Wire Mesh: Complete Buyer's Guide

Welded and woven wire mesh, chain-link fencing and industrial wire cloth woven and galvanised in Anping (Hengshui) — China’s wire-mesh capital — the parts that decide whether a screen, fence or reinforcement panel holds its opening, its coating and its shape for the years it is in service.

This hub collects the 3 product families in this category and the buying guides behind each one — specifications, price drivers, quality inspection and supplier selection — so a buyer can move from category level down to a specific part without leaving the English section.

Product families in this category

• Welded Wire Mesh — welded wire mesh, welded mesh panel, concrete reinforcing mesh, cage mesh. Concrete slab and wall reinforcement.
• Woven Wire Mesh — woven wire mesh, wire cloth, square weave mesh, industrial wire cloth. Liquid and gas filtration.
• Chain Link Fence — chain link fence, diamond mesh fencing, cyclone fence, wire netting. Perimeter and boundary fencing.

What decides quality across this whole category

Three things repeat across every product here, and they are worth stating once at category level:

1. Grade discipline. Whether it is low-carbon steel wire (Q195 / Q235), stainless steel wire (AISI 304 / 316) and galvanised wire or a polymer, the grade is what separates a fifteen-year part from a three-year part, and it is invisible in the finished product.
2. Coating and surface preparation. Nearly every field failure in this category starts at a cut edge, a bend or a crimp where the surface protection was broken or never properly applied.
3. Test evidence per batch. A type test qualifies a design; only routine test records tell you what you actually received.

Sourcing context in Hebei

• Welded Wire Mesh — welded and galvanised in Anping (Hengshui), within about three hours of Tianjin port, where most of China’s welded mesh is produced.
• Woven Wire Mesh — woven on looms in Anping (Hengshui), which supplies the bulk of China’s industrial wire cloth from coarse square weave to fine Dutch weave.
• Chain Link Fence — woven and galvanised in Anping (Hengshui), the same cluster that supplies most of China’s woven fencing fabric.

How to work through this category

Start with the sourcing guide for the specific part you need, because it forces the specification decisions in the right order: dimension, grade, standard, finish, test, packing. Then use the price guide to interpret the quotations you receive, and the quality checklist to write the inspection plan before the goods are made rather than after.

Welded Wire Mesh

Low-carbon steel wire (Q195 / Q235), stainless steel wire (AISI 304 / 316) and galvanised wire. Common grades: Q195 low-carbon steel wire, Q235 low-carbon steel wire, AISI 304 stainless wire, AISI 316 stainless wire, G60 hot-dip galvanised coating, G90 hot-dip galvanised coating. Typical specification range: mesh opening 6–150 mm (1/4 in to 6 in), wire diameter 0.5–5.0 mm, panel 1×2 m to 2.4×6 m; rolls and rigid panels both supplied. Governing standards: ASTM A1064 / A1064M, ASTM A185, EN 10223-4, BS 4483, EN ISO 1461. Typical minimum order 100 rolls or 1,000 m² per specification, mixed openings can usually be combined, lead time 15–30 days ex-works for repeat specifications, 30–45 days including new tooling or jig setup.

Woven Wire Mesh

Stainless steel wire (304 / 304L / 316 / 316L), plain carbon steel wire, brass and phosphor bronze wire. Common grades: AISI 304 stainless wire, AISI 304L stainless wire, AISI 316 stainless wire, AISI 316L stainless wire, plain carbon steel wire, brass (C260) and phosphor bronze wire. Typical specification range: mesh 2–500 squares per inch (coarse square weave to fine filter cloth), wire diameter 0.02–2.0 mm, roll width up to 2 m, roll length typically 30 m. Governing standards: ASTM E2016, ISO 9044, ASTM E11, ASTM A580. Typical minimum order 10–50 rolls per specification, mixed mesh counts can usually be combined, lead time 10–25 days ex-works for stock weaves, 30+ days for fine or exotic alloys.

Chain Link Fence

Low-carbon steel wire (Q195 / Q235), galvanised wire and stainless steel wire. Common grades: Q195 low-carbon steel wire, Q235 low-carbon steel wire, AISI 304 stainless wire, G60 hot-dip galvanised coating, G90 hot-dip galvanised coating, polyester (PVC) coating over galvanised. Typical specification range: mesh 25–100 mm (1 in to 4 in diamond), wire 1.5–4.5 mm, fence height 0.9–3.6 m, roll length 10–30 m. Governing standards: ASTM A392, ASTM F668, ASTM A817, EN ISO 1461. Typical minimum order 50 rolls per specification, mixed heights can usually be combined, lead time 15–30 days ex-works for standard heights, 30+ days for bespoke coatings or colours.