Designation:E2016−11StandardSpecificationforIndustrialWovenWireCloth1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationE2016;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.INTRODUCTIONIndustrialwireclothcanbeproducedinmanythousandsofcombinationsofsizeandshapeofopening,wirediameter,typeofweave,andmetal.Thisspecificationcoverswovenwireclothforindustrialuse,includingtheseparationofparticles.Itspurposeistointroducestandardtermsanddefinitions,tonotethenormalrangeofspecificationswoven,andtoestablishtolerancesandrequirements.Thisspecificationexcludessieveclothfromitsscope,sincethisiscoveredunderSpecificationE11.Ifauserhasaspecificapplicationforindustrialwirecloththatisnotwithinthescopeofthisspecification,itisrecommendedthatthewireclothsupplierbeconsulted.1.Scope1.1Thisspecificationcoversindustrialwovenwirefabric,referredtoaswirecloth,forgeneraluseincludingtheseparationofparticles.Wireclothcanbemadeofanyprimarymetalormetalalloywirethatissuitableforweaving.Thisspecificationdoesnotapplytothefollowingspecialtypesofwirecloth:filterclothordutchweave(seeAppendixX1),fourdrinierandcylindercloth,galvanizedhardwarecloth,insectwirescreening,spiralweavewirecloth,testingsievecloth,orweldedwirecloth.1.2Thevaluesstatedininch-poundunitsaretoberegardedasstandard.ThevaluesgiveninparenthesesaremathematicalconversionstoSIunitsthatareprovidedforinformationonlyandarenotconsideredstandard.1.3Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2A510SpecificationforGeneralRequirementsforWireRodsandCoarseRoundWire,CarbonSteelA555/A555MSpecificationforGeneralRequirementsforSt...
