Secondly, as regards the various applications of the two products, it has been found that large wire is used for heavier duty engineering applications such as fasteners, wall reinforcement products, welding wires, etc. By contrast, fine wire is as a rule used for precision applications such as screens and filters (woven wire cloth) with small openings for filtering very fine or small particles (for example dust filters and chemical filters), medical/surgical applications, etc.
Drugič, glede raznih uporab teh dveh izdelkov je bilo ugotovljeno, da se debela žica uporablja za bolj obremenjene tehnične dele, kot so vezni elementi, elementi za armiranje zidov, varilna žica itd. Tanka žica pa se praviloma uporablja za fine dele, kot so sita in filtri (žična mreža) z majhnimi odprtinami za filtriranje zelo finih ali majhnih delcev (na primer filtri za prah in kemični filtri), za medicinske/kirurške namene itd.