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26-760: (Redirected from Meshes ) Material of connected strands of metal, fiber, or other flexible or ductile materials For other uses, see Mesh (disambiguation) . [REDACTED] This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources:   "Mesh"  –  news   · newspapers   · books   · scholar   · JSTOR ( December 2009 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) [REDACTED] A tea strainer made of metal mesh [REDACTED] Metal screen mesh [REDACTED] A watch with

52-404: A common expedient widely available in hardware and home improvement stores. Typically 30 to 76 centimetres (12 to 30 in) high, these screens are wedged beneath the lower sash of a double-hung window and secured laterally by the tracks of the window. A sliding mechanism allows the screen to be adjusted laterally to fit the width of most windows, which also allows the screen to fit securely within

78-535: A house without obstructing the view or airflow through the window. It is not generally intended to prevent young children from falling out of the window, stop home intruders, or defend against larger animals. Screen mesh may collect condensation. This effect has been used to collect water from fog. Screen painting is a folk art consisting of paintings on window screens. It is also possible to print images directly onto fiberglass screen cloth using specially designed inkjet printers. The most common materials used for

104-5959: A large scale Author: Andrew Schoenheit. Updated: Apr 30,2015 External links [ edit ] [REDACTED] Look up mesh in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. [REDACTED] Wikidata has the property: [REDACTED] MeSH descriptor ID (P486) (see uses ) v t e Fabric Types Woven Abacá cloth (Medriñaque) Aertex Armazine Almerían silk Barathea Barkcloth Batiste Bedford cord Bengaline Beta cloth Bombazine Brilliantine Broadcloth Buckram Bunting Burlap Byrd Cloth C change Calico Cambric Canvas Chambray Capilene Cedar bark textile Challis Char cloth Charmeuse Charvet Cheesecloth Chiffon Chino Chintz Cloqué Cloth of gold Cordura Corduroy Cotton duck Coutil Crêpe Cretonne Denim Dimity Donegal tweed Dornix Dowlas Drill Drugget Eolienne Flannel Foulard Fustian Gabardine Gauze Gazar Georgette Ghalamkar Gingham Grenadine Grenfell Cloth Grosgrain Habutai Haircloth Harris tweed Herringbone Himroo Hodden Irish linen Jamdani Kerseymere Khādī Khaki drill Kijōka-bashōfu Kente cloth Lamé Lawn Linsey-woolsey Loden Longcloth Mackinaw Madapollam Madras Moleskin Muslin Nainsook Nankeen Ninon Oilskin Organdy Organza Osnaburg Ottoman Oxford Paduasoy Percale Perpetuana Pongee Poplin Rakematiz Rayadillo Rep Ripstop Russell cord Saga Nishiki Samite Sateen Satin Saye Scarlet Seerhand muslin Seersucker Sendal Serge Scrim Shot silk Stuff Taffeta Tais Tartan Ticking Toile Tucuyo Tweed Twill Ultrasuede Vegetable flannel Ventile Vinyl coated polyester Viyella Voile Wadmal Waffle Wigan Whipcord Zephyr Zorbeez Figured woven Brocade Camlet Damask Lampas Songket Rinzu Pile woven Baize Chenille Corduroy Crimplene Fustian Mockado Moquette Plush Polar fleece Terrycloth Velours du Kasaï Velvet Velveteen Zibeline Nonwoven Felt Cedar bark Knitted Boiled wool Coolmax Machine knitting Milliskin Jersey Velour Netted Bobbinet Carbon fibers Lace Mesh Needlerun net Ninon Tulle Technical Ballistic nylon Ban-Lon Conductive textile Darlexx E-textiles Gannex Gore-Tex Lenticular fabric Silnylon Spandex Stub-tex SympaTex Windstopper Patterns Argyle Bizarre silk Check Chiné Glen plaid Herringbone Houndstooth Kelsch Paisley Pinstripes Polka dot Shweshwe Tartan or plaid Tattersall Textile fibers Abacá (Manila hemp) Acrylic Alpaca Angora Bashō Cashmere Coir Cotton Eisengarn Hemp Jute Kevlar Linen Mohair Nylon Microfiber Olefin Pashmina Polyester Piña Ramie Rayon Sea silk Silk Sisal Spandex Spider silk Wool Finishing and printing Androsia Batik Beetling Bingata Bògòlanfini Burnout Calendering Decatising Devoré Finishing Fulling Heatsetting Indienne Kasuri Katazome Mercerization Moire Nap Parchmentising Rogan printing Rōketsuzome Roller printing Sanforization Tenterhook Textile printing Tsutsugaki Warp printing Waxed cotton Woodblock printing Yūzen Fabric mills Carlo Barbera Cerruti Dormeuil E. Thomas Holland & Sherry Larusmiani Loro Piana Piacenza Reda Scabal Vitale Barberis Canonico Zegna Manufacturing industry Design Manufacturing Performance Preservation Recycling Terminology Related Dyeing Fiber History of textiles History of silk Knitting Pandy Shrinkage Swatches and strike-offs Synthetic fabric Weaving Yarn Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mesh&oldid=1240079879 " Categories : Woven fabrics Net fabrics Filters Building materials Steel Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description matches Wikidata Articles needing additional references from December 2009 All articles needing additional references Mesh (disambiguation) Too Many Requests If you report this error to

