BRITISH STANDARD

BS EN
10223-2:1998

Steel wire and wire

products for fences Part 2: Hexagonal steel wire netting for
agricultural, insulation and fencing
purposes

The European Standard EN 10223-2: 1997 has the status of a

British Standard

ICS 77.140.65

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This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the EN title page,
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EN 10223-2

EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPENNE
EUROPISCHE NORM

December 1997

ICS 77.140.65
Descriptors: Wire nettings, wire, steels, specifications, characteristics, dimensions, dimensional tolerances, coatings, galvanizing, tests,
packing

English version

Steel wire and wire products for fences - Part 2: Hexagonal steel
wire netting for agricultural, insulation and fencing purposes

Fils et produits trfils en acier pour cltures Par-tie 2: Grillage rnailhes hexagonales, en acier,

utiliss dans lagriculture, pour lisolation et les

cltures

Stahldraht und Drahterzeugnisse fr Zune Teil 2: Stahldrahtgeflecht mit sechseckigen Maschen

fr landwirtschafrliche Zwecke, Isolierungen und
Zune

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 22 June 1997.

CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations
which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a
national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical
references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to
the Central Secretariat or to any CEN member.
This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German).
A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a
CEN member into its own language and notified to the Central Secretariat has the
same status as the official versions.
CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Czech
Republic, Denmark, Finland, Prance, Germany Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy,
Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and
United Kingdom.

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1997 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CEN national
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Foreword
This European Standard has been prepared by
TechnicaI Committee ECISS/TC 30, Steel wires, the
secretariat of which is held by BSI.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a
national standard, either by publication of an identical
text or by endorsement, at the latest by June 1998, and
conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at
the latest by June 1998.
The standard will comprise the following parts:
Part 1: Zinc and zinc alloy coated steel barbed wire
Part 2: Hexagon& steel wire netting for
agricultural, insulation and f e n c i n g purposes
Part 3: Hexagon& steel wire netting for engineering
purposes
Part 4: Steel wire welded mesh fencing
Part 5: Steel wire woven hinged joint and knotted
mesh fencing
Part 6: Steel wire chain link fencing

Contents
Page
Foreword
Scope
Normative references
Definitions
Information to be supplied by the
purchaser
5 Manufacture
6 Requirements
7 Sampling and testing
8 Inspection and documentation
9 Methods of test
10 Packaging

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3
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According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations,

the national standards organizations of the following
countries are bound to implement this European
Standard Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark,
Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland,
Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway Portugal,
Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

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1 Scope
This European Standard specifies requirements for the
dimensions and coating of steel wire netting having
meshes of hexagonal shape specified for agricultural,
insulation and fencing purposes.

2 Normative references
This European Standard incorporates by dated or
undated reference, provisions from other publications.
These normative references are cited at the
appropriate places in the text and the publications are
listed hereafter. For dated references, subsequent
amendments to or revisions of any of these
publications apply to this EN only when incorporated
in it by amendment or revision. For undated references
the latest edition of the publication referred to applies.
EN 100161, Wire rod of non-alloy steel for drawing

and/or cold roUin.g - Part 1: General requirements

EN 100162, Wire rod of non-alloy steel for drawing
and/or cold rolling - Part 2: Specific requirements for
general purpose rod
EN 10021, General technical delivery conditions for
iron and steel products
EN 10204, Metallic products - Types of inspection
documents
prEN 10244-1, Steel wire and wire products Non-ferrous metallic coatings on steel wire Part 1: General principles
prEN 102442, Steel wire and wire products Non-ferrous metallic coatings on steel wire Part 2: Zinc or zinc alloy coatings on steel wire
prEN 102451, Steel wire and wire products Organic coatings on wire - Part 1: General rules
prEN 102452, Steel wire and wire products Organic coatings on wire - Part 2: PVC coated wire
prEN 102453, Steel wire and wire products Organic coatings on wire - Part 3: PE coated wire

3 Definitions

Figure 1 - Mesh size

3.3
twist

the tight helical winding of two wires around each

other measured as each revolution of the two wires
over 180; in the case of regular twist, the wires rotate
only in one direction, the minimum number of twists is
three [see Figure 2a)]; in the case of reverse twist the
two wires are first twisted in one direction and then in
the other direction; in the short transition zone the two
wires are straightened parallel, the minimum number
of twists is 1% in each direction [see Figure 2b)]

For the purpose of this standard the following

definitions apply:
3.1
mesh size

the average distance, D, measured at right angles

between twisted sides over 10 meshes (see Figure 1)
3.2
hexagonal mesh

the hexagonal netting consists of hexagonal shaped

meshes, formed by twisting adjacent wires two by two,
alternatively forming a twist to the right and to the left,
the netting may have a border composed of one, two
or more selvedge wires with a greater diameter than
that used for the net; for widths above 50 cm or more
stretching wires may be woven in the netting at equal
distances (see Table 1)
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Table l - Recommended minimum number of

stretching wires

Roll width

Number of stretching wires

mm

< 500
500 < 1000
1000 < 1500
1500 < 2000
NOTE

0
1
2
3

These values apply to mesh sizes 25 mm and above.

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Figure 2a) - Regular twist

Figure 2b) - Reverse twist

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4 Information to be supplied by the

purchaser
The following information shall be supplied by the
purchaser at the time of enquiry and order:
a) the number of this European Standard;
b) quantity;
c) length of rolls
d) mesh size;
e) wire size;
f) width;
g) type - if no type is specified then either regular
twist or reverse twist may be supplied;
h) coating type;
i) whether uniformity of coating is to be measured,
j) inspection documentation requirements;
k) agreed quality characteristics for testing
(see clause 7).

5 Manufacture

6.2 Netting, zinc or zinc alloy coated after

fabrication

The netting shall meet the minimum values of coating

mass and uniformity as stated in Table 2 and Table 4 of
this European Standard.
6.3 Netting made from zinc or zinc alloy coated
wire

Before fabricating into netting, the zinc or zinc ahoy

coated wire shah meet the minimum requirements of
prEN 102442, class A for coating mass, adherence and
where specified, the uniformity of the coating. Where
samples are taken from the fabricated netting then the
specified minimum coating mass requirement is
reduced by 5 % and the specified dips by one half
minute dip.
For wire zinc or zinc alloy coated before fabrication,
the twisted wire shall not break nor unwind in loading
the netting up to 80 % of the breaking load of the wire
(see Figure 3).

6.1 Base metal

The base metal of the hexagonal netting shall be of a

good commercial quality steel selected from
EN 100161 and EN 10016-2 and in a condition suitable
for manufacture into netting.
6.2 Fabrication

The netting may be coated after fabrication with either

a zinc or zinc alloy coating. In the case of zinc coating
the purity of zinc shall be 98.5 % minimum. Where an
organic coating is specified it can be applied either on
the uncoated netting or on the zinc or zinc ahoy
coated netting.
The netting can also be fabricated from zinc or zinc
ahoy coated wire with or without organic coating or
with an extruded or smtered organic coating.

6 Requirements
6.1 General

The netting shah be manufactured in the wire sizes,

mesh sizes and widths as given in Table 2.
The diameter of the wire characterizing the finished
netting shall be the finished diameter in each case,
either uncoated, zinc or zinc ahoy coated or organic
coated. Table 3 gives the relationship of the organic
coated wire diameters to the core diameter.

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Figure 3 - Loading of
netting to test unwinding
resistance

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Table 2 - Mesh sizes, preferred wire sizes, zinc and zinc alloy coating masses and widths
of netting
Mesh details

eter

Size

Tolerances

Annealed

mm

mm

mm

10
13
13
16
20
20
25
25
25
25
30
30
30
40
40
40
50
50
50
65
75
75
75
100

l,o
1,5
1,5
2,0
2,0
2,0
3,0
3,0
3,0
3,0
4,0
4,0 5)
4,05)
5,0
5,0
5,0
6,0
6,0
6,0
7,0
8,O
8,O
8,0
8,O

0,60
0,60
0,50
0,60
0,60
0,80
0,50
0,70
0,80
0,90
0,80
0,90
1,10
0,80
0,90
1,1
0,80
0,90

Tolerances3)
mm

0,70
0,70
0,60
0,70
0,70
0,90
0,60
0,80
0,90

0,08
0,08
0,08
0,08
0,08
0,08
0,08
0,08
0,08

0,lO

1,0
1,2

0,l0

1,0
1,2

0,90
1,0

1,1
0,90
0,90

1,2

1,1
1,3
1,5

1,2

1,0
1,0
1,4
1,6

alloy coating mass

per m2 mesh@

mm

1,0
0,90

0,90

T Minimum zinc or zinc

0,08
0,l0
+ 0,08
f 0,lO
+ 0,lO
f0,08

f 0,lO
f 0,lO
f. 0,lO
f 0,lO
+ 0,lO
f 0,lO
+0,10

&pica1 roll widths1)4)

mm

g/m2

145
95
80
70
55
65
40
45
55
60
40
40
60
35
45
55
25
30
40
30
20
25
30
30

300
450
500
600
750
900

1000
1200
1500
1800
2 000

) Other roll widths - by agreement.

) Zinc coated diameter in this table is the coated wire diameter in finished netting.
) These tolerances apply to the diameter of the zinc coated wire in finished netting.
) The tolerance on width shall be fl mesh size measurement.
) Tolerances on mesh size shall be f2,O mm for rabbit netting when specified.
) Coating mass as netting coated after fabrication (see 8.1).
qOTE For mesh width 75 mm and over, centre strands and selvedges should be by agreement.

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Table 3 - Relationship between the core

diameter and the diameter of the organic
coated wire
Core diameter
Brightfgalvanized
wire

Organic coated
wire diameter

Tolerance on
organic coated
wire

mm

mm

mm

0,60

l,oo

+ 0,lO

0,80

1,20

O,M
l,oo
1,20

1,30
1,50
1,70

f 0,lO
f: 0,lO
* 0,lO
i 0,15

NOTE The organic coated wire should be free from bums,

lumps and pinholes etc.
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6.4 Selvedges
lf a single selvedge is used, the diameter of the
selvedge wire shah be at least equal to or one size
greater than that of the netting wire, e.g. netting wire
of size 0,9 mm with a selvedge wire of size 1,0 mm.
For netting having 2 ply or 3 ply selvedges and/or a
centre stretching wire, the wire for these shall be at
least equal to the netting wire diameter.
Table 4 - Wire size and number of dips to be
withstood by zinc coated wires carried out in
accordance with prEN 10244-2

v:*

Number of dips

Zinc coated
diameter
mm

078

079
14

1
1
1
1
1

12

1,4
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The manmacturer is responsible for the control of

product quality by the application of statistical
methods of sampling and analysis of results or,
alternatively, by sampling and testing for the agreed
quality characteristics at a rate of one roll in fifty

8 Inspection and documentation

Non-specific testing and inspection documentation
shall be provided according to EN 10021 and EN 10204.

9 Methods of test
9.1 Netting, zinc or zinc alloy coated after
fabrication

Zinc or zinc ahoy coatings shah be tested in

accordance with prEN 102441 and prEN 10244-2 for
coating mass and uniformity of coating, except that the
coating mass shall be expressed per square metre of
netting. The test piece for the uniformity of coating
shall be a square of netting having a length of side at
least three times the mesh size.
9.2 Netting made from zinc or zinc alloy coated
wire

Zinc or zinc ahoy coatings shah be tested in

accordance with prEN 102441 and prEN 102442.
9.3 Netting, organic coated after fabrication

Organic coating shall be assessed in accordance with

prEN 102451.

Half minute

Minute

077

7 Sampling and testing

2
2
0
0
1
1
1

10 Packaging
Hexagonal netting shah be supplied in 25 m or 50 m
rolls +y m.
NOTE Other roll lengths may be agreed between purchaser and
manufacturer.

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