Wire mesh

Uses

• Meshes are often used to screen out insects. Wire screens on windows and mosquito netting are meshes.
• Wire screens can be used to shield against radio frequency radiation, e.g. in microwave ovens and Faraday cages.
• Metal and nylon wire mesh filters are used in filtration.
• Wire mesh is used in guarding for secure areas and as protection in the form of vandal screens.
• Wire mesh can be fabricated to produce park benches, waste baskets and other baskets for material handling.
• Woven meshes are basic to screen printing.
• Surgical mesh is used to provide a reinforcing structure in surgical procedures like inguinal hernioplasty, and umbilical hernia repair.
• Meshes are used as drum heads in practice and electronic drum sets.
• Fence for livestock or poultry (chicken wire or hardware cloth)
• Humane animal trapping uses woven or welded wire mesh cages (chicken wire or hardware cloth) to trap wild animals like raccoons and skunks in populated areas.
• Meshes can be used for eyes in masks.