SELECTING WIRE CLOTH FOR WATER-TREATMENT SYSTEMS.

Wire cloth plays a key role in essentially all industrial water-treatment systems. But choosing the right cloth for a particular application is not a routine matter, and installing the wrong cloth can make a big difference in quality and cost of treatment. Before selecting a cloth, a plant engineer must consider pressure drop requirements across the cloth, along with the fluid's temperature, viscosity, and specific gravity. Flow rates, size and nature of particulate matter to be removed, and potential corrosion problems must also be evaluated to determine the proper type of cloth weave, size, and shape needed. Once the foregoing factors have been thoroughly evaluated, a selection can be made.