Plain Weave
The most commonly used weave.
Each weft wire passes alternatively over and under each warp wire and vice versa.
The warp and weft wires diameters are generally the same.
Plain weave meshes are available with apertures from 11.1mm (2 mesh) to 0.05mm (325 mesh). The table below provides details of the standard specifications. Those highlighted are standard stock items. you can download the table from the wirecloth download section.
Mesh Count per Inch |
Wire Diameter mm |
Aperture Size mm |
Open Area |
Weight for Stainless Steel (kg/sq m) |
2 |
2.000 |
10.700 |
71% |
3.97 |
2 |
1.800 |
10.900 |
74% |
3.22 |
2 |
1.600 |
11.100 |
76% |
2.54 |
2 |
1.400 |
11.300 |
79% |
1.95 |
3 |
2.000 |
6.467 |
58% |
5.96 |
3 |
1.800 |
6.667 |
62% |
4.83 |
3 |
1.600 |
6.867 |
66% |
3.82 |
3 |
1.400 |
7.067 |
70% |
2.92 |
4 |
2.000 |
4.350 |
47% |
7.95 |
4 |
1.800 |
4.550 |
51% |
6.44 |
4 |
1.600 |
4.750 |
56% |
5.09 |
4 |
1.400 |
4.950 |
61% |
3.89 |
4 |
1.200 |
5.100 |
65% |
3.11 |
4 |
1.000 |
5.350 |
71% |
1.99 |
4 |
0.900 |
5.450 |
74% |
1.61 |
5 |
1.200 |
3.830 |
57% |
3.88 |
5 |
1.000 |
4.080 |
65% |
2.48 |
6 |
1.600 |
2.633 |
39% |
7.63 |
6 |
1.400 |
2.833 |
45% |
5.84 |
6 |
1.200 |
3.033 |
51% |
4.29 |
6 |
1.000 |
3.233 |
58% |
2.98 |
6 |
0.900 |
3.333 |
62% |
2.41 |
6 |
0.800 |
3.433 |
66% |
1.91 |
6 |
0.710 |
3.523 |
69% |
1.50 |
8 |
1.250 |
1.925 |
37% |
6.21 |
8 |
1.120 |
2.055 |
42% |
4.99 |
8 |
1.000 |
2.175 |
47% |
3.97 |
8 |
0.900 |
2.275 |
51% |
3.22 |
8 |
0.800 |
2.375 |
56% |
2.54 |
8 |
0.710 |
2.465 |
60% |
2.00 |
8 |
0.630 |
2.545 |
64% |
1.58 |
8 |
0.560 |
2.615 |
68% |
1.25 |
10 |
0.900 |
1.640 |
42% |
4.02 |
10 |
0.800 |
1.740 |
47% |
3.18 |
10 |
0.710 |
1.830 |
52% |
2.50 |
10 |
0.630 |
1.910 |
57% |
1.97 |
10 |
0.560 |
1.980 |
61% |
1.56 |
10 |
0.500 |
2.040 |
65% |
1.24 |
12 |
0.800 |
1.317 |
39% |
3.82 |
12 |
0.710 |
1.407 |
44% |
3.01 |
12 |
0.630 |
1.487 |
49% |
2.37 |
12 |
0.560 |
1.557 |
54% |
1.87 |
12 |
0.500 |
1.617 |
58% |
1.49 |
12 |
0.450 |
1.667 |
62% |
1.21 |
14 |
0.560 |
1.254 |
48% |
2.18 |
14 |
0.500 |
1.314 |
52% |
1.74 |
14 |
0.450 |
1.364 |
57% |
1.41 |
14 |
0.400 |
1.414 |
61% |
1.11 |
14 |
0.355 |
1.459 |
65% |
0.88 |
14 |
0.315 |
1.499 |
68% |
0.69 |
16 |
0.630 |
0.958 |
36% |
3.15 |
16 |
0.560 |
1.028 |
42% |
2.49 |
16 |
0.500 |
1.088 |
47% |
1.99 |
16 |
0.450 |
1.138 |
51% |
1.61 |
16 |
0.400 |
1.188 |
56% |
1.27 |
16 |
0.355 |
1.233 |
60% |
1.00 |
16 |
0.315 |
1.273 |
64% |
0.79 |
18 |
0.236 |
1.175 |
83% |
0.50 |
20 |
0.560 |
0.710 |
31% |
3.12 |
20 |
0.500 |
0.770 |
37% |
2.48 |
20 |
0.450 |
0.820 |
42% |
2.01 |
20 |
0.400 |
0.870 |
47% |
1.59 |
20 |
0.355 |
0.915 |
52% |
1.25 |
20 |
0.315 |
0.955 |
57% |
0.99 |
24 |
0.450 |
0.608 |
33% |
2.41 |
24 |
0.355 |
0.703 |
44% |
1.50 |
24 |
0.315 |
0.743 |
49% |
1.18 |
28 |
0.355 |
0.552 |
37% |
1.75 |
28 |
0.315 |
0.592 |
43% |
1.38 |
30 |
0.355 |
0.492 |
34% |
1.88 |
30 |
0.315 |
0.532 |
39% |
1.48 |
30 |
0.280 |
0.567 |
45% |
1.17 |
30 |
0.250 |
0.597 |
50% |
0.93 |
30 |
0.224 |
0.623 |
54% |
0.75 |
36 |
0.250 |
0.456 |
42% |
1.12 |
36 |
0.224 |
0.482 |
47% |
0.90 |
36 |
0.212 |
0.494 |
49% |
0.80 |
40 |
0.224 |
0.411 |
42% |
1.00 |
40 |
0.212 |
0.435 |
47% |
0.79 |
40 |
0.190 |
0.445 |
49% |
0.72 |
40 |
0.132 |
0.503 |
79% |
0.35 |
50 |
0.210 |
0.298 |
34% |
1.10 |
50 |
0.200 |
0.308 |
37% |
0.99 |
50 |
0.190 |
0.318 |
39% |
0.90 |
50 |
0.160 |
0.348 |
47% |
0.64 |
50 |
0.150 |
0.358 |
50% |
0.56 |
60 |
0.180 |
0.243 |
33% |
0.97 |
60 |
0.160 |
0.263 |
39% |
0.76 |
60 |
0.140 |
0.283 |
45% |
0.58 |
70 |
0.150 |
0.213 |
34% |
0.78 |
70 |
0.140 |
0.223 |
38% |
0.68 |
70 |
0.125 |
0.238 |
43% |
0.54 |
80 |
0.140 |
0.178 |
31% |
0.78 |
80 |
0.125 |
0.193 |
37% |
0.62 |
100 |
0.112 |
0.142 |
31% |
0.62 |
100 |
0.100 |
0.154 |
37% |
0.50 |
100 |
0.090 |
0.164 |
42% |
0.40 |
100 |
0.080 |
0.174 |
47% |
0.32 |
120 |
0.090 |
0.122 |
33% |
0.48 |
120 |
0.080 |
0.132 |
39% |
0.38 |
120 |
0.065 |
0.147 |
48% |
0.25 |
140 |
0.080 |
0.101 |
31% |
0.45 |
150 |
0.071 |
0.098 |
34% |
0.38 |
150 |
0.065 |
0.109 |
42% |
0.27 |
165 |
0.050 |
0.104 |
46% |
0.20 |
180 |
0.060 |
0.081 |
33% |
0.32 |
180 |
0.050 |
0.091 |
42% |
0.22 |
200 |
0.050 |
0.077 |
37% |
0.25 |
200 |
0.040 |
0.087 |
47% |
0.16 |
230 |
0.036 |
0.074 |
45% |
0.15 |
250 |
0.040 |
0.062 |
37% |
0.20 |
270 |
0.040 |
0.054 |
33% |
0.21 |
270 |
0.036 |
0.058 |
38% |
0.17 |
300* |
0.040 |
0.045 |
28% |
0.24 |
300* |
0.036 |
0.055 |
42% |
0.13 |
325* |
0.036 |
0.042 |
29% |
0.21 |
325 |
0.028 |
0.050 |
41% |
0.13 |
350* |
0.030 |
0.043 |
34% |
0.16 |
400* |
0.030 |
0.034 |
27% |
0.18 |
500* |
0.025 |
0.026 |
26% |
0.16 |
Mesh Count per Inch |
Wire Diameter mm |
Aperture Size mm |
Open Area |
Weight for Stainless Steel (kg/sq m) |
* normally woven as twill weave
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