Knitted mesh can be processed into virtually any shape from flat mesh through circular, rectangular or cylindrical form. Materials can be selected from a huge variety of size, type and colour ranging from very fine (<0.05mm) and translucent up to 0.8mm diameter. Where appropriate designers can make their selection bespoke to their specific needs, from almost invisible for desecrate application, or bright and bold for use in art or architectural applications.

Knitted mesh is used to form an enclosure that acts as Faraday Cage to block electromagnetic fields. This phenomenon is used to screen (protect) sensitive electronic equipment from external radio frequency interference (RFI) and enhance electromagnetic compatibility (EMC). Faraday Cages are also used to enclose devices that produce RFI, such as radio transmitters, to prevent their radio waves from interfering with nearby electronic equipment. These knitted mesh screens can be produced from a wide range of materials including tin-plated copper or copper-plated steel and formed as cooling vents, flexible cable jointing ‘bandages’, and resilient joint seals with elastomer cores for inspection hatches or doors and windows, etc.

The flexibility (ability to be bent without breaking) and malleability (the ability to withstand plastic deformation without fracture) of our products can be designed according to customer needs. Through a careful selection of materials, mesh structure, and tooling design, we can produce mesh components in an almost limitless range of shapes including sheets (blankets), highly flexible hollow mesh tubes, and 3-dimensional rigid structures such as prisms, cubes, spheres and doughnuts, etc.

Knitted mesh is made of wire, comprising continuous lengths of filament of almost any material type, formed into interlocking loops. This unique structure produces a material that, whilst being highly flexible, has the tensile strength characteristics of the component filament material. Applications include very fine flexible mesh nets such as those used in animal enclosures that can withstand snow loading of >250kg per m2.

Our customers are almost invariably seeking to reduce costs and/or enhance their products or process efficiencies. The added benefit of these partnerships is that all of our products are non-toxic and contribute to the 3Rs of the circular economy: Reduce, Re-use and Recycle, which fits perfectly with our own strapline of the 4 Ps: Protecting people, property and our planet.