BRITISH STANDARD

Specification for

Designation and
nominal sizes of
openings for woven
wire cloth, perforated
plate and
electroformed sheet for
industrial screens

BS 7579:1992
ISO 2194:1991

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Committees responsible for this

British Standard
The preparation of this British Standard was entrusted by the General
Mechanical Engineering Standards Policy Committee (GME/-) to Technical
Committee GME/28, upon which the following bodies were represented:
BCIRA
British Cement Association
British Coal Corporation
British Laboratory Ware Association
Coated Abrasives Manufacturers Association
Guild of Metal Performance
Institution of Chemical Engineers
Institution of Mining and Metallurgy
Mechanical Handling Engineers Association
Ministry of Defence
NABIM
Society of Chemical Industry
Society of Cosmetic Scientists
Woven Wire Association
The following bodies were also represented in the drafting of the standard,
through subcommittees and panels:
British Aggregate Construction Materials Industries
British Steel Industry
British Industry (Wire Section)
National Federation of Clay Industries Ltd.
Refractories Association of Great Britain

This British Standard, having

been prepared under the
direction of the General
Mechanical Engineering
Standards Policy
Committee, was published
under the authority of the
Standards Board and
comes into effect on
15 May 1992
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The following BSI references
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standard:
Committee reference GME/28
Draft for comment 90/76585 DC
ISBN 0 580 20883 4

Amendments issued since publication

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Contents
Committees responsible
National foreword
Introduction
1
Scope
2
Normative reference
3
Definitions
4
Designation
5
Nominal sizes of openings
Annex A (informative) Bibliography
Table 1 Nominal sizes of openings Millimetre sizes
Table 2 Nominal sizes of openings Micrometre sizes
List of references

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Inside front cover
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Inside back cover

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National foreword
This British Standard has been prepared under the direction of the General
Mechanical Engineering Standards Policy Committee. It is identical with
ISO 2194:1991 Industrial screens Woven wire cloth, perforated plate and
electroformed sheet Designation and nominal sizes of openings, published by
the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and prepared by
Technical Committee ISO/TC24, Sieves, sieving and other sizing methods,
subcommittee SC3, industrial wire screens. ISO 2194 was produced as a result of
international discussions in which the UK took an active part.
Cross-references
The Technical Committee has reviewed the provisions of ISO 9045:1990 to which
normative reference is made in the text, and has decided that they are acceptable
for use in conjunction with this standard.
A British Standard does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a
contract. Users of British Standards are responsible for their correct application.
Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity
from legal obligations.

Summary of pages
This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, pages i and ii,
pages 1 to 4, an inside back cover and a back cover.
This standard has been updated (see copyright date) and may have had
amendments incorporated. This will be indicated in the amendment table on the
inside front cover.
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Introduction

4 Designation

The nominal sizes of openings specified in this

International Standard are taken from the R 10,
R 20 and R 40 series of preferred numbers in
accordance with ISO 3 and from the R10, R20 and
R40 series of rounded values in accordance with
ISO 497.
The sizes within each series follow a geometric
progression. Therefore, each size of a series differs
from the successive size by a constant percentage.
Apart from the omission of a few unusual values in
the range of the very small sizes, the ratios of the
successive sizes are as follows.

4.1 General

Series ISO 3

R 10
R 20
R 40

Step

about 25 %
about 12 %
about 6 %

Ratio

1,25
1,12
1,06

1 Scope
This International Standard specifies the
designation and nominal sizes of openings for woven
wire cloth, perforated plate and electroformed sheet
used as screening media for industrial purposes.

2 Normative reference
The following standard contains provisions which,
through reference in this text, constitute provisions
of this International Standard. At the time of
publication, the edition indicated was valid. All
standards are subject to revision, and parties to
agreements based on this International Standard
are encouraged to investigate the possibility of
applying the most recent edition of the standard
indicated below. Members of IEC and ISO maintain
registers of currently valid International Standards.
ISO 9045:1990, Industrial screens and screening
Vocabulary.

Nominal sizes of openings of 1 mm and above shall

be expressed in millimetres (mm); sizes below 1 mm
shall be expressed in micrometres (4m).
4.2 Woven wire cloth
Woven wire cloth shall be designated by the nominal
size of the apertures w, the type of weave, and the
nominal diameter d and the material of the wire.
4.3 Perforated plate
Perforated plate shall be designated by the nominal
size of the holes w (central separation of opposite
sides or diameter), the shape of the holes (square,
circular or any other regular geometric shape), and
by the nominal thickness and the material of the
plate.
It is recommended that the codification of
perforations in accordance with ISO 7806 be used.
4.4 Electroformed sheet
Electroformed sheet shall be designated by the
nominal size of the apertures w, the shape of the
apertures (square or circular) and the denomination
electroformed.

5 Nominal sizes of openings

Three series of nominal sizes of openings are
specified (see Table 1 and Table 2).
The R 10 (R10) sizes shall be chosen by preference;
otherwise the R 20 (R20) sizes and, if necessary,
the R 40 (R40) sizes may be chosen.
NOTE 1 Attention is drawn to the fact that any two consecutive
sizes of the R 40 series may overlap when the tolerances for
industrial woven wire cloth apertures given in ISO 9044 are
taken into account.

3 Definitions
For the purposes of this International Standard, the
definitions given in ISO 9045 apply.

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Table 1 Nominal sizes of openings Millimetre sizes

Principal sizes

Supplementary sizes

R 10

125

R 20

125
112

100

100
90

80

80
71

63

63
56

50

50
45

40

40
35,5

31,5

31,5
28

25

25
22,4

20

20
18

16

16
14

12,5

12,5
11,2

10

10
9

8
7,1

6,3

6,3
5,6

5
4,5

Principal sizes

R 40

125
118
112
106
100
95
90
85
80
75
71
67
63
60
56
53
50
47,5
45
42,5
40
37,5
35,5
33,5
31,5
30
28
26,5
25
23,6
22,4
21,2
20
19
18
17
16
15
14
13,2
12,5
11,8
11,2
10,6
10
9,5
9
8,5
8
7,5
7,1
6,7
6,3
6
5,6
5,3
5
4,75
4,5

Supplementary sizes

R 10

R 20

4
3,55

3,15

3,15
2,8

2,5

2,5
2,24

2
1,8

1,6

1,6
1,4

1,25

1,25
1,12

R 40

4,25
4
3,75
3,55
3,35
3,15
3
2,8
2,65
2,5
2,36
2,24
2,12
2
1,9
1,8
1,7
1,6
1,5
1,4
1,32
1,25
1,18
1,12
1,06
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Table 2 Nominal sizes of openings Micrometre sizes

Principal sizes

Supplementary sizes

R 10

R 20

900
800

800
710

630

630
560

500

500
450

400

400
355

315

315
280

250

250
224

200

200
180

160

160
140

125

125
112

100

100
90

80

80
71

63

63
56

50

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Principal sizes

R 40

950
900
850
800
750
710
670
630
600
560
530
500
475
450
425
400
375
355
335
315
300
280
265
250
236
224
212
200
190
180
170
160
150
140
132
125
118
112
106
100
95
90
85
80
75
71
67
63
60
56
53
50

Supplementary sizes

R10

R20

45
40

40
36

32
25
20
16
10
5

32
25
20

R40

48
45
42
40
38
36
34
32

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Annex A (informative)
Bibliography
[1] ISO 3:1973, Preferred numbers Series of preferred numbers.
[2] ISO 497:1973, Guide to the choice of series of preferred numbers and of series containing more rounded
values of preferred numbers.
[3] ISO 7806:1983, Industrial plate screens Codification for designating perforations.
[4] ISO 9044:1990, Industrial woven wire cloth Technical requirements and testing.

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List of references
See national foreword.

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