130-610: A stainless steel mesh bracelet A mesh is a barrier made of interlaced strands of metal , fiber or other flexible or ductile materials. A mesh is similar to a web or a net in that it has many interwoven strands. Types [ edit ] A plastic mesh may be extruded, oriented , expanded, woven or tubular . It can be made from polypropylene , polyethylene , nylon , PVC or PTFE . A metal mesh may be woven , knitted , welded, expanded , sintered , photo-chemically etched or electroformed ( screen filter ) from steel or other metals . In clothing , mesh

156-525: Is also used in industrial settings to protect personnel and contain debris. Additionally, coiled wire fabric mesh is used for zoo enclosures, typically aviary and small mammal exhibits. Uses [ edit ] Meshes are often used to screen out insects. Wire screens on windows and mosquito netting are meshes. Wire screens can be used to shield against radio frequency radiation, e.g. in microwave ovens and Faraday cages . Metal and nylon wire mesh filters are used in filtration . Wire mesh

182-435: Is commonly sprayed with a PVC coating to make it stronger, last longer, and to prevent skin irritation . Coiled wire fabric is a type of mesh that is constructed by interlocking metal wire coils via a simple corkscrew method. The resulting spirals are then woven together to create a flexible metal fabric panel. Coiled wire fabric mesh is a product that is used by architects to design commercial and residential structures. It

208-549: Is composed of straight aluminum sides (which can be cut to size) and plastic corner inserts. Screen replacement kits usually consist of a roll of nylon screening fabric and a generous supply of rubber spline. In addition to insect screening, denser screen types that also reduce sunlight and heat gain are available. These offer significant potential energy savings in hot climates. Other manufacturers offer screens designed to filter for pollen and dust. Temporary, removable screens that fit within window tracks of double-hung windows are

234-420: Is loosely woven or knitted fabric that has many closely spaced holes. Knitted mesh is frequently used for modern sports jerseys and other clothing like hosiery and lingerie A meshed skin graft is a piece of harvested skin that has been systematically fenestrated to create a mesh-like patch. Meshing of skin grafts provides coverage of a greater surface area at the recipient site, and also allows for

260-542: Is much more expensive, but gives much longer service than either aluminum or fiberglass. When first installed, it has a bright gold color; this weathers to an unobtrusive dark charcoal within a year or less. Weathered bronze darkens the external appearance of windows to approximately the same degree as charcoal or black aluminum. Bronze is somewhat more resistant to denting than aluminum. Less common screen fabrics include copper, brass, stainless steel, and galvanized steel. For coastal locations, corrosion resistance usually requires

286-419: Is pressed into the spline channel. A spline roller  — a special tool that consists of a metal (or plastic) wheel on a handle — is used to press the spline into the frame. The wheel edge is concave, to help it hold the spline and not slip off to the side. Some spline rollers are double-ended and have both convex and concave rollers; the convex roller can be used to seat the spline deeper into

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312-512: Is somewhat more opaque than aluminum. For this reason, dark aluminum allows a better view of windows from the exterior, detracting less than fiberglass from the architectural effect of traditional divided-light window styles. For applications requiring greater strength, such as screened doors (which have a larger area than windows), nylon and polyester screening is often used. However, these materials are not generally used for smaller applications such as window screens. Bronze insect screening

338-437: Is typically available in 30 m (100 ft) rolls in varying widths, from 46 to 305 cm (18 to 120 in) wide. Aluminum screen material is available in 30 m (100 ft) rolls except the range of available widths is less than for the more commonly used fiberglass. The fineness of a screen mesh is measured in wires per inch on the warp (length) and the weft or filler (width). An 18×14 mesh has become standard; 16×16

364-1422: Is used in guarding for secure areas and as protection in the form of vandal screens. Wire mesh can be fabricated to produce park benches, waste baskets and other baskets for material handling. Woven meshes are basic to screen printing . Surgical mesh is used to provide a reinforcing structure in surgical procedures like inguinal hernioplasty, and umbilical hernia repair. Meshes are used as drum heads in practice and electronic drum sets. Fence for livestock or poultry ( chicken wire or hardware cloth) Humane animal trapping uses woven or welded wire mesh cages ( chicken wire or hardware cloth) to trap wild animals like raccoons and skunks in populated areas. Meshes can be used for eyes in masks. See also [ edit ] Expanded metal Faraday cage Gauze Wire gauze Heating mantle Latticework Sieve References [ edit ] ^ Synthetic woven wire mesh Information on polyester and polypropylene wire cloth ^ "A Woven Wire Mesh Overview | LSM" . Retrieved 2020-10-07 . ^ "Sintered wire mesh | Lianda Filter" . Retrieved 2021-07-15 . ^ emedicine >Skin, Grafts Author: Benjamin C Wood. Coauthor(s): Christian N Kirman. Updated: Jan 29, 2010 ^ Fiberglass mesh Fiberglass mesh ^ >The Art of Coiled Wire Fabric: Flexibility and form on

