Sieves for Soil Testing

When testing soil, sieves are used to quantify particle size of soil or gravel. A series of sieves are placed on top of one another, with the largest mesh opening at the top and the smallest mesh opening at the bottom. The sieves are then shaken and the amount of material of different size is measured. Check out our Keck Sieve Kit for a good idea of how this looks.

Sieves are generally described by the mesh opening size, which is basically how big the holes are in the 'screen'. Be aware that there are two different ways of describing this size—either in standard metric units or in English units. For Example: Ben Meadows part number 92057 has a mesh opening of 100 millimeters or 4 inches. We list both of these designations along with each sieve. If you want a sieve with a mesh size of 100, please let us know if you mean 100mm or 100 mesh.