1.1 This specification covers industrial woven wire fabric, referred to as wire cloth, for general use including the separation of particles. wire cloth can be made of any primary metal or metal alloy wire that is suitable for weaving. This specification does not apply to the following special types of wire cloth: filter cloth or dutch weave (see Appendix X1), fourdrinier and cylinder cloth, galvanized hardware cloth, insect wire screening, spiral weave wire cloth, testing sieve cloth, or welded wire cloth.

1.2 The values stated in inch-pound units shall be regarded as the standard. The values given in parentheses are information only.