Screens & Wire Mesh

Sieving is one of the oldest techniques of powder classification (i.e., separation based on size or some other physical characteristic) that is still in use today. It is among the most widely used and least expensive techniques for the determination of particle size distribution over a broad size range.

The preponderance of applications using this technique can be attributed to the relative simplicity of the technique, low capital investment, high reliability, and low level of technical expertise required in its application, characteristics not often associated with other techniques of size analysis. Sieving can be used over a very broad size range, from just over 100 mm to about 20 microns.