The Complete Woven Wire Cloth Glossary
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stranded weave
A twilled weave with multiple wires in both warp and the weft.
 
strainer
A fabricated assembly of woven wire cloth (wire mesh) designed for the removal of foreign particles from a stream of liquid or gas.
 
strainer cloth
A plain weave off-count mesh cloth with a high percentage of open area.
 
support screen
A heavy wire mesh utilized to support a finer mesh in filtration or straining.     See - "backing cloth".
 
S.W.G.
British Imperial Standard Wire Gauge.
 
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Tensile Bolting Cloth
Often referred to as "TBC".     See - "Bolting Cloth".
 
Tensile Strength
In tensile testing, the ratio of maximum load to original load to original cross-sectional area. Also called ultimate strength.
 
Testing Sieve
Fabricated circular frames available in stainless steel, brass or plastic fitted with wire mesh woven of brass, phosphor-bronze or stainless steel, having extremely accurate openings. Sieves are produced according to various standards, in the U.S. typically per ASTM E-11-70.     Testing sieves are used for grading, sizing and testing by research and technical institutions, industrial laboratories and mining engineers.
 
Tinned Cloth
Wire cloth (wire mesh) woven of wire that has been coated with tin before the weaving process. Tinned cloth is generally available in "mill grade" wire diameters.
 
TRD
Abbreviation for "Twilled Reverse Dutch Weave".
 
triple shoot
A slotted opening wire mesh which, due to the particular application and/or slot length, requires three shoot wires in adjacent crimps followed by the slot and repeated.
 
Trommel Screen
A screen panel which is rolled to cover a cylinder, typically fastened by bolts, clamps or straps.
 
 
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