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Architectural Wire Mesh Facade

Architectural wire mesh facade is a series of rolls of wire mesh panels that are unrolled, stretched, and tensioned between a top and bottom substructural support. It offers both unique beautiful structure and practical functions to make this facade stand out. These panels can be tensioned in full-height or divided into cut-to-size sections and installed on a frame system.

Benefits

● Customizable dimensions. The dimensions of architectural wire mesh facade can be customized, which makes it suitable for almost any

architectural application.

● Easily unrolled wire mesh panels. When doing a full-height panel, the mesh panels are shipped in rolls that are as long as you need them to be

and are easily unrolled on-site.

● Convenient full-length panel installation. The full-length panel typically only need significant support at the top and bottom. If you choose to use a panel system that doesn't roll, there would need to be substructure frames for each panel and the overall price of the project would be substantially

higher.

● Cost saving. Using full-length wire mesh panels is far more cost-effective than using other solutions with strict size restrictions.

● Spring protection system. This spring system also prevents the facade from being damaged when introduced to gale-force winds.

● Quick installation. Most architectural wire mesh facade adopts full-length panels, so, the installation is much faster than a replacement solution.

● Good flexibility. The flexibility of the wire mesh panels enables it to withstand harsh weather conditions.

● Great ventilation. Good ventilation and air permeability.

● Excellent shading effect. It shades the sun, blocks the heat while allowing the light to pass through.

● Fantastic decoration effect. The unique aesthetic structure makes it stand out as a fashion icon and a popular facade element.

Common Fixing Devices for Architectural Mesh

Architectural Mesh Fixed with Flat Tension Profile, Clevis & Spring

1.Attach the clevis bolt to the top tension profile, leaving two clevis bolt openings available.

2.Secure the clevis bots to the flat tension profile with self-locking nuts.

3.Put the mesh roll into the cradle, and then attach the lifting tools to the clevis bolt openings mentioned in step 1.

4.Lift the mesh roll with a crane. The mesh roll will unroll within the cradle

automatically. Attach a rope on both ends of the bottom and two helpers shall guide the mesh roll to avoid movement when unrolling.

5.Connect the the top clevis bolts with the top substructure profile.

6.Repeat Step 1, Step 2 and Step 5 to attach the bottom clevis bolts.

7.Compress the pressure springs in the bottom substructure profile to pre-tension the mesh fabric.

8.Warp wire connectors around intermediate round bars located behind the mesh fabric and fasten the mesh fabric from the backside.

Architectural Mesh Fixed with Eyebolt & Spring

1.Insert round bars into the top, bottom and middle part of the metal fabric to replace woven weft wires.

2.Connect the top round bar with eyebolts and then tension and secure eyebolts to continuous substructure profile with nuts or with fastening brackets.

3.Warp wire connectors around intermediate round bars located behind the mesh fabric and hold the mesh fabric from the backside.

4.Insert the bottom round bar with eyebolts into the mesh fabric and connect eyebolts with tension springs. Fasten these springs onto the bottom brackets or a continuous substructure to tension the panels.

Architectural mesh fixed with eyebolt & spring

Architectural Mesh Fixed with Extended Loop, Eyebolt & Hooks at Top

1.Make cables extend beyond the metal fabric to form loops and then secure these loops with loop clamps.

2.Use a round tensioning bar to pass through the loops and put it into the triangle fastening bracket at the top.

3.Make the round tensioning bar pass through the loops and eyebolts and secure the eyebolt to a bracket or fixture with threaded lock nuts at the bottom.

4.Make sure the spacing between loops are equal and tension forces are well distributed.

Architectural Mesh Fixed with Flat Bar & Angle Bar with Threaded Rod

1.Clamp the mesh fabric with flat and angle bars with a threaded rod.

2.Weld the threaded rod to the angle bar and tension the mesh fabric by using turnbuckles or nuts.

Architectural mesh fixed with flat bar & angle bar with threaded rod

Architectural Mesh Fixed with Flat Bar & Flat Eye

1.Clamp both ends of the metal fabric with flat bars.

2.Bolt the flat eyes in between flat bars and tension the mesh fabric by using turnbuckles or nuts.

What Is Cable Architectural Mesh?

The Advantages of Cable Architectural Mesh in Facade Decoration

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Cable architectural mesh is constructed by weaving metal rods and metal cables together. It is a cable mesh that metal rods pass through vertical metal cables for building decoration. Cable architectural mesh is, similar to architectural wire mesh in the fact that materials are woven on a weaving loom. The major difference is that the cable architectural mesh uses metal cables in vertical direction while architectural wire mesh uses metal wires.

Additionally

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some architects simply like the look, as the cables produce a dazzling shimmer when reflecting the sunlight. That being said, cable architectural mesh is typically only be used in those applications that requires the facade to bend and curve drastically.

In curved building facade

Cable building grid is better than other building grids

Now, when it comes to cable architectural mesh, the main advantage over the traditional wire mesh is its flexibility. If used in a building facade that requires a lot of bends and curves, cable architectural mesh is more flexible and more suitable for this project.
To accommodate this aesthetic, you would more than likely be limited to cable mesh, as you risk damaging the rigid wires used in a traditional wire mesh facade.

Difference

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Another key difference between the cable architectural mesh and architectural wire mesh is that cables in the mesh must be welded at the end of each wire. Unlike wire mesh, it is typically cut and left untouched on the edges. That's because cables have a tendency to fray and lose their strength after a certain period of time.
During the installation process, the last key difference between cable architectural mesh and traditional wire mesh is seen. Instead of using a flat-tension profile at the top and bottom like a wire mesh install, cable architectural mesh uses an eyebolt system at the top and bottom.
If you try to place a flat-tension profile onto a cable mesh panel, the tension throughout the system would ultimately damage the welding and pull the cables out of the mesh.

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