Abstract: Aquaculture net (30) having a bottom net (31) and side walls (32), said bottom net (31) configured of four or more mesh parts (34) of a chain link fence, said chain link fence comprising a wire direction (33) and a flexible direction, wherein the wire direction of each mesh part (34) is perpendicular to the outer side (36) of said mesh part, said outer side corresponding to the circumference of said bottom net, and wherein the outer sides of said mesh parts are knotted. The invention also provides a method for manufacturing such an aquaculture net.

Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a stent having a superior bending characteristic, in which a basic jig is employed to weave wires by alternating an obtuse angle and an acute angle so as to repetitively form starry cells in left and right portions and upper and lower portions of the stent, and in which the wires intersecting each other in the starry cells are allowed to freely move to provide the superior bending characteristic caused by flexibility in both the diametrical direction and lengthwise direction thereof, and the stent manufactured thereby. Thus, the stent can have a flexible bending characteristic and is prevented from being folded even when sharply bent after being coated.

Abstract: A method for producing a safety net, to a safety net, and to the use of such a safety net for protection from avalanches, falling rock or timber, mudslides, earth flows, or for slope protection. In the inventive method, firstly at least a first net element and at least a second net element are individually produced, self-contained, from respectively at least one rope, and are arranged parallel to each other and at a distance apart in a longitudinal direction of the safety net to be formed. Then the two net elements are connected to each other with the aid of at least one connecting rope, wherein the connecting rope is guided between the first and the second net element such that a self-contained connecting net element is obtained.

Abstract: A net (11) is particularly suitable for a basket for pisciculture, which may be placed in sea or fresh water (16). The net (11) is made of a wire material (1), producible from individual spiral or similarly bent longitudinal elements, wherein adjacent threads (2, 3, 4, 5) are woven together. Said net is simple and economical to produce.

Abstract: An example method of forming a fuel cell sheet includes flattening a screen to form a sheet that has a plurality of apertures operative to communicate a fluid within a fuel cell.

Abstract: Production of a reinforcement mesh comprising reinforcement bars (3), which are tied together by means of twisted wires (1, 2), may take place according to the invention by a method wherein two wires (1, 2) are rolled up on their respective wire coils (4, 5), which are mounted opposite each other on a rotatable shaft (12), and wherein each of the wires is guided by a wire guide element (6) downwards in a direction toward the common twisting point of the wires (1, 2). Meshes of surface-treated, coated, wires and bars may be made in this manner, there being no external impact that can damage the surface.

Abstract: The formation of reinforcement mesh which includes the steps of attaching intersecting filaments (11, 12) to each other using a bottom support (13, 13A, 13B, 13C, 31, 60) and a top support (10, 30, 50) wherein each of said filaments (11, 12) at a point of intersection is integrally moulded with the bottom support (13, 13A, 13B, 13C, 31, 60) and/or top support (10, 30, 50) or alternatively is supported by the bottom support (13, 13A, 13B, 13C, 31, 60) or top support (10, 30, 50) in a clipped or clamped relationship and attaching the bottom support (13, 13A, 13B, 13C, 31, 60) and top support (10, 30, 50) to each other to form the sheet of reinforcement mesh.

Abstract: The invention relates to a machine for the production of a continuous strip of wire mesh (100) using a single flexible metal wire (20) which is fed to the machine continuously. According to the invention, the mesh (100) is formed by repeating the same pattern with the metal wire in one plane, each pattern being stacked on the preceding pattern with a constant pitch offset in the axial direction of production. The inventive machine comprises: a metal wire storage stage; a stage for continuously supplying metal wire to the machine; a forming stage for shaping the wire into a succession of identical patterns; a transfer stage for successively moving said metal wire patterns to the mesh-forming plane; a stage for maintaining each pattern in one plane and for offsetting same by a constant pitch with the arrival of the following pattern; and a stage for fixing the patterns to one another. The invention also relates to the strip of mesh (100) thus formed and to the production method thereof.

Abstract: Machine for the formation of a metal mesh obtained by attaching together a plurality of longitudinal metal wires to a plurality of transverse metal wires. The machine includes a first feed assembly to make the longitudinal wires advance step-wise, a second feed assembly to arrange one transverse wire at a time in a first preparation position, a positioning apparatus to arrange the transverse wire in a second attachment position, and a welding assembly to attach the transverse wires to the longitudinal wires. The positioning apparatus includes a loading assembly, provided with a gripping and transfer device, to locate the transverse wire in the second attachment position. The machine also includes a thrusting device to take the transverse wire from the first preparation position to a third intermediate pick-up position, near the second attachment position, wherein the transverse wire is picked up by the gripping and transfer device.

Abstract: A knot box for forming a knot at the intersection between a line wire and stay wire in a knotted fence mesh forming machine includes a staple former arranged to move towards the line wire-stay wire intersection at each operation of the knot box, cut a length of knot wire extending at an angle across the intersection, and bend the knot wire around the intersection, and a final former which moves toward the intersection from the other side and bends and wraps the ends of the knot wire about one of the wires to form a finished knot about the intersection. Supports may be provided to support the intersection or the length of bent knot wire about the intersection. A plurality of side-by-side knot boxes may be provided in a knotted fence mesh forming machine and may be arranged to simultaneously form the knots.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a wire fence, comprising attaching a plurality of vertical stays to a plurality of horizontal wires, wherein the distance between the attached vertical stays is not constant.

Abstract: Disclosed is a structural material having a lattice configuration. In one embodiment of the invention, the structural material is manufactured by weaving a continuous wire filament on a loom assembly. In an alternative embodiment of the invention, the structural material is formed using substrate sheets that are machined or molded into a desired configuration. The structural material of the invention can be used alone or layered to form a multi-laminate material.

Abstract: Disclosed is a structural material having a lattice configuration. In one embodiment of the invention, the structural material is manufactured by weaving a continuous wire filament on a loom assembly. In an alternative embodiment of the invention, the structural material is formed using substrate sheets that are machined or molded into a desired configuration. The structural material of the invention can be used alone or layered to form a multi-laminate material.

Abstract: Disclosed is a structural material having a wire lattice configuration. The structural material can manufactured by first weaving a continuous wire filament on a loom assembly. Once woven into arrays of parallel wires, the filament is fixed in position and cut into segments. The segments are then placed in a rig. The rig positions the segments at relative angles so as to form a matrix or mesh. In the final step of the manufacturing process, the wires are welded together using, for example, a forge press. Alternatively, the material can be formed by first holding wire segments in a pair of rigs and then sequentially welding the wire segments together. The structural material of the invention can be used alone or layered to form a multilaminate material.

Abstract: This invention relates to a sheet-shaped welded netting of metal at least comprising mesh-forming wires extending longitudinally of the sheet and/or mesh-forming wires extending transversely of the sheet as well as several deformed stretching wires extending longitudinally of the sheet which can stretch under tensile stress and which may or may not have the function of mesh-forming wires extending longitudinally of the sheet, the deformations in the stretching wires substantially lying in the plane of the netting and the stretching wires displaying a regular arrangement of identical patterns longitudinally of the sheet, whereby the deformation of the stretching wires is such that the ratio of the maximum dimension (B) of a mesh longitudinally of the sheet to the distance (A) between two consecutive maxima in a deformed stretching wire is at least about three, that the maxima of two adjacent stretching wires of the welded netting may or may not have the same position with respect to the longitudinal direction