Wire mesh trays are made of wire mesh panels connected by thicker rods and can hold anything from small office supplies to industrial cables. The mesh varies in gap size and allows air to pass through, but dust can fall through the gaps. They have sharp edges and should be inspected before use.
A wire mesh tray is a tray formed primarily with wire or wire mesh. The tray usually has panels or a sheet of wire mesh connected by thicker rods made of the same material, although larger trays may have identical rods bent to form a basket or tray by themselves. Like other trays, a wire mesh tray should hold anything from small office supplies to papers to industrial cables. The larger industrial trays are also called cable trays. Wire mesh trays can vary in depth from shallow to having very high sides.
The mesh in the trays is usually stiff enough that it doesn’t give way when users place items in the tray. The amount of space between the wires in the mesh varies depending on what the tray is to hold. Wire mesh trays in offices usually have very small gaps to keep items like thumbtacks from falling out, while a wire mesh tray meant to hold cables together in a factory might have very large gaps because there is no danger that a cable falls. Trays intended for office and home use are often stackable, and those intended for industrial use can be custom made to meet the needs of the individual business.
Wire mesh trays have some distinct advantages over solid trays. One is that air can pass through the mesh and even reach items at the bottom of a tray. If the tray contains wires or electrical items that get hot with use, the gaps allow the items to air out instead of building heat in a pile. Users can look through the bottom of a tray containing a stack of materials to see which items are at the bottom of the stack.
One disadvantage of using a wire mesh tray is that dust can still fall through the gaps in the mesh and onto the surface underneath. Items on stacked trays could end up getting quite dusty if users don’t clean the area regularly. Dust will also build up on the wire itself. The quality of the tray will vary, just as it can with any other item, but wire mesh trays may have sharp edges from poorly cut or inferior materials that have broken. Buyers should be careful picking up a tray until they have inspected all of its parts.
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