Welded Wire Fabric Designation

Although the new designations are more than 20 years old many engineers find this cross reference helpful.

Welded wire fabric designation.

Welded wire fabric properties for reinforced concrete. 2 ft in x y. Concrete reinforcement style designation steel area weight new designation old designation sq. Welded wire fabric.

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. 6 x 6 w2 1 w2 1. 4 x 4 w2 1 x w2 1. Lbs per types stocked.

Smooth wire develops anchorage of the steel at the welded intersections. 6 x 6 w1 4 x w1 4. Wire reinforcement institute your source for timely objective credible information on the uses and benefits of welded wire reinforcement wwr. Rolls 6x6 w1 4x 1 4 6x6 10x10.

6 x 6 10 x 10. Therefore the term welded wire fabric has been replaced with the term welded wire reinforcement in this specification and in related specifications. 6 x 6 w2 9 w2 9. The new designation of wire mesh does seem more complicated than the old.

Deformed wire structural laps when no cross wires. 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. Typically structural laps for welded wire fabric are a minimum length of 6 overhangs for plain wire and 8 including overhangs for deformed wires. Style designation steel area sq.

Wires for welded wire reinforcement smooth wire astm a185 style designation. Current designation by w number previous designation by steel wire gage longit. Welded wire fabric is ava i l a b l e with either deformed or smooth w i re s as indicated earlier. Welded wire fabric style designation.

Current designation previous designation steel area sq. Common stock styles of welded wire fabric exact w number size for 8 gauge is w2 1. In this slide lists common styles of welded wire fabric including the old and new designations. Exact w number size for 2 gauge is w5 4.

6 x 6 w4 x w4. By w number by steel wire gauge longit. 6 x 6 10 10 028 028. The code requires that one or two cross wires depend ing on type of wire occur in structural laps of wwr.

6 x 6 w2 1 x w2 1. In the smooth fabric the smaller. Per new designation 100 sf by w number old designation by steel wire gauge. 6 x 6 8 8 040 040.

Panels sheets 6 x 6 w1 4 w1 4. The wire reinforcement industry prefers the term welded wire reinforcement wwr as being more representative of the range of products being manufactured.