patterns are:
- Plain weave is a weaving method in which one warp thread presses a weft thread and one weft thread presses a warp thread. It is the most common and simplest weaving method. The openings are square.
- Twill weave is to pass the weft through one or more warp threads and then through two or more warp threads to form a unique diagonal pattern.
- Plain Dutch weave is to pass straight warp threads with a larger diameter through the weft threads interwoven up and down to form a dense wire cloth. This makes the plain Dutch weave stronger and tighter than ordinary weaves, resulting in a better filtering effect.
- Twill Dutch weave is similar to plain Dutch weaving, except that the wefts are staggered to interweave the warps.
Types of Material
Common materials used to make woven wire mesh screens include:
- Carbon steel
- Galvanized steel
- Stainless steel 304, 316, 430, etc.
- Aluminium or aluminum alloy
- Copper
- Brass
- Nickel, and
- Other precious metals such as tungsten wire, titanium, silver, etc.
Applications of Woven Wire Mesh Screens
Sieving and filtering are the main uses of woven mesh screen, such as
- Stainless steel filter mesh for metal coffee filters,
- Loose leaf tea infusers,
- Frying baskets,
- Extruder screen packs,
- Medical sterilization baskets, etc.
