Test sieves (wire mesh)

Check your sieve shaker first: the diameter has to match its clamping system. In Europe, 200 mm is the most common laboratory size, for example the 200 × 25 mm test sieve with stainless steel wire cloth. Sieve stacks built to American dimensions use 203 mm (8 inch), such as the 203 × 28 mm stainless steel test sieve. The two sizes do not nest with each other, so keep one diameter per stack. For larger samples or coarse material, 400 mm or 450 mm sieves give you more surface. Shakers are in test sieves and mills.

Choose by the particle size you want to separate. Woven wire cloth covers fine to medium fractions, with apertures down to a few tens of micrometres, for example the 200 mm test sieve with stainless steel wire cloth. Perforated plates are for coarse fractions in the millimetre range. They are stiffer and hold up better under heavy, abrasive material, as with the 400 mm sieve with perforated plate and square holes. Many sieve stacks combine both: perforated plate on top for coarse material and wire cloth below. Not sure where the boundary falls for your material? Write to sales@luminixhealth.com.

Woven wire cloth sieves are made to ISO 3310-1 or ASTM E11, and perforated plates to ISO 3310-2. Each product page states which standard applies, for example the 203 mm test sieve made to ISO 3310-1. Use the same standard as your test method. For audits, choose a sieve with an identification number and an inspection certificate 2.1 to EN 10204, such as the 400 mm sieve with inspection certificate 2.1. For measured aperture data per sieve, order an acceptance test certificate 3.1 to EN 10204, for example certificate 3.1 for sieves of 50 to 100 mm.

Build the series around the particle size distribution you expect. Choose a coarse top sieve that lets almost everything through, then a few apertures around the range you need to report, and a fine bottom sieve. Your method or specification often already sets the apertures. Finish the stack with a collecting pan, such as the stackable 200 mm sieve bottom, and a lid on top to prevent dust loss, especially in wet or long runs. Keep the same diameter throughout, for example with the 200 mm test sieves. Shakers and mills are in test sieves and mills.

A wire-mesh test sieve sorts particles through a woven opening of a stated nominal size. The frame diameter and the mesh are the specification. A sieve without a certificate is a screen, not a measurement.

A test sieve sorts particles by whether they pass an opening. Wire mesh and perforated plate are two ways of making that opening, and the nominal size is not a suggestion. A sieve shaker repeats the motion so the result does not depend on how hard someone shook by hand. A mill or grinder makes the particles smaller before they are sieved. The certificate of the sieve, and the opening size, are what an audit asks for. Measurement practice around mass and dimension sits with the BIPM, EURAMET and BELAC.

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