Stainless Steel Woven Mesh is defined by a number of parameters:
Mesh – the number of openings per lineal inch (25.4mm)
SWG – standard wire gauge
Aperture – the distance between two adjacent wires (opening)
Wire Diameter – the thickness of the wire before weaving
Pitch – the centre to centre distance between two adjacent wires (= aperture + wire diameter)
Open Area % – the ratio of the aperture area to the total mesh area (calculated from the aperture and the wire diameter).
Two measurements are necessary to define the mesh – Mesh and Wire Diameter. All other parameters can be calculated from these two.
