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| A primary factor
in any woven wire cloth specification is the wire diameter which is
occasionally  expressed as a "gauge number". |
| Gauge sizes are
indicated as whole numbers, the tables below give the decimal equivalents of the different
gauge numbers. Much confusion has resulted from the use of gauge numbers, in
ordering wire cloth or wire mesh it is preferable to state the exact dimensions in decimal
fractions of an inch or a millimeter. The decimal method of indicating wire
diameters has the advantage of being self-explanatory, whereas arbitrary gauge numbers are
not. |
| The Washburn
& Moen wire gauge (for reference purposes only) is the standard utilized by Screen Technology Group, and most North
American wire weavers. Many European weavers utilize the SWG gauge standard although
the wire weaving industry is moving toward global standardization by avoiding the
confusing use of gauge specifications altogether. |
|
Industrial
Hardware Cloth and Space Cloth specifications are typically identified by a gauge number
rather than the actual decimal value of the wire diameter.Â
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| Most of the
specification tables provided in this website include both imperial and metric decimal
diameter values. |
|
Gauge #
|
Washburn |
British |
Birmingham |
A.W.G. |
|
& Moen |
S.W.G |
 or Stubs |
Brown&Sharp |
|
7/0
|
.4900" |
.500" |
--- |
--- |
|
6/0
|
.4615" |
.464" |
--- |
.5800" |
|
5/0
|
.4305" |
.432" |
.500" |
.5165" |
|
4/0
|
.3938" |
.400" |
.454" |
.4600" |
|
3/0
|
.3625" |
.372" |
.425" |
.4096" |
|
2/0
|
.3310" |
.348" |
.380" |
.3648" |
|
1/0
|
.3065" |
.324" |
.340" |
.3249" |
|
1
|
.2830" |
.300" |
.300" |
.2893" |
|
2
|
.2625" |
.276" |
.284" |
.2576" |
|
3
|
.2437" |
.252" |
.259" |
.2294" |
|
4
|
.2253" |
.232" |
.238" |
.2043" |
|
5
|
.2070" |
.212" |
.220" |
.1819" |
|
6
|
.1920" |
.192" |
.203" |
.1620" |
|
7
|
.1770" |
.176" |
.180" |
.1442" |
|
8
|
.1620" |
.160" |
.165" |
.1284" |
|
9
|
.1483" |
.144" |
.148" |
.1144" |
|
10
|
.1350" |
.128" |
.134" |
.1018" |
|
11
|
.1205" |
.116" |
.120" |
.0907" |
|
12
|
.1055" |
.104" |
.109" |
.0808" |
|
13
|
.0915" |
.092" |
.095" |
.0719" |
|
14
|
.0800" |
.080" |
.083" |
.0640" |
|
15
|
.0720" |
.072" |
.072" |
.0570" |
|
16
|
.0625" |
.064" |
.065" |
.0508" |
|
17
|
.0540" |
.056" |
.058" |
.0452" |
|
18
|
.0475" |
.048" |
.049" |
.0403" |
|
19
|
.0410" |
.040" |
.042" |
.0358" |
|
20
|
.0348" |
.036" |
.035" |
.0319" |
|
Gauge #
|
Washburn
|
BritishÂ
|
Birmingham |
A.W.G. |
| & Moen |
S.W.G. |
or Stubs |
Brown&Sharp |
| 21 |
.0317" |
.032" |
.032" |
.0284" |
| 22 |
.0286" |
.028" |
.028" |
.0253" |
| 23 |
.0258" |
.024" |
.025" |
.0225" |
| 24 |
.0230" |
.022" |
.022" |
.0201" |
| 25 |
.0204" |
.020" |
.020" |
.0179" |
| 26 |
.0181" |
.018" |
.018" |
.0159" |
| 27 |
.0173" |
.0164" |
.016" |
.0141" |
| 28 |
.0162" |
.0148" |
.014" |
.0126" |
| 29 |
.0150" |
.0136" |
.013" |
.0112" |
| 30 |
.0140" |
.0124" |
.012" |
.0100" |
| 31 |
.0132" |
.0116" |
.010" |
.0089" |
| 32 |
.0128" |
.0108" |
.009" |
.0079" |
| 33 |
.0118" |
.0100" |
.008" |
.0070" |
| 34 |
.0104" |
.0092" |
.007" |
.0063" |
| 35 |
.0095" |
.0084" |
.005" |
.0056" |
| 36 |
.0090" |
.0076" |
.004" |
.0050" |
| 37 |
.0085" |
.0068" |
--- |
.0044" |
| 38 |
.0080" |
.0060" |
--- |
.0039" |
| 39 |
.0075" |
.0052" |
--- |
.0035" |
| 40 |
.0070" |
.0048" |
--- |
.0031" |
| 41 |
.0066" |
.0044" |
--- |
.00280" |
| 42 |
.0062" |
.0040" |
--- |
.00249" |
| 43 |
.0060" |
.0036" |
--- |
.00222" |
| 44 |
.0058" |
.0032" |
--- |
.00198" |
| 45 |
.0055" |
.0028" |
-- |
.00176" |
| 46 |
.0052" |
.0024" |
--- |
.00157" |
| 47 |
.0050" |
.0020" |
--- |
.00140" |
| 48 |
.0048" |
.0016" |
--- |
.00124" |
| 49 |
.0046" |
.0012" |
-- |
.00111" |
| 50 |
.0044" |
.0010" |
-- |
.00099" |
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