Expanded Metal Raised