ASTM E11-13

Standard Specification for Woven Wire Test Sieve Cloth and Test Sieves

ABSTRACT
This specification covers the requirements for design and construction of testing sieves using a medium of woven wire cloth mounted in a frame for use in testing for the classification of materials according to designated particle size and wire cloth meeting the specifications specified, to be designated test grade wire cloth. Frames for wire cloth sieves shall be constructed in such a manner as to be rigid. The wire cloth shall be mounted on the frame without distortion, looseness or waviness. To prevent the material being sieved from catching in the joint between the wire cloth and the frame, the joint shall be filled smoothly or constructed so that the material will not be trapped. Standard frames for the sieve frames shall be circular with specific nominal diameters. The dimensions shall conform to the specified requirements. These frames shall be made from non corrosive material such as brass or stainless steel and be of seamless construction. The nonstandard frames for sieve frames may be either square, rectangular, or circular. The frame may have the sieve cloth permanently installed, or may be designed to permit replacement. Pans and covers for use with sieves shall be made so as to nest with the sieves. Pans with extended rims (�stacking skirts�) shall be furnished when specified. The pans and covers shall conform to the specified dimensions.
SCOPE
1.1 This document specifies the technical requirements for; the woven wire test sieve cloth (sieve cloth) used in test sieves, the construction of test sieves, standard and non-standard test sieve frame sizes, and test procedures used to inspect sieve cloth and the test sieves. This Specification applies to test sieves manufactured with sieve cloth having a nominal aperture size ranging from 125 millimetres (mm) down to 20 micrometres (μm).  
1.2 Additional reference information can be found in Specifications E161, E323, E2016, and in Test Methods C430 and E2427.  
1.3 The values stated in SI units shall be considered standard for the dimensions of the sieve cloth openings and the wire diameters used in the sieve cloth. The values stated in inch-pound units shall be considered standard with regard to the sieve frames, pans, and covers.  
1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 30-Sep-2013
• ICS: 19.120 - Particle size analysis. Sieving
• Technical Committee: E29 - Particle and Spray Characterization
• Drafting Committee: E29.01 - Sieves, Sieving Methods, and Screening Media

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM E11-09e1 - Standard Specification for Woven Wire Test Sieve Cloth and Test Sieves
• Effective Date: 01-Oct-2013
• Referred By: ASTM D88/D88M-07(2019)e1 - Standard Test Method for Saybolt Viscosity
• Effective Date: 01-Oct-2013
• Referred By: ASTM D5230-21 - Standard Test Method for Carbon Black—Automated Individual Pellet Hardness
• Effective Date: 01-Oct-2013
• Referred By: ASTM C146-21 - Standard Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Glass Sand
• Effective Date: 01-Oct-2013
• Referred By: ASTM D559/D559M-15 - Standard Test Methods for Wetting and Drying Compacted Soil-Cement Mixtures
• Effective Date: 01-Oct-2013
• Referred By: ASTM F3056-14(2021) - Standard Specification for Additive Manufacturing Nickel Alloy (UNS N06625) with Powder Bed Fusion
• Effective Date: 01-Oct-2013
• Referred By: ASTM D1301-91(2020) - Standard Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of White Lead Pigments
• Effective Date: 01-Oct-2013
• Referred By: ASTM C131/C131M-20 - Standard Test Method for Resistance to Degradation of Small-Size Coarse Aggregate by Abrasion and Impact in the Los Angeles Machine
• Effective Date: 01-Oct-2013
• Referred By: ASTM D560/D560M-16 - Standard Test Methods for Freezing and Thawing Compacted Soil-Cement Mixtures
• Effective Date: 01-Oct-2013
• Referred By: ASTM C831-18 - Standard Test Methods for Residual Carbon, Apparent Residual Carbon, and Apparent Carbon Yield in Coked Carbon-Containing Brick and Shapes
• Effective Date: 01-Oct-2013
• Referred By: ASTM A483/A483M-10(2020) - Standard Specification for Silicomanganese
• Effective Date: 01-Oct-2013
• Referred By: ASTM D452/D452M-19(2022) - Standard Test Method for Sieve Analysis of Surfacing for Asphalt Roofing Products
• Effective Date: 01-Oct-2013
• Referred By: ASTM C371-09(2018) - Standard Test Method for Wire-Cloth Sieve Analysis of Nonplastic Ceramic Powders
• Effective Date: 01-Oct-2013
• Referred By: ASTM B611-21 - Standard Test Method for Determining the High Stress Abrasion Resistance of Hard Materials
• Effective Date: 01-Oct-2013
• Referred By: ASTM C1218/C1218M-20 - Standard Test Method for Water-Soluble Chloride in Mortar and Concrete
• Effective Date: 01-Oct-2013

