Strict Internal & ASTM Standards

Universal Wire Cloth’s quality assurance program reviews material at various stages of its life cycle to ensure quality following strict internal and ASTM standards. Our highly trained quality control department uses state of the art equipment through this entire process that outlines the following:

  • Materials:  We have strict quality standards with our raw material suppliers that only the highest quality items will be accepted. Partnerships with these suppliers have been in place for many years as “shopping around” to save a few pennies generally leads to poor quality and is not a practice we endorse.
  • Chemical certifications are reviewed with corresponding material for composition and continuity. These are readily available to our customers upon request.
  • All products go through a rigorous physical certification process to detect any irregularities and defects. Material is hand-inspected for quality, consistency, and tolerance.
  • Depending on order requirements, the material used is measured and approved by management before any fabrication commences.  A final inspection is performed prior to packaging making sure all orders meet necessary requirements.
  • Packaging & Crating – Each order is finally custom packaged to ensure shipping integrity.
  • Tooling: Most of our equipment is custom-built or modified to produce the most accurate, consistent product at the lowest price available. Each of our tools and machines are calibrated periodically following industry-standard practices.

Universal Wire Cloth is Rohs and Reach compliant.

ASTM Listings

ASTM CODEDESCRIPTION
A227M – 06(2017)Steel Wire, Cold-Drawn for Mechanical Springs
A229M – 18Steel Wire, Quenched and Tempered for Mechanical Springs
A230M – 19Steel Wire, Carbon Valve Spring Quality
A240M – 19Chromium and Chromium-Nickel Stainless Steel Plate, Sheet, and Strip for Pressure Vessels and for General Applications
E437-92(1997)Industrial Wire Cloth and Screens (Square Opening Series) (Withdrawn 2000) Replaced by E2016
A478 – 97(2019)Chromium-Nickel Stainless Steel Weaving and Knitting Wire
A480M – 19aGeneral Requirements for Flat-Rolled Stainless and Heat-Resisting Steel Plate, Sheet, and Strip
A555M – 16Stainless Steel Wire and Wire Rods
A641M – 19Zinc–Coated (Galvanized) Carbon Steel Wire
A740 – 98(2014)Hardware Cloth (Woven or Welded Galvanized Steel Wire Fabric)
A853 – 19Steel Wire, Carbon, for General Use
B1 – 13(2018)Hard-Drawn Copper Wire
B105 – 05(2012)Hard-Drawn Copper Alloy Wires for Electric Conductors
B134M – 15Brass Wire
B159M – 17Phosphor Bronze Wire
B164 – 03(2019)Nickel-Copper Alloy Rod, Bar, and Wire
B211M – 19Aluminum and Aluminum-Alloy Rolled or Cold Finished Bar, Rod, and Wire
E11 – 17Woven Wire Test Sieve Cloth and Test Sieves
E1638 – 18Standard Terminology Relating to Sieves, Sieving Methods, and Screening Media
E2016 – 15Industrial Woven Wire Cloth
E2814 – 18Industrial Woven Wire Filter Cloth
E74 – 18e1Calibration and Verification for Force-Measuring Instruments