Designation:E2814−18StandardSpecificationforIndustrialWovenWireFilterCloth1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationE2814;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.INTRODUCTIONIndustrialmetalfilterclothisaspecialtypeofwovenwirecloththatcanbeproducedinmanyspecifications,oftenproprietaryinnature.SometimesreferredtoasDutchweaveorHollanderweave,filterclothcanbewoveninavarietyofmetalsandiswovenwithagreaternumberofwiresinonedirectionthantheother,andutilizingtwodifferentwirediameters.Thisspecificationcoverswovenwirefilterclothforindustrialuse,whichiscommonlyratedbyitsmicronretentioncapability.Itspurposeistointroducestandardtermsanddefinitions,toobservecommontechnicalconsiderationsthatausershouldbeawareof,andtopresentalternativeacceptancecriteriabasedonadesiredporesize,ormicronretentionfiltrationrating.Itshouldbenotedthisspecificationexcludesstandardindustrialwovenwireclothandsieveclothfromitsscope,sincethesearecoveredunderSpecificationsE2016andE11,respectively,aswellasexcludesplasticandsyntheticfiltercloth.1.Scope*1.1Thisspecificationcoversthespecialgradeofindustrialwovenwirecloth,referredtoasfiltercloth,forgeneralfiltrationincludingtheseparationofsolidsfromfluids(liquidsorgases),basedonadesiredparticlesizeretention.Filterclothcanbemadeofanyprimarymetalormetalalloywirethatissuitableforweaving.1.2Thevaluesstatedininch-poundunitsaretoberegardedasstandard.ThevaluesgiveninparenthesesaremathematicalconversionstoSIunitsthatareprovidedforinformationonlyandarenotconsideredstandard.1.3Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafety,health,andenvironmentalpracticesanddeter-minetheapplicabilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.1.4Thisinternationalstandardwa...
