How Wire Mesh is Made?

Ever stopped to think about the humble wire mesh? It’s everywhere! From the
sturdy safety fence around a construction site to the delicate screen in your
coffee maker, or even reinforcing the concrete beneath your feet. This
incredibly versatile product, often made from durable metals like carbon or
stainless steel, comes in a vast array of wire thicknesses (gauges) and
opening sizes, making it indispensable across countless industries.

But how does this seemingly simple grid of wires come into being?

While it might look straightforward, the manufacturing process is a
fascinating blend of precision engineering and ingenious mechanics. At its
core, wire mesh is created in two primary forms: woven wire mesh and welded
wire mesh.



The Starting Point: From Rod to Wire

No matter if it's destined to be woven or welded, the journey of every wire
mesh sheet begins with the wire itself. The process kicks off with a metal
rod, tube, or a thicker wire. This raw material is then meticulously extruded
– pulled through a series of progressively smaller dies. Each pass through a
die reduces the wire's diameter, stretching it out and making it thinner.

Once the desired gauge is achieved, this newly formed wire is neatly wound
onto large spools, ready for the next stage. If needed for specific mesh
types, this spooled wire can later be fed through a straightening machine and
precisely cut to the required lengths. This foundational step ensures the
uniformity and quality essential for creating high-performance mesh.



Woven Wire Mesh

Weaving wire into mesh is similar to the process of weaving cloth. First, a
wire loom is set up with long lengths of wire strung parallel through the
weaving wire mesh machine like yarn warp threads.
As the machine operates, wire harnesses lift alternate strands of the wire,
allowing a shuttle to pass between strands perpendicularly, pulling along a
filling wire, similar to a yarn weft. Then a batten presses the filling wire
against the mesh and the harnesses lift the opposite strands so the shuttle
can pass through in the opposite direction, producing an over-under weave.
Other weave patterns can also be created.

How Wire Mesh is Made?

Welded Wire Mesh

Another type of wire mesh, sometimes called welded wire fabric, can be made
with an automatic wire mesh welding machine. This type of mesh consists of a
series of parallel and perpendicular wires spaced at equal distances and
welded at the intersections.
To set up the machine, wire is strung through a row of automatic feeders that
push the long parallel strands through the welder. To create the cross-wires,
another feeder drops short perpendicular sections of wire down on top of the
parallel wires. At the intersections between parallel and perpendicular
wires, a row of electrical resistance weld heads then fuses the joints and
the mesh is pulled ahead, while another perpendicular wire drops down.

How Wire Mesh is Made?

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