The basic building block of our product is the nature in which various combinations of alloy, size, and shapes of metal are crimped.

Crimp styles include the following:

Plain Crimp is a simple zigzag style of crimping with an intersection of two wires at every available pocket. When MD ratios are under 4:1, this style of crimping is usually the only practical style. Plain Crimp styles are most effective at MD ratios of 5:1 or less.
Our designation for this crimp style is PL.

Flat top is really a modified version of Lock Crimp, except that all the crimping is offset to one side of the material. The result is that the top surface of Flat Top presents a smooth surface with all the wire surfaces in a single plane. The bottom side has crimp bumps approximately twice the height of Lock Crimp bumps. Originally developed to present a smooth surface to material flow, or as a backer screen for finer mesh, Flat Top is also used extensively in architectural applications.
Our designation for this crimp style is FT.

Lock Crimp is a more modern and very versatile crimp style that has been largely overlooked for architectural applications. Unlike Plain Crimp, Lock Crimp is characterized by straight sections of wire connected by a well defined 'bump' at the wire intersections. Lock Crimp yields material with superb dimensional stability and has a clean look that many designers find visually appealing. Lock Crimp works well at practically any MD ratios of 4:1 and greater.
Our designation for this crimp style is LC.

Triple Shoot is a specialty crimp style that is generally always used in conjunction with another crimp style. It consists of relatively long sections of straight wire connected by groupings of three Plain Crimp pockets. The resulting material has rectangular openings of very high aspect ratio. Developed originally as a non-blinding sizing product, it also has interesting architectural properties.
Our designation for this crimp style is TS.

While not really a fundamental crimp style, because of its widespread use, we choose to list it with other fundamental styles. Intercrimp is simply Plain Crimp except that wire intersections occur only at every 3rd, 5th, 7th, etc intersection. This type of weave is practical only at MD ratios of 6 or more, and is best suited for ratios of 8:1 or more. We designate this style of weave as I3,I5,I7 etc. Intercrimp was the first weave style that was produced in the late 19th century.
Our designation for this crimp style is I#.

Faux Cable is a variant of the triple shoot crimp style, but instead of having the clusters of three closely space wires separated by a small space, Faux Cable has its clusters of wire (generally 2, 3 or 4) spaced tightly together with no gaps between adjacent wires. While some manufacturers produce this style of material by simply pressing groups of wires together, Banker places special crimps in the surface of the wire. This technique assures absolute repeatability in the mesh spacing and eliminates any problems associated with cumulative pitch variation. Cumulative pitch variation can result in aesthetic problems when attempting to align multiple panels. Our designation for this crimp style is PS.

Banker Wire also produces a great number of proprietary specialty crimp styles which include our multi-wire and embossed patterns.

The basic building blocks can be combined and modified to produce millions of combinations. The box at left shows a few of the more common ones.