Wire mesh weight
Estimate the weight of woven square mesh per square metre and for a full roll or sheet, before you ask for a quote.
Weight per square metre0.563 kg/m²
- Total weight
- 20.6 kg
- Total area
- 36.60 m²
- Aperture
- 1.161 mm
- Pitch
- 1.411 mm
- Open area
- 67.7%
- Mesh count
- 18.0 per inch
How it’s calculated
A square metre of square-weave mesh holds 1000 ÷ pitch wires in each direction, each about one metre long. Weight is that total wire length × the wire’s cross-section (π × d² ÷ 4) × the density of the material, plus 2% because each wire crimps over and under the wires it crosses.
kg/m² = 2 × (1000 ÷ pitch) × (π × d² ÷ 4) × density ÷ 1000 × 1.02
Pitch is 25.4 ÷ mesh count, or aperture + wire diameter, in millimetres. Results are theoretical weights for plain and twill square weave; actual weight varies slightly with weave and tolerance. Dutch weaves, where warp and weft wires differ, need a different calculation.
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