Welded Wire Reinforcement Designation

The wwr supplier uses a welded wire bending machine to shape the materials into required configurations the placing drawings will identify the location and details.

Welded wire reinforcement designation. The new designation of wire mesh does seem more complicated than the old. 6 x 6 w4 x w4. Wire reinforcement or wire fabric is an efficient economical and viable option for concrete reinforcement. The wire reinforcement industry prefers the term welded wire reinforcement wwr as being more representative of the range of products being manufactured.

Welded wire reinforcement wwr tree island steel produces quality welded wire reinforcement wwr in sheets and rolls for the construction and pre cast industries. Save time and money using welded wire reinforcement over standard rebar methods. Therefore the term welded wire fabric has been replaced with the term welded wire reinforcement in this specification and in related specifications. Sm o o t h welded wire fabric has a yield s t r ength of 65 000 psi and deform e d f a b r ic has a yield of 70 000 psi.

In the smooth fabric the smaller. Cracks in concrete reinforcing products or soft ground is used for the purpose of reinforcing the foundation. Rolls 6x6 w1 4x 1 4 6x6 10x10. Exact w number size for 2 gauge is w5 4.

Concrete reinforcement style designation steel area weight new designation old designation sq. Wwr cage reinforcement is also used for concrete encased columns. 4 x 4 w4 x w4. 2 ft in x y.

Welded reinforcement concrete mesh. Welded wire fabric is ava i l a b l e with either deformed or smooth w i re s as indicated earlier. Commom stock welded wire reinforcement wire size number is 100. In other words the 1 4 equals 0 014 square inch.

Welded reinforcement concrete mesh is one heavy type welded wire mesh products widely used in concrete construction and buildings. The w1 4xw1 4 means the same thing as 10 gage by 10 gage but the number 1 4 designates the cross sectional area of the wire in hundredths of a square inch. Common stock styles of welded wire fabric exact w number size for 8 gauge is w2 1. Welded wire reinforcement plain 520 75 000 450 65 000 241 35 000 welded wire reinforcement deformed 550 80 000 485 70 000 241 35 000 tf 209 r 08 design aids for structural welded wire reinforcement includes wwr rebar comparison tables introduction this tech fact provides basic information on cold.

The story of welded wire reinforcement and the wire reinforcement institute in honor of the 50th anniversary. By w number by steel wire gauge longit. Welded wire reinforcement can be used as ties and stirrups for column beam and joist cage confine ment reinforcement. Weight lb 100 ft 2 6 x 6 w2 9 x w2 9.

4 x 4 w5 5 x w5 5. 4 x 4 w2 9 x w2 9. Smooth wire develops anchorage of the steel at the welded intersections.