Market Grade

Market Grade Wire Cloth is generally accepted by the industry as the standard for wire cloth. This specification requires the wire cloth to be woven utilizing moderate wire diameters resulting in a high strength square mesh cloth, suitable for general purpose screening.

Wire Cloth Specifications

Mesh	Wire Diameter (Inches)	Mesh Openings		Open Area (%)
Mesh	Wire Diameter (Inches)	(Inches)	(Microns)	Open Area (%)

2	0.063	0.437	11100	76.4
3	0.054	0.279	7100	70.2
4	0.047	0.203	5600	65.9
(4)	0.063	0.187	4750	56.0
5	0.041	0.159	4040	63.2
6	0.035	0.132	3340	62.4
7	0.035	0.108	2740	57.0
8	0.028	0.097	2460	60.2
10	0.025	0.075	1910	56.3
11	0.018	0.073	1850	64.3
12	0.023	0.060	1530	52.4
14	0.020	0.051	1310	51.8
16	0.018	0.0445	1130	50.7
18	0.017	0.0386	979	48.2
20	0.016	0.0340	864	46.2
24	0.014	0.0277	703	44.1
30	0.013	0.0203	516	37.2
35	0.011	0.0176	446	37.8
40	0.010	0.0150	381	36.0
50	0.0090	0.0110	279	30.3
60	0.0075	0.0092	233	30.5
80	0.0055	0.0070	178	31.4
100	0.0045	0.0055	140	30.3
120	0.0037	0.0046	118	30.9
150	0.0026	0.0041	103	37.2
200	0.0021	0.0029	74	33.6
250	0.0016	0.0024	61	36.0
325	0.0014	0.0017	43	29.7
400	0.0011	0.0014	38	32.0