Welded Wire Fabric Designation

Wires for welded wire reinforcement smooth wire astm a185 style designation.

Welded wire fabric designation. The new designation of wire mesh does seem more complicated than the old. 6 x 6 6. Exact w number size for 2 gauge is w5 4. Panels sheets 6 x 6 w1 4 w1 4.

Welded wire fabric properties for reinforced concrete. Smooth wire develops anchorage of the steel at the welded intersections. Wire reinforcement institute your source for timely objective credible information on the uses and benefits of welded wire reinforcement wwr. Concrete reinforcement style designation steel area weight new designation old designation sq.

Welded wire fabric is ava i l a b l e with either deformed or smooth w i re s as indicated earlier. Weight lb 100 ft 2 6 x 6 w2 9 x w2 9. 2 ft in x y. Per new designation 100 sf by w number old designation by steel wire gauge.

6 x 6 w1 4 x w1 4. Style designation steel area sq. Although the new designations are more than 20 years old many engineers find this cross reference helpful. Rolls 6x6 w1 4x 1 4 6x6 10x10.

The code requires that one or two cross wires depend ing on type of wire occur in structural laps of wwr. In this slide lists common styles of welded wire fabric including the old and new designations. Welded wire fabric style designation. 6 x 6 w4 x w4.

In the smooth fabric the smaller. 6 x 6 w2 1 x w2 1. 4 x 4 w2 1 x w2 1. 6 x 6 w2 1 w2 1.

6 x 6 8 8 040 040. 6 x 6 w2 9 w2 9. Typically structural laps for welded wire fabric are a minimum length of 6 overhangs for plain wire and 8 including overhangs for deformed wires. Common stock styles of welded wire fabric exact w number size for 8 gauge is w2 1.

Therefore the term welded wire fabric has been replaced with the term welded wire reinforcement in this specification and in related specifications. Lbs per types stocked. Current designation by w number previous designation by steel wire gage longit. 6 x 6 10 x 10.

Sm o o t h welded wire fabric has a yield s t r ength of 65 000 psi and deform e d f a b r ic has a yield of 70 000 psi. Current designation previous designation steel area sq. 6 x 6 8 x 8. 6 x 6 10 10 028 028.

Welded wire fabric. The w1 4xw1 4 means the same thing as 10 gage by 10 gage but the number 1 4 designates the cross sectional area of the wire in hundredths of a square inch.