How strong is Stainless Steel Woven Mesh?

Stainless Steel Woven Mesh strength is a function of the following: The Tensile strength of the Stainless Steel The Wire Diameter The Type of Weave The Number of wires

How is Woven Mesh attached to other materials?

Woven Mesh can be attached to other equipment via several different methods: Welded to other steels Clamped to other materials

Are all Woven Meshes made the same?

No. There are many different types of Woven Mesh. These can vary according to the following: Different Wire Diameters for Warp and Weft Wire (Hollander Mesh) Different Weave patters (Dutch, Reverse Dutch etc) Different Mechanisms to hold the Wires in place (Crimping)

What is Mesh Count and SWG?

These are the terms that were historically used to describe Woven Mesh. They are: Mesh Count is the number of holes in the mesh per inch mesh SWG is the Standard Wire Gauge that was used to describe the diameter of the wire At SSWM we can take your Mesh count and SWG and we can supply you a mesh that meets your specification

What are the critical factors when specifying a Stainless Steel Woven Mesh?

Stainless Steel Woven Mesh has the following critical dimension: Wire Diameter –This is measured in millimetres (mm) or Standard Wire Guage (SWG) Aperture – This is the gap between the wires that allow the material to pass through Mesh Count – this is typically the number of openings per inch for mesh that doesn’t have a square opening then both dimensions need to be specified Open Area – This the percentage of space of the mesh that is used to consider the pressure drop across the mesh Weave – This is how the wire is combined to make the mesh including Plain, Twill, Dutch Crimp – This is additional process that is used to lock the wires together including Intermediate and Locking. Width – This is the width that the woven mesh is manufactured in Edge Finish – this is how the Width Wires are presented and can be Raw, Tucked and Selvage (Looped) edge Grade – This is the grade of Stainless Steel that is being used to make the Woven Mesh (304 and 316)

Why is Stainless Steel used in Woven Mesh?

Stainless Steel has some excellent Mechanical and Chemical properties: Mechanical Properties: Tensile properties mean it is able to operate in mechanical harsh environments and can withstand greater impact forces than Carbon Steels Hardness properties mean it will not easily be effected by erosion by material contact Chemical Properties: Corrosion resistance means it will not corrode under many conditions. The Food & Beverage industry requires high standards and no contamination and stainless steel is able to provide these Stable at low and high temperature meaning it will not breakdown into its components Is easy to clean and can be “sterilised” easily if required

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Woven Mesh

Stainless Steel Woven Wire Mesh is a versatile and reliable product that is the optimum solution for where strength, corrosion and abrasion resistance and asset life is critical.

It is manufactured by weaving longitudinal and transverse wires together.

Common Applications

Industry for filtration, screening / sieving and food pressing/ drying
Industry for Hollander Mesh & Bolting Cloth
Architecture for function and appearance both internally and externally
Bushfire Mesh part of your solution to bushfire protection
Window & Door Mesh part of your solution for stopping insects, intruders & embers

SSWM Stocked Woven Mesh Range

We stock over 350 stainless steel woven mesh specifications in grade 304 and 316. Including mill finish, black powder coated, hollander mesh & bolting cloth in 30m, 10m, 5m & 2m rolls in varying widths.

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Mesh

500 inch per lineal inch (fine mesh) to 1 inch per lineal to (coarse mesh)

Aperture

0.026mm to 35.00mm

Wire Diameter

0.025mm to 4.00mm

Weave

Plain, Inter Crimp, Lock Crimp & Twill Weave

Grade

304, 316 & 2507

Length x Width

2m Rolls / Sheets x 1245mm width
10m length x 1550mm width rolls
30m length x 1245mm, 1550mm, 1830mm & 2000mm width rolls

Condition

Mill also known as off the machine

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Stainless Steel WOVEN MESH

Commercial Grade Regularly used in Industry

15, 30 Metre Rolls

	Parent Code	Mesh	SWG	Aperture mm	Wire Diameter mm	Approx % Open	Micron	Technical Data Sheet	Request a Quote

Stainless Steel WOVEN MESH

Commercial Grade Regularly used in Industry

2400 x 1200mm Panels

	PARENT CODE	MESH	SWG	APERTURE MM	WIRE DIAMETER MM	APPROX % OPEN	TECHNICAL DATA SHEET	REQUEST A QUOTE

Stainless Steel BLACK WOVEN MESH

Stainless Steel Black Woven Mesh Rolls

15, 30 Metre Rolls

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Stainless Steel BLACK WOVEN MESH

Stainless Steel Black Woven Mesh Sheets

2400 x 1200mm Panels

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Cutting Please place your woven wire orders that require cutting by 11:00am for same day cut and pick up by 2:30pm.

