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A |
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Absolta
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Five layer sintered product for filtration
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Aperture size
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Distance between neighbouring warp or weft wires
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B |
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Betamesh
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Further development of smooth weave mesh with increased dirt removal capabilities and good backwashing properties
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Blinding |
Blockage or restriction of the apertures of a sieve or filter by particles |
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C |
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Calendering |
Milling |
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Chromatography
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Separation of mixed particles into individual components
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D |
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Differential pressure
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Pressure ratio upstream and downstream from the filter
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Distribution curve
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Graphical presentation of the results from a sieve analysis
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Drawing
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Passing the warp wire through the heddle
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Drawing die
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Component with a diamond embedded which determines the wire diameter when drawing wire
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Drop |
Releasing the screen printing mesh from the printed surface |
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Dry screening |
Screening powdered materials without liquid |
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Duplex
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Mesh offering high flow rates at increased mechanical loadings
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E |
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Elastic limit
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Tensioning up to which a material by uniaxial tensile load shows no plastic deformation
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Eu (Eulerzahl)
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Absolute figure measuring the relationship between pressure and inertia
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F |
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Fabrication |
Processing the mesh into finished and semi finished goods |
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G |
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Geometric pore size
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Diameter of the largest spherical bead capable of passing through the mesh
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L |
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Laminate
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Multi layer bonded mesh
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M |
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Mesh analysis
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Separation of a bulk material sample and analysis of particle size
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Mesh counter
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Optical device used to establish mesh count
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Mesh fineness |
Number of wires per inch (Imperial measure) |
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Mesh thickness |
Calculated according to wire diameter and mesh type |
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O |
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Open area
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Sum of the apertures across the total mesh area
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P |
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Perforated plate
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Plates/metal discs with regularly spaced holes, often used as support for mesh
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Poreflo
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Plate-like two or three layer laminate produced using offset layered twilled meshes
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Poremet
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Plate-like filter medium produced using five different mesh layers
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Pressure drop/fall off
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Difference in pressure caused by filter resistance
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R |
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REACH
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European Union regulation concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and registration of Chemicals
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Registration |
Layering of individual colours in full colour printing |
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Robusta (armoured weave)
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Meshes with greater porosity and very high flow rates, extremely robust
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Roll card
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The ‘identity card’ for each roll of mesh
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S |
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Screen printing meshes
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Precision woven meshes specially developed for screen printing applications
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Service life
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Operational life of a screen/mesh until it requires replacement
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Sieve plate
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Wire mesh or perforated plate with identical, regularly spaced openings
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Smooth weave
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Type of mesh with textured surface for high flow rates
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Square weave mesh
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Mesh woven with wires spaced at a distance, giving open apertures
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Squeegee (screen printing)
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Spatula-style component that presses the substrate through openings in the mesh onto the printing surface
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T |
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TETKOmat
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Branded tension meter for measuring screen tension
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Theoretical ink deposit
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Volume of open area calculated against the area of the substrate
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Topmesh
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Two or three layer combination of filter and support meshes
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Twilled weave
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Mesh type giving small filter pores with monofilaments
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W |
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Warp/warp wire
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Wires running in a longitudinal direction
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Warping
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Transferring the wire from the warp wire reel to the warp beam
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Weft/weft wire |
Wires running at right angles to the warp wire |
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Wire diameter |
Diameter of wires used in mesh production |
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Wire mesh |
Different types of mesh produced from metals |