Expanded metal, Architectural Wire, Architectural Mesh, Attachment Systems

woven wire, welede wire, perforated plate and expanded metal are some of the products available from The Western Group - a US manufacturer of architectrual wire, architectural meshing and expanded metal products used for landscape features, sun screens, security screens, rail fill, metal fabricated signs, space mesh and texture mesh

The Western Group worked with Luce et studio of San Diego, Rich & Associates, Colasanti Construction Services and Jones Lana LaSalle of Detroit to develop the custom 14,000 sq. ft. woven wire cladding for the College for Creative Studies garage in Detroit, MI Click image for more details.

woven wire cladding, stainless steel architectural wire, cladding design, metal screens

TWG has worked with various attachment systems and cladding options over the years - we're happy to work with your specific needs. We've listed a couple of common designs below:

100B is an attachment system using a square steel tube with a notch taken from the middle. the screen is placed in the notch the frame is then welded in the corners to contain the screen

101B is an attachment system using steel channel wrapped and welded around the screen.

102B shows two attachment systems. One shows two steel angles welded to a steel tube with the screen welded to the angles and the other show two flat bars welded to a tube with the screen bolted between the bars.

103B shows the screen bolted between a steel angle and flat bar.

104B is an example of a tension attachment system using threaded rods and bolts to attach and tension the screen.