Comparing Wire Partition Construction

Welded and Woven Styles are both high quality security cage materials, each with distinctive advantages

Both construction types are excellent security storage media. Both will secure an area. Both will keep unauthorized people out of places they aren’t supposed to be. But they are different products with different applications. For instance, DEA approved evidence cages are almost always woven wire construction. Typical storage cages can be either type, although welded wire is more rust-resistant, since moisture cannot enter the gap between wire weaves, as it can for woven units – spec welded  if the application is in a wet area, or even outside.

Read below for detailed contrasts between the two partition types:

Style 840 Woven Wire System

RapidWire Welded Wire System

Panels made of woven wire mesh (2" x 1" mesh design).

Panels made of welded wire mesh. (2" x 2" mesh design).

Panels framed with angle on all four sides.

Panels framed with angle on all four sides.

20 standard size panels.

2 standard size panels.

Common: All panels are made at factory to exact sizes needed. This adds significant ease of assembly.

Bolt through panel frames and posts to build walls.

Panels mount to posts with wire wraps and self drilling screws.

Panels have flat stiffeners behind the mesh.

No stiffeners behind the mesh.

Panels are 48" or 60" high.

Panels are 47" or 59" high.

3-inch sweep space beneath installed panels.

2-inch sweep space beneath installed panels.

Transom panel above hinged doors.

Header tube above hinged doors.

Slide door opening heights of 8' 0" or 10' 0".

Slide door opening heights of 7' 9" or 9' 9".

Woven wire's busy pattern hides blemishes; it looks better longer.

Welded wire mesh's straight lines have modern, contemporary look.

Advantages: woven

Advantages: welded

A heavier product for higher-duty applications. Can function in DEA and other evidence storage applications.

Less expensive. Typically you can purchase a welded unit for less than a woven cage.

Engineered to bolt together at jobsite.

Welded wire mesh welded at each intersection of wires.

Heavier assembly hardware.

Cutouts made in field have professional finished look. They are easier to execute.

Assembly hardware is inaccessible from exterior of enclosure, making break-in's more difficult.

Lighter, but strong and secure for the majority of applications.

Easy to relocate after initial install.

Self drilling screw assembly allows for last minute adjustments in the field.

Simple bolt up construction always works, no stripped out parts

Welded mesh is inherently stronger than woven mesh.