Detailed Stainless Steel Woven Mesh Related Glossary for Your Reference

• Mesh Count
  The number of opening 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 warp (weft) weft wires
• Open Area
  The ratio of area of the aperture to the area of the mesh expressed in percentage terms
• Warp Wires
  All wires running lengthwise of the cloth as woven
• Weft wires
  All wires running across the cloth as woven
• Tensile Strength
  The maximum tensile stress that a material can withstand from the start of force application until it breaks during a tensile test.
• Coarse Mesh
  Typically refers to mesh with larger openings and larger wire diameter, usually with a mesh count below 20.
• Fine Mesh
  Typically refers to mesh with smaller openings and smaller wire diameter, usually with a mesh count above 100.
• Weave Type
  Way in which the warp and weft wires cross each other.
• Plain weave
  Woven mesh with warp and weft wires of the same diameter, alternating over and under each other.
• Twill weave
  Each warp wire alternately passes over and under two weft wires, and each weft wire alternately passes over and under two warp wires. Warp and weft wires have the same diameter.
• Dutch Weave
  Woven mesh with warp and weft wires of different diameters, with larger warp wires and smaller weft wires.
• Reverse Dutch Weave
  Woven mesh with warp and weft wires of different diameters, with smaller warp wires and larger weft wires.