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Stainless Woven Mesh Terminology

Mesh – The number of openings per lineal inch.

SWG – Standard wire gauge

Aperture- The distance between two adjacent wires

Diameter- The thickness of the wire before weaving

Pitch- The distance between the middle point of two adjacent wires or the sum of the aperture width and the wire diameter.

% Open Area- The ratio of the area of the aperture to the area of the mesh expressed in percentage terms

Weft- All wires running across the cloth as woven

Weave

Plain Weave

The most common and simplest weaves. Each warp wire (wire running parallel to the length of the cloth) passes alternatively over and under the wires running transversely through the cloth at 90 degree angles.

Intercrimp Weave

Has extra crimps in warp and weft wires between intersections.

Lock Crimp Weave

Is produced with pre-crimped wire. Lock crimp weave is stabilised by a notch or bump at the wire intersections.

Twill Weave

Is Produced by passing each fill wire alternatively over and under two warp wires.

Stainless Woven Mesh Formulas

Aperture

Calculating the aperture

Count of a convenient number of apertures (N)
Measure the length covered by the N apertures (L)
Measure the wire diameter (D)
The average aperture (A)

Working example of calculating the aperture of 6/20 woven wire mesh

Number of apertures counted N = 6
Length covered by apertures centre to centre L = 25.4mm
Diameter of wire D = 0.9mm
Aperture

The woven wire is identified as 3.33mm aperture / 0.9mm diameter

Mesh Count

Percentage Open Area

The mesh has a 62% open area

Micron Conversion

Micron (micrometer) is a unit of measure, in which usually only fine mesh under 1mm is referred to. A micron is a thousandth of a millimetre.

In this example 325/48.5, 0.043mm aperture, 0.035mm diameter is used.

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Chemical Standard

ASTM E527 – 16 Standard Practice for Numbering Metals and Alloys in the Unified Numbering System (UNS)

Material Standard

ASTM 580/A580M – 18 Standard specification for Stainless Steel Wire

ASTM A555/A555M – 22 Standard Specification for General
Requirements for Stainless Steel Wire and Wire Rods

Mechanical Properties & Dimensions

ASTM E2016 – 22 Standard Specification for Industrial Woven Wire Cloth

Certification Standard

EN 10204-3.2 Independent Assurance of a Material’s Properties

Quality Assurance System

ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management Systems Reg No: 03823Q21581R4M

Stainless Steel
Woven Mesh Calculations

Mesh Count
Wire Diam mm

Aperture mm
Open Area %
Weight Squ m
Micron (if Aperture =< 1)

Because Stainless Steel Woven Mesh is woven, it can be easily rolled and wrapped. In most cases it can be sent via a courier when the weight is under 32Kgs and the width is less than 900mm.

We carry over 380 different sizes of Woven Mesh and supply across Australia.

We can supply a mesh with a wire diameter of 0.025mm and an aperture of 0.026mm. As a comparison, a human hair can be as small as 0.016mm so our mesh is small. This mesh is often used in Scientific labs at universities and research centres where they are developing new process. Because this mesh is so fine it takes hours for the weaving machine to make this material. This mesh has 500 openings per inch, uses a 50 SWG wire and has an open area of 26%.

Stainless Steel Woven Mesh strength is a function of the following:

1. The Tensile strength of the Stainless Steel
2. The Wire Diameter
3. The Type of Weave
4. The Number of wires

Woven Mesh can be attached to other equipment via several different methods:

1. Welded to other steels
2. Clamped to other materials

Micron is a measurement of the Aperture. A micron is 1/1000 of a millimetre so a mesh that is 100 micron has an aperture of 0.1mm. It is difficult to then compare Microns and mesh counts because different woven meshes have different wire diameters.

No. There are many different types of Woven Mesh. These can vary according to the following:

Different Wire Diameters for Warp and Weft Wire (Hollander Mesh)
Different Weave patters (Dutch, Reverse Dutch etc)
Different Mechanisms to hold the Wires in place (Crimping)

These are the terms that were historically used to describe Woven Mesh. They are:

1. Mesh Count is the number of holes in the mesh per inch mesh
2. SWG is the Standard Wire Gauge that was used to describe the diameter of the wire

At SSWM we can take your Mesh count and SWG and we can supply you a mesh that meets your specification

Stainless Steel Woven Mesh has the following critical dimension:

1. Wire Diameter –This is measured in millimetres (mm) or Standard Wire Guage (SWG)
2. Aperture – This is the gap between the wires that allow the material to pass through
3. Mesh Count – this is typically the number of openings per inch for mesh that doesn’t have a square opening then both dimensions need to be specified
4. Open Area – This the percentage of space of the mesh that is used to consider the pressure drop across the mesh
5. Weave – This is how the wire is combined to make the mesh including Plain, Twill, Dutch
6. Crimp – This is additional process that is used to lock the wires together including Intermediate and Locking.
7. Width – This is the width that the woven mesh is manufactured in
8. Edge Finish – this is how the Width Wires are presented and can be Raw, Tucked and Selvage (Looped) edge
9. Grade – This is the grade of Stainless Steel that is being used to make the Woven Mesh (304 and 316)

Yes it is. Its is manufactured on a similar type of machine as cotton cloth. The Stainless Steel wire is woven into a mesh using two wires. The wires run in two directions:

1. The lengthwise wires are called the Warp Wire
2. The width wise wires are called the Weft Wire

Stainless Steel has some excellent Mechanical and Chemical properties:

Mechanical Properties:

Tensile properties mean it is able to operate in mechanical harsh environments and can withstand greater impact forces than Carbon Steels
Hardness properties mean it will not easily be effected by erosion by material contact

Chemical Properties:

Corrosion resistance means it will not corrode under many conditions. The Food & Beverage industry requires high standards and no contamination and stainless steel is able to provide these
Stable at low and high temperature meaning it will not breakdown into its components
Is easy to clean and can be “sterilised” easily if required

Woven Mesh has more flexibility than welded mesh and are often used in application that are dynamic. The Woven Mesh can hold its shape during vibration and impact meaning it has a long performance life with limited maintenance. In some cases Mesh can be altered to improve its ability to hold its shape. This includes “crimping” a wire to provide additional strength to the Mesh.

Mesh is most commonly used as a filter medium. The mesh is used to separate material that is over sized while allowing the material that is undersized to pass through. Different processes require different sizes of material and screening these materials improves the quality of this material.

Absolutely, we welcome you to use your own freight company.

Please place your woven wire orders that require cutting by 11am for same day cut and pickup by 2.30pm

On a double skid for interstate and country deliveries, no double skid is usually required for local deliveries or local pickups.

We have a datasheet for each product item, these include a to-scale image, specifications, dimensions and weights. These are found on the website in the far right column of the product tables. We also include a link to the relevant datasheet in all quotes, proformas and invoices.

WELDED MESH

5 lineal metres and increments of 5 lineal metres

WOVEN MESH

1245mm wide – 2 lineal metres and increments of 1 lineal metre 1550mm wide – 10 lineal metres and increments of 10 lineal metres 1830mm wide – 10 lineal metres and increments of 10 lineal metres

If we receive your order before 9am, it will be dispatched on same day.

Absolutely, we welcome you to use your own freight company.

We accept payment via PayPal or direct deposit EFT. We have a strict policy of not taking credit card details over the phone

No. We only cut across the width of the roll once. To enable speed to market, we have all specifications in pre-cut 2 m rolls in 1245mm wide and 10m rolls in widths above 1550mm, which are ready to be dispatched upon order.

Please place your woven wire orders that require cutting by 11am for same day cut and pickup by 2.30pm

Please do, to enable us to assist you with your enquiry and requirements without distractions.

Our opening hours are 8.30am – 3.30pm Monday to Friday

Our stocked size for stainless steel welded panels is 1200 x 2400mm However, for large volumes, panels can be custom-made

On a double skid for interstate and country deliveries, no double skid is usually required for local deliveries or local pickups.

Yes, please either send or bring your mesh in for identification. If emailing a photo, please ensure it is against a ruler, so we can identify the mesh count and wire diameter.

Yes, as our name suggests, we sell only Stainless Steel Wire & Mesh.

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Woven Mesh

Common Applications

SSWM Stocked Woven Mesh Range

Quality Assured & Tested

Same Day Despatch

Australia's Largest Stockist

Mesh

Aperture

Wire Diameter

Weave

Grade

Length x Width

Condition

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Stainless Woven Mesh Terminology

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Still have questions?

Stainless Steel Woven Mesh Calculations

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WOVEN MESH

Relevant Products

Parent Code: SSWO / SSWOB

Parent Code: SSWO / SSWOB

Parent Code: SSWO / SSWOB

Why Choose SSWM

Same Day Despatch

Quality assured & tested

Australia's largest stockist of stainless steel wire & mesh

Design & install considerations

Low maintenance material

COMPLIMENTARY PRODUCT CONSULTATION

Speak with a product expert regarding your project

SAME DAY DESPATCH when your order is receivedby 9am for Australia wide delivery

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