Welded Wire Mesh Weight: Calculate from a Wire Schedule

By QY Metal Tech

Calculate welded wire mesh weight for a supplied wire schedule by multiplying each group’s given wire count, actual cut length in metres and mass per metre, then adding the group totals. Keep the result labelled wire-only schedule mass. To compare it with finished net or packed gross weight, reconcile the coating basis, frames, accessories and packing separately; the wire sum alone does not supply those missing masses.

Build the rows from the wire list

For this worksheet, let n be the given number of wires, L the actual cut length of each wire in metres, and mu the supplied mass per metre in kg/m. Calculate each row as n × L × mu, in kilograms, and add the rows.

Use separate rows for the two directions and for any group with a different cut length or mass per metre. Do not substitute an average diameter for the supplied mass-per-metre figures. Convert lengths to metres before using a kg/m input; a kg/m² figure belongs to a different calculation.

Take counts and cut lengths from the actual drawing or wire list. This worksheet does not derive wire counts from panel dimensions and pitch. Record a missing input as unconfirmed rather than guessing it from a photograph or entering zero.

A hypothetical two-direction calculation

Every input below is invented to demonstrate the arithmetic. These are not QY product weights, a measured sample, a manufacturing layout or a universal mass for a particular wire diameter. The example includes only the two stated wire groups.

The row calculations are 21 × 2.000 × 0.025 = 1.050 kg and 41 × 1.000 × 0.025 = 1.025 kg. Adding them gives 1.050 + 1.025 = 2.075 kg. The decimal places describe this calculation, not a manufacturing or weighing tolerance.

For your own schedule, replace all three inputs in each row with the corresponding values for that group. If an edge wire is already included in a row, do not add that same wire again as an accessory.

Reconcile the weight scope before comparing totals

If a frame, coating addition or packing mass is still unknown, keep that item visible as unconfirmed. Report the known subtotal with its scope instead of presenting an incomplete sum as a complete net or gross weight. A schedule calculation alone does not establish the measured finished weight, product quality or load capacity.

Send the schedule with the specific weight question

QY’s welded wire mesh page lists rolls, flat sheets, cut panels and framed panels. Name the required form when identifying what the weight figure includes.

Send the actual wire list, units, drawing revision and the particular unconfirmed mass item through the project quotation contact page. The contact route accepts drawings and quantity lists for quotation requests; keep the calculation and any actual weighing record clearly distinguished.