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation:E11 −13
StandardSpecification for
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Woven Wire Test Sieve Cloth and Test Sieves
This standard is issued under the fixed designation E11; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of original
adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision.Anumber in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.Asuperscript
epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the U.S. Department of Defense.
1. Scope E2016 Specification for Industrial Woven Wire Cloth
E2427 Test Method for Acceptance by Performance Testing
1.1 This document specifies the technical requirements for;
for Sieves
thewovenwiretestsievecloth(sievecloth)usedintest sieves,
2.2 Federal Standard:
the construction of test sieves, standard and non-standard test
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Fed. Std. No. 123 Marking for Shipment (Civil Agencies)
sieve frame sizes, and test procedures used to inspect sieve
2.3 Military Standard:
cloth and the test sieves. This Specification applies to test
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MIL-STD-129 Marking for Shipment and Storage
sieves manufactured with sieve cloth having a nominal aper-
2.4 ISO Standard:
ture size ranging from 125 millimetres (mm) down to 20
ISO 3310-1 Test Sieves—Technical Requirements and Test-
micrometres (µm).
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ing – Part 1: Test Sieves of Metal Wire Cloth
1.2 Additional reference information can be found in Speci-
fications E161, E323, E2016, and in Test Methods C430 and
3. Terminology
E2427.
3.1 Definitions:
1.3 The values stated in SI units shall be considered
3.1.1 aperture—the dimension defining an opening in a
standard for the dimensions of the sieve cloth openings and the
screening surface.
wire diameters used in the sieve cloth. The values stated in
3.1.2 crimp—the corrugation in the warp and shute wire, or
inch-pound units shall be considered standard with regard to
both. The crimp in the wires is formed either during the
the sieve frames, pans, and covers.
weavingprocess,orwithacrimpingmachinepriortoweaving.
1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the
If formed during the weaving process, the tension existing
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
between the warp and shute wires fundamentally determines
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
the respective amount or depth of crimp, which locks the wires
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
in place, and in part establishes the firmness of the sieve cloth.
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
3.1.3 firmness—a subjective term referring to the planar
rigidity of sieve cloth (as a roll good, not mounted in a test
2. Referenced Documents
sieveframe),establishedbythetensilestrengthofthematerial,
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
the relationship of the mesh to wire diameters, the type of
C430 Test Method for Fineness of Hydraulic Cement by the
weave, and amount of crimp in the wires. The absence of
45-µm (No. 325) Sieve
firmness in sieve cloth is termed sleaziness.
E161 Specification for Precision Electroformed Sieves
3.1.4 matched test sieve—a test sieve that reproduces the
E323 Specification for Perforated-Plate Sieves for Testing
performance results of another test sieve within user defined
Purposes
limits for a designated material (for information only and may
E1638 Terminology Relating to Sieves, Sieving Methods,
not be in compliance with this Specification).
and Screening Media
3.1.5 mesh—thenumberofwiresoropeningsperlinearinch
(25.4 mm) counted from the center of any wire to a point
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ThisspecificationisunderthejurisdictionofASTMCommitteeE29onParticle
exactly 1 in. (25.4 mm) distant, including the fractional
and Spray Characterization and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee E29.01
distance between either thereof.
on Sieves, Sieving Methods, and Screening Media.
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Designation: E11 − 09 E11 − 13
Standard Specification for
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Woven Wire Test Sieve Cloth and Test Sieves
This standard is issued under the fixed designation E11; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of original
adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A superscript
epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the Department of Defense.
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ε NOTE—Table 1 and Table 2 were editorially corrected in November 2010.
1. Scope
1.1 This document specifies the technical requirements for; the woven wire test sieve cloth (sieve cloth) used in test sieves, the
construction of test sieves, standard and non-standard test sieve frame sizes, and test procedures used to inspect sieve cloth and
the test sieves. This Specification applies to test sieves manufactured with sieve cloth having a nominal aperture size ranging from
125 millimetres (mm) down to 20 micrometres (μm).
1.2 Additional reference information can be found in Specifications E161, E323, E2016, and in Test Methods C430 and E2427.
1.3 The values stated in SI units shall be considered standard for the dimensions of the sieve cloth openings and the wire
diameters used in the sieve cloth. The values stated in inch-pound units shall be considered standard with regard to the sieve
frames, pans, and covers.
1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility
of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory
limitations prior to use.
2. Referenced Documents
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
C430 Test Method for Fineness of Hydraulic Cement by the 45-μm (No. 325) Sieve
E161 Specification for Precision Electroformed Sieves
E323 Specification for Perforated-Plate Sieves for Testing Purposes
E1638 Terminology Relating to Sieves, Sieving Methods, and Screening Media
E2016 Specification for Industrial Woven Wire Cloth
E2427 Test Method for Acceptance by Performance Testing for Sieves
2.2 Federal Standard:
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Fed. Std. No. 123 Marking for Shipment (Civil Agencies)
2.3 Military Standard:
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MIL-STD-129 Marking for Shipment and Storage
2.4 ISO Standard:
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ISO 3310-1 Test Sieves—Technical Requirements and Testing – Part 1: Test Sieves of Metal Wire Cloth
3. Terminology
3.1 Definitions:
3.1.1 aperture—the dimension defining an opening in a screening surface.
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee E29 on Particle and Spray Characterization and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee E29.01 on
Sieves, Sieving Methods, and Screening Media.
Current edition approved May 1, 2009Oct. 1, 2013. Published June 2009October 2013. Originally approved in 1925. Last previous edition approved in 20042009 as
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E11 – 04.E11 – 09 . DOI: 10.1520/E0011-09E01.10.1520/E0011-13.
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or contact ASTM Customer Service at [e-mail]. For Annual Book of ASTM Standards
volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on the ASTM website.
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Available from Standardization Documents Order Desk, DODSSP, Bldg. 4, Section D, 700 Robbins Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19111-5098, http://www.dodssp.daps.mil.
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3.1.2 crimp—the corrugation in the warp and shute wire, or both. The crimp in the wires is formed either during the weaving
process, or with a crimping machine prior to weaving. If formed during the weaving process, the tension existing between the warp
and shute wires fundamentally determines the respective amount or depth of crimp, which locks the wires in place, and in part
establishes the firmness of the sieve cloth.
3.1.3 firmness—a subjective term referring to the planar rigidity of sieve cloth (as a roll good, not mounted in a test sieve frame),
established by the tensile strength of the material, the relationship of the mesh to wire diameters, the type of weave, and amount
of crimp in the wires. The absence of firmness in sieve cloth is termed sleaziness.
3.1.4 matched test sieve—a test sieve that reproduces the perfo
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