Wire mesh, also known as wire cloth or wire fabric, is a versatile metal product that can be used effectively in countless applications globally. Popular uses for wire mesh include stainless steel wire mesh for filters, steel wire mesh for partitions, and PVC wire mesh for machine guards. From industrial to commercial applications, wire mesh is a common metal product that is used by many daily.
Our wire mesh material types include:
- Aluminum wire mesh
- Copper wire mesh
- Brass wire mesh
- Bronze wire mesh
- Mild steel wire mesh
- Pre-galvanized wire mesh
- Stainless steel wire mesh
Whether you’re looking for a lightweight material like aluminum wire mesh or a heavy-duty material like stainless steel wire mesh, you’ll find it here at Direct Metals®, a trusted wire mesh supplier. To view a description of each material type available, such as aluminum mesh, click on the Wire Mesh Material Types PDF below.
Complete Wire Mesh Section of our Product Catalog
Wire Mesh Scales and Fundamentals
Welded Wire Mesh
Welded wire mesh consists of perpendicular wire strands that are resistance welded at each intersection. Direct Metals® is a wire mesh supplier that carries welded wire mesh that is both economical and versatile with a clean appearance and uniform grid patterns. This product can be made in many materials, such as steel, stainless steel, and galvanized steel.
Woven Wire Mesh
Woven wire mesh is woven to size in the same way cloth is woven on a loom. The most common materials used to create woven wire mesh are carbon steel, galvanized steel, stainless steel, and aluminum. If you are searching for a woven wire mesh supplier, we have the wire crimps and weave styles to fit your specific application.
Stainless Steel Filters & Stampings
Our stainless-steel wire mesh filters are useful in a wide range of applications that require a variety of openings. These wire mesh filters can be used in conjunction with perforated metal and expanded metal. Stainless mesh is ideal for filtration that is used in adverse environmental conditions. We fabricate custom made to order stainless steel filters of varying sizes in single or multiple layers of woven wire mesh. The stainless-steel weaving styles that are available include plain, twill, plain dutch, and reverse dutch twill weaves. These wire mesh filters can be stamped to size, sintered, soldered, welded, and rolled to size.
Stainless Steel Wire Mesh Screen
Perfectly suited for a wide array of architectural and functional purposes, our stainless-steel screen is used in various industries. The petroleum, chemical environmental protection, mining, aerospace, papermaking, electronic, metallurgical, food and pharmaceutical industries all utilize stainless steel screen.
Hardware Wire Cloth Mesh
Hardware cloth is wire mesh that consists of either woven or welded wires in a square or rectangular grid. Hardware wire cloth mesh is available in galvanized steel, stainless steel and bare steel. It is typically used for bird & rodent control, filter media backing, machine guarding, security screening, and many other outdoor applications.
PVC Coated Wire Mesh
PVC coated wire mesh is relatively low in cost, resilient, corrosion resistant, and has good insulating properties. PVC wire mesh uses range from machine guarding and architectural fencing to salt & fresh water trap applications. Direct Metals® is a PVC coated wire mesh supplier that carries a variety of materials including carbon steel wire mesh and galvanized steel wire mesh.
Architectural Wire Mesh
Our architectural wire mesh can be adapted for use in just about any architectural project and is available in aluminum, carbon steel, stainless steel, and galvanized steel. It combines aesthetics and functionality by delivering striking visual appeal, safety, and energy savings.
Cage Wire Mesh
Our cage wire mesh provides a consistent and uniform mesh count for dimensionally correct cages. As a leading wire mesh supplier, Direct Metals® stocks cage mesh in plain steel, PVC coated steel, galvanized before welding, and galvanized after welding with square and rectangular openings.
Hex Netting Wire Mesh
Hex netting is a twisted steel wire mesh with hexagonal openings. We are a wire mesh supplier that carries a variety of hex netting mesh sizes. It is a widely used and versatile mesh that can be used for animal traps, chicken coops, insulation backing or other wire fencing for animals.
Wire Mesh Containers
Our wire mesh containers are designed and built for a rugged and long service life, making them an ideal choice for material handling. They are available in a variety of sizes and capacities. Our stackable, collapsible, and rust-resistant galvanized wire mesh containers are durable, portable, self-cleaning, and shippable.
Security Fencing
Our security fencing is the ideal solution for prisons, borders, or any facility with high security fencing needs. The welded mesh spacing is designed to prevent climbing. The small openings in the welded mesh fencing resists penetration by normal hand tools, which offers high levels of perimeter protection.
U-Edging
U-Edging is a wire mesh product accessory that is a u-shaped strip attached to the edge of a wire mesh product sheet to make the edges more attractive and safer. It is available in carbon steel, stainless steel, aluminum, and galvanized steel.