390-658: The Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.237 via cp1104 cp1104, Varnish XID 814790312 Upstream caches: cp1104 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Fri, 29 Nov 2024 05:33:16 GMT Window screen Most houses in Australia , the United States and Canada and other parts of the world have screens on windows to prevent entry of flying insects such as mosquitoes , flies and wasps . In some regions such as

416-662: The channel without risk of cutting the screen. Driving the spline into the channel tends to tension the screen on the frame, so the installer must avoid pre-tensioning the screen excessively to prevent the frame from becoming warped. "Wove wire for window screens" are referenced in the American Farmer in 1822. Advertisement for wire window screens also appeared in Boyd's Blue Book in 1836. Two wire window screens were exhibited at Quincy Hall in Boston in 1839. In 1861 Gilbert, Bennett and Company

442-450: The egress of excess serous or sanguinous fluid, which can compromise the graft establishment via formation of haematoma or seroma . However, it results in a rather pebbled appearance upon healing that may ultimately look less aesthetically pleasing. Fiberglass mesh is a neatly woven, crisscross pattern of fiberglass thread that can be used to create new products such as door screens, filtration components, and reinforced adhesive tapes. It

468-413: The mesh of window screens are aluminum and fiberglass . Aluminum is generally available in natural aluminum or in an applied black or charcoal color, which make the screening less visible. Fiberglass is available in light gray as well as charcoal colors, the charcoal again offering better viewing and appearance. Fiberglass is less expensive, and has the advantage of not "denting" when hit or pushed, but it

494-413: The northern United States and Canada, screens were required to be replaced by glass storm windows in the winter, but now combination storm and screen windows are available, which allow glass and screen panels to slide up and down. For screens installed on aluminium frames, the material is cut slightly larger than the frame, then laid over it, and a flexible vinyl cord, called a spline , is pressed over

520-421: The screen into a groove (spline channel) in the frame. The excess screen is then trimmed close to the spline with a sharp utility knife . Common spline sizes range from 3.6 mm (0.140 in) to 4.8 mm (0.190 in), in increments of 0.25 mm (0.010 in). The spline is often manufactured with parallel ridges running along the length of the spline to provide a better grip and compression when it

546-580: The square foot. Window screens designed specifically to prevent insect entry were not patented in the United States, although by 1900 several patents were awarded for particular innovations related to window screen design. By the 1950s, parasitic diseases were largely eradicated in the United States in part due to the widespread use of window screens. Today many houses in Australia , the United States and Canada have screens on operable windows. A window screen prevents insects flying or crawling into

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572-626: The tracks below the open sash. Typically, metal screen frames (roll form) are 6.4 mm ( 1 ⁄ 4  in), 7.9 mm ( 5 ⁄ 16  in), 9.5 mm ( 3 ⁄ 8  in) or 11 mm ( 7 ⁄ 16  in) in thickness by 19 mm ( 3 ⁄ 4  in) and 25 mm (1 in). The most common sizes are 7.9 mm ( 5 ⁄ 16  in) and 11 mm ( 7 ⁄ 16  in) by 19 mm ( 3 ⁄ 4  in). The 6.4 mm ( 1 ⁄ 4  in) and 7.9 mm ( 5 ⁄ 16  in) sizes are generally used for single hung windows, while

598-404: The two larger sizes are used for double hung windows. As 9.5 mm ( 3 ⁄ 8  in) is not a common size, the 7.9 mm ( 5 ⁄ 16  in) thickness may be used instead and shimmed as needed. They come in a variety of colors including unpainted, white, bronze, tan, black, desert sand, etc. The screen may also include a crossbar for added strength. Fiberglass screen material

624-448: The use of bronze or synthetic screening fabric. Some manufacturers offer screening that promise to substantially reduce the visibility of the screening. Several manufacturers offer screens that roll into a pocket when not in use. These are available for casement windows as well as other types of window and door openings. Do-it-yourself screen and frame replacement kits are widely available at hardware and home improvement stores. One kind

650-424: Was formerly common and other common sizes are 18×18 and 20×20. For comparison, a typical screen in a clothes dryer has a nylon 23x23 mesh screen. Fiberglass solar screens provide over 75% of UV protection, by using thicker strands and a closer mesh than regular 18x14 fiberglass window screening. There is some reduction in visibility, but this can be advantageous, since solar screens are difficult to see through from

676-509: Was manufacturing wire mesh sieves for food processing. An employee realized that the wire cloth could be painted gray and sold as window screens and the product became an immediate success. On July 7, 1868, Bayley and McCluskey filed a U.S. Patent , number 79541 for screened roof-top rail-car windows, allowing ventilation, while preventing "sparks, cinders, dust, etc." from entering the passenger compartment. By 1874, E.T. Barnum Company of Detroit , Michigan advertised screens that were sold by

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