Wire Tolerances—The wire diameter tolerance for weaving shall be in accordance with the following table. It is recognized that mechanical deformation of the wire occurs during weaving, and therefore, the diameter measured after weaving only can be used as a guide of the original nominal diameter.
wire diameter tolerance table
| Wire | Wire diameter | Tolerance | ||
| inch | mm | inch | mm | |
| Stainless
steel |
0.5000 and larger | 12.7 and larger | ±0.002 | ±0.05 |
| Under 0.5000 to 0.3125,incl | Under 12.7 to 7.94,incl | ±0.0015 | ±0.04 | |
| Under 0.3125 to 0.0440,incl | Under 7.94 to 1.12,incl | ±0.001 | ±0.03 | |
| Under 0.0440 to 0.0330,incl | Under1.12 to 0.84,incl | ±0.0008 | ±0.02 | |
| Under 0.0330 to 0.0240,incl | Under 0.84 to 0.61,incl | ±0.0005 | ±0.013 | |
| Under 0.0240 to 0.0120,incl | Under 0.61 to 0.30,incl | ±0.0004 | ±0.010 | |
| Under 0.0120 to 0.0080,incl | Under 0.30 to 0.20,incl | ±0.0003 | ±0.008 | |
| Under 0.0080 to 0.0048,incl | Under 0.20 to 0.12,incl | ±0.0002 | ±0.005 | |
| Under 0.0048 | Under 0.12 | ±0.0001 | ±0.003 | |
