What is a wire-wound metering rod?
A wire-wound metering rod, often called a Mayer rod after its inventor, Charles Mayer, is a stainless steel rod around which stainless steel wire is tightly wrapped. The wound wire creates a thread that is always the same profile (a half circle). Wire size is determined by the diameter of wire wrapped around the rod. These rods are usually chrome plated to extend working life. Wire-wound rods are used on coating machines to apply pigments and other coatings onto various web surfaces.
