Banker Wire is your quality driven manufacturing partner for woven and welded wire mesh used in architectural and industrial applications. Our manufacturing expertise has been refined for more than a century, bringing unmatched customization, quality, and service to our customers. All of our products embody our commitment to providing the widest variety of wire cloth at an unbeatable value. Nowhere else will you find manufacturing flexibility, precision, and dedicated customer service like you receive when working with us. Woven Wire Looms Patterns & Configurations New state-of-the-art facility...

Banker Wire manufactures coarse, pre-crimped woven wire mesh. Our product spacing ranges from 8 mesh up to 6" clear opening. We manufacture over 8000 different spacing, diameter, and crimp combinations. Customization is readily available with tool making capabilities in house. Pre-crimped woven wire mesh is constructed of wires that have been crimped prior to weaving them together in a loom. Crimping the wires before weaving provides stability and consistency in larger spaced wire mesh. Various crimping styles have been developed over the years to improve manufacturing efficiencies, function,...

WOVEN WIRE BASICS Wire Diameter | Most industrial specifications are produced with round cross section wire. Whenever possible, refer to the wire diameter in decimals of an inch, rather than gauge. Confusion between ferrous and non-ferrous gauge numbers and sheet steel numbers results in incorrect wire diameters being specified. Standard wire diameters used are as follows: # .120 Weight and Conversions | In the left column of the chart below is a list of common generic metals we turn into wire mesh every day. All of our weights listed on spec sheets and in our product databases are based on the...

Crimp Styles | The wire crimping process is critical in producing consistent, top quality woven wire mesh. Banker Wire continues to be the innovative force in architectural wire mesh manufacturing by exploring new ways of crimping and weaving wire. The following will provide more detail about the eight fundamental crimp styles: plain, lock, intercrimp, flat top, triple shoot, rigid cable, helix, and twill. These styles are building blocks and can be combined and modified to produce endless compositions of texture and reflectivity. Plain - PL | Plain crimp is a simple zigzag style of crimping...

WOVEN WIRE BASICS Percent Open Area (POA) and Mesh to Diameter Ratio (MD) | Percent open area is the ratio of hole area to total screen area at a 90° angle of incidence to the plane of the material, expressed as a percentage. Material with 40% open area will have 40 square inches of opening for every 100 square inches of material. Percent open area helps in comparing various materials as to how easily a product, air, or light, will pass through the screen. In the visual below, we placed an apple behind the example mesh to demonstrate how the POA affects what can be seen. Mesh to Diameter ratio...

What is welded wire mesh? | Welded wire mesh is constructed with two orthogonal wires that are joined At Banker Wire we currently utilize six fully automated CNC grid welding machines and two CNC jig welders that allow us to produce to your exact specifications. Sheet sizes can be up to 78” wide and 240” long (dependent on mesh spacing). Wire spacing and diameter configurations are nearly endless, allowing us to be the top manufacturing partner for custom welded wire mesh. Below in the next several sections of this page, you will find more detailed information on the basics of welded wire mesh...

Standard Back Growth | Standard Back Growth is a natural occurrence in the welded wire mesh process that is caused by the heating and cooling of the mesh as it is welded into place. It is more common in wire mesh that is tightly spaced. Standard Back Growth is demonstrated in the drawing below. Trimmed | When ordering welded wire mesh with Trimmed Edges, wire overhang will be 1/8” or less on three sides with Standard Back Growth* on the fourth side. The final spacing around the perimeter may be reduced and balanced when necessary to stay within the dimension ordered. *Standard Back Growth often...

Quality and Testing | Banker Wire manufactures to a strict set of internal standards that guarantee the welded wire mesh is produced to the highest possible quality and consistency. Throughout each production run, panels are checked for dimension, squareness, and strength to ensure that every panel meets our standards and is exactly the same as the one before it. The two tests shown below are used to check strength characteristics of our welded wire mesh. Decorative Plating Powder Coating Hot-Dip Galvanizing Torque Test | To ensure that there is a strong weld at each intersection, the operator...

Banker Wire manufactures woven and welded wire mesh for a wide range of industries from industrial to architectural. Our customers require wire mesh to be produced to exact specifications and they need it quickly. This is why Banker Wire maintains an inventory in a large variety of raw materials. If it is available in a wire, Banker Wire can source and manufacture it to the highest of industry standards. Banker Wire manufactures all of its products in a bare, mill finished condition. Our selected wire inventory comes from vendors that always meet Banker’s high expectation for quality and consistency....

Secondary Finishes | To enhance the appearance of the final product, we offer a variety of secondary finishes through our outside vendors. Banker Wire is happy to assist in the early design stages. We can identify the appropriate raw materials and a secondary finish to establish a specification needed to satisfy the desired final performance and aesthetic. Typical secondary finishes applied to the wire mesh include black oxide, powder coating, decorative plating, passivation, US10B and US10A, as well as hot-dip galvanizing. When appropriate, Banker Wire can facilitate the specified finish and...