1.How to make a inquiry of stainless steel wire mesh ?
You need to indicate material,mesh number, wire diameter,size and the quantity to ask for an offer, you can also indicate if you have any special requirement. We'll provide a formal quotation after your inquiry is received.
2.Could you provide free sample ?
Yes, we can provide free sample together with our catalogue. But the courier charge will on your side. We'll send back the courier charge if you make an order.
3.How is your Payment Term ?
Generally, our payment term is T/T 30% in advance and the balance 70% against the copy of B/L. Other payment term we can also discuss.
4.How is your delivery time ?
We always prepare enough stock material for your urgent requirement, the delivery time is 7 days for all the stock material. We'll check with our production department for the non-stock items and then offer you the exact delivery time and producing schedule.
General Terms to Identify Wire Mesh (including stainless steel mesh):
Mesh Counts : Number of openings for linear count, measures of center the center of the parallel wires. Most wire mesh fabric manufacturers adopt the English count, 25,40 mm, that is per inch, as standard.
The classifications of mesh opening in German, French and metric, respectively based in the number of openings in 26,16 mm, 27,77 mm and 10,00 mm.
Wire Diameters: It is given in numbers BWG (Birminghan Wire Gauge) for being the fieira most used for the manufacturers of wire mesh, to make sure if the wire diameter is measured correctly. AWG (American wire gauge) or Brown & Sharpeis gauge is also applied.
The followings are necessary important information for a complete specification of the stainless steel wire mesh:
1.Material: Stainless Steel (AISI, 304, 304L, 316, 316L, 321). Other metals such as galvanized steel, carbon steel, brass, aluminum, monel, bronze can also be woven into wire mesh and wire cloth.
2.Type of Wire Mesh Opening or Aperture: Squared Stainless Steel Wire Mesh or Rectangular, Dutch Woven, etc.
3.Mesh: Parallel wire numbers for linear count.
4.Wire Diameter: Better in millimeters.
5.Wire Mesh Dimensions: Length and width. Standard roll size: Standard width: 1m or 48"; standard roll length: 30m or 100'.
6.Finishing and Supplied Form of Stainless Steel Wire Mesh: Folded, cut, framed, etc.
7.Packing: Wrapped with moister-proof paper, then in wooden cases.
Wire diameter: the thickness of one single wire.
Opening / Aperture / Hole size: the distance between two adjacent parallel wires
Size of wire mesh can be specified by mesh counts, mesh numbers or aperture. It means how many openings per inch or 25.4 mm. So for any one liner inch distant, the higher the mesh size, the more the quantity of holes, the smaller the size of the opening. And then the smaller the particle can pass through.
For example, from the following chart (a part of the mesh screen size chart), we can see that mesh size 200 is larger than 150. However, its opening size is only about 0.0737 mm, which is smaller than the hole size of the 150 mesh screen.
| Mesh size | Aperture size (mm) | Wire diameter (mm) |
| 150 | 0.1041 | 0.066 |
| 200 | 0.0737 | 0.0533 |
Please note: if we only know the mesh size, usually, we cannot confirm the needed mesh. Material, wire diameter and aperture size are also necessary.
A drawing or a simple sketch is also essential for deep processing mesh products with special shape and size.
40 mesh refers to wire cloth which has 40 openings per linear inch in both directions. Its wire diameter can be 0.254 mm. If so, the opening size will be 0.38 mm, and micron size is 380. Therefore, the mesh can have particles over 0.38 mm, and filter the others smaller than 0.38 mm.
It refers to the wire cloth in which there are 20 openings per inch in both lengthwise and crosswise.
Thickness of woven wire mesh is related to its wire diameter of the warp wire diameter and the weft / filling wire diameter.