Woven wire meshes or 'metallic fabrics' have been widely used by architects and interior designers for wall coverings and screening for very many years. Fine examples of these intricate designs, almost exclusively in stainless steel, can be seen in many important buildings throughout the world.
With our new product, ColourMesh, we have significantly widened the concept of metallic weaving by introducing an innovative range of semi-metallic meshes that can be used in internal or external applications.
ColourMesh is a radically new architectural material, encompassing the use of stainless steel in the warp (lengthways direction) with distinctive coloured silicone in the weft (crossways direction). The silicone can be positioned in stripes of varying widths using up to four colours per design at a maximum weaving width of 3.0 metres. The stainless steel warp can be substituted by brass wire if thought to be more aesthetically appropriate for a particular application.
Availability of the whole spectrum of colour, including silver and gold, allows bespoke weaving of specific corporate colours for wall claddings, in-store displays, exhibition stands, tensioned structures, facades, balustrades, canopies, solar screens etc.
Night-time enhancement by up-lighting or down-lighting presents new possibilities for exciting colour/stainless steel combinations to whet the appetites of architects and interior designers.
Encapsulation of ColourMesh within glass panels makes a very interesting material for screening or covering of all types of surfaces.
The Silicone polymer used in the weft is widely used for cable sheathing in areas requiring increased levels of public safety from the point of view of fire resistance and low smoke emissions. ColourMesh has achieved a fire safety rating of Class 0, to BS476: Part 6 & 7: 1989.
The product is tough, durable, and easy to maintain. Silicone has the following excellent properties for outside use:-
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High and low temperature stability
- Low temperature flexibility
- High chemical resistance
- High moisture resistance
- High abrasion resistance
- High UV and weathering resistance
- Oxidation virtually nonexistent
- Ozone resistance excellent
- Mildew and fungus resistance excellent
Short quantity production runs of niche technical textiles are a speciality of our company in all our product areas. ColourMesh is very easy to customise to specific designer requirements, as long as the standard stainless steel warp is utilised with any combination of weft colours. In addition to our modern rapier weaving looms, we have our own 'in-house' extrusion facility for production of the weft. This assures total versatility, prompt delivery, and competitive tendering.
The following basic specification of ColourMesh provides a guide to what we can offer so that thought can be given to utilisation of the product in specific projects.
- Standard manufacturing length: 300 metres
- Minimum manufacturing length: 30 metres
- Maximum width: 3.0 metres
- Minimum woven width: 1.5 metres
- Minimum cut width: 0.5metres
- Thickness: Typically 2.0 mm
- Weave style: Herringbone twill, plain weave, or sateen. Please request samples.
- Weight: Typically 3.00 kgs per square metre
