Wire Cloth Weave and Crimp Styles

Wire cloth comes in a variety of styles and options with customization capabilities for your specific projects. At Argus Steel, we offer a wide range of wire cloth styles. Each has a different design for steel wire and crimps, making them versatile, strong and ideal for security, filtration and architectural infill.

Wire Cloth Weave and Crimp Styles

If you’re starting a new project and need wire cloth, it’s important that you know the different styles and which one is right for your application.

Plain Weave Wire Mesh

Plain weave wire mesh is one of the most popular and universally used options. It’s designed like a traditional mesh with intersections that create uniform square openings from a plain-weave pattern. It provides straight, regular mesh openings and is available in a wide variety of custom materials, sizes and coatings. With its high strength, durability and predictable airflow, plain weave wire mesh is a good choice for most facilities.

Typical applications include:

  • Industrial filtration processes.
  • Safety screens, guards and partitions.
  • Architectural infill panels.

Twill Weave Wire Mesh

Similar in design to plain weave wire mesh, twill weave wire mesh goes over two and under two wires, creating a hexagonal pattern on the surface. It offers many of the same benefits as plain weave wire mesh, along with a thicker mesh structure created by a diagonal design. This gives it greater mechanical strength than plain weave and slightly increases load-bearing capacity.

Use twill weave wire mesh for:

  • Industrial filtration.
  • High-load screening.
  • Oil industry filtration.
  • Aerospace and chemical uses.

Dutch Weave Wire Mesh

Dutch weave is unique, created using thicker wires in one direction and thinner wires in the other. This creates irregular openings that vary in size but are usually smaller than those in plain weave. This design features a dense, irregular sheet of small openings, ideal for many industrial and commercial projects. It’s also strong and stable under pressure, and great for fine filtration.

Use dutch weave wire mesh for:

  • Precision gas and liquid filtration.
  • Hydraulic and pharmaceutical systems.
  • Critical fine particle filtration.

Crimped Wire Mesh

Crimped woven wire mesh is designed with metal crimps that allow the wires to interlock and remain locked at intersections. This design produces consistent, uniform openings at the intersections, which can be customized for your use case. It’s a great choice for projects that need strength and precision.

You might use this mesh for:

  • Guards and safety panels.
  • Vibrating screens.
  • Industrial sieves and filtration.
  • Machine protection.

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When starting a project, it’s important to know which style of wire cloth you need, whether it’s plain weave, crimped or dutch weave, as each has unique benefits. At Argus Steel, we’re experts in wire cloth styles and can help you find the right option for your specific project. We prioritize the quality and performance of our wire cloth so you can focus on your work.

Request a free quote from our experts today to find the right wire cloth.

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