Steel Wire for Mesh and Fencing

Mesh and fencing producers buy on more than price. The wire has to coat evenly, form without cracking and survive years outdoors — and a problem in any one of those shows up as scrap on the line or complaints from the field. The issues we most often solve:

• Coatings that rust too soon — a light zinc coating that looks fine on delivery but fails within a season in wet, buried or coastal conditions.
• Wire that will not form cleanly: too hard and it cracks at the weld or knuckle; too soft and the finished fence sags or loses tension.
• Diameter and coating weight that drift across a large run, so mesh apertures and weld strength vary from coil to coil.
• Juggling several suppliers for woven mesh, gabion and field fencing when each needs a different temper and coating.
• Colour and long-life requirements for decorative fencing that plain galvanized wire cannot meet.

We produce the wire behind most common mesh and fencing systems, in galvanized, Galfan or polymer-coated finishes, and can straighten and cut to length where your line needs it.

Each system has its own sweet spot: welded mesh wants a medium coating and medium temper; gabion wants a heavy Galfan coating and a soft, workable temper; field fencing wants high-tensile wire to hold tension over long spans. We supply all of them from the same plant, so a single order can cover a mixed product range.

• Galvanized wire for welded and woven mesh
• Galfan (Zn-Al alloy) wire for gabion and long-life fencing
• Chain-link fencing wire
• PVC / PE-coated wire in custom colours
• Straightened and cut wire on request

A heavy, uniform zinc or Zn-Al coating is what keeps mesh and fencing from rusting in the field. Our ceramic-pot, nitrogen-wiped galvanizing line lays down an even coating, and controlled annealing keeps the wire soft enough to weave and knuckle without cracking.

For coastal or wet environments, Galfan coating gives markedly longer life than standard galvanizing at the same coating weight — often two to three times the time to first rust — so you can hit a long design life without moving to a much heavier, more expensive coating.

Mesh and fencing wire is normally specified to ASTM A641, EN 10244-2 or BS EN 10218, which fix the coating class and tolerance by diameter. Zhongbo manufactures and tests to these standards, or to a customer-specific requirement, and can supply a mill test certificate covering diameter and zinc-coating weight on every batch. If you only know the environment and design life, tell us and we will recommend a coating class and confirm it against the standard.

Buyers stay with Zhongbo because we take the coating and temper decision off their plate and back it with test data. What sets our mesh and fencing wire apart:

• A Galfan (Zn-Al) option that gives markedly longer coastal and wet-environment life at the same coating weight — a cost-effective route to a long design life.
• Soft, weave-clean tempers and high-tensile grades for gabion and security fencing, all from one source, so a mixed order ships together.
• Heavy, uniform coating from a ceramic zinc pot and nitrogen-wiping line, with the coating weight held steady across the whole run.
• PVC / PE-coated wire in custom colours over a galvanized core for decorative and extra-long-life fencing.
• Batch-tested coating weight and diameter, with mill test certificates on request for your own QA or resale.