Woven wire mesh or wire cloth is commonly used for industrial filtration, sieving, shielding, sifting, screening, sorting and separation process. Also widely used within the oil and gas industry plus pharmaceuticals, recycling, automotive and electronics etc... In the home environment, it is used as tea strainers, flour sieves, coffee filters, fireguards and fly screens. It is incorporated into many domestic appliances, in filters for motor cars, for floor coverings, chipboard, hardboard and other building materials.

In the industrial environment, it is used as a filtration and screening medium for a variety of particle/fluid/gas separation cleaning and sizing applications.