Wire cloth shall be woven with first-class workmanship, although some blemishes or defects are inherent in the weaving process. The major blemishes as followings:
Smash – a smash is any complex break-up of the weaving pattern through mechanical damage during the weaving process.
Broken Shot(weft) – a broken shot is a line of wide openings resulting from a broken weft wire that was not removed and replaced before the next shot was completed.
Draw-over – a draw-over is a certain length of cloth containing no weft wires, extending up to the full width of the cloth.
Double – a double is a shot in which two shute wires have been inserted instead of one, extending up to the full width of the cloth.
Slack shot – a slack shot is a shute wire that is longer than the neighboring shute wires, extending up to the full width of the cloth.
Pinhole – a pinhole is a single hole in the cloth as a result of a broken wire or slack shot.
Hard Shot – a hard shot is a weft wire that is shorter than the neighboring weft wires causing a ridge above the plane of the cloth, extending up to the full width of the cloth .
Snick or Kink – a snick (or kink) is a weft wire that has twisted over.
Creeper – a creeper is a warp wire that is longer than the neighboring warp wires .
Reed Mark – a reed mark is a line of irregular width openings along a warp wire, also called tramlines .
Burst – a burst is a tear of variable length in the cloth. Bursts normally occur near the edges .
Edge Defect – an edge defect is any type of damage or distortion at the edge of the cloth, for example, rip, patch, or stretch exceeding 1 in. (25.4 mm) in length and 1⁄2 in. (12.7 mm) in width from the edge.
Wrinkle – a wrinkle is a ridge or crease in the wire cloth.
Debris in Cloth – this refers to any foreign object that has been woven into the cloth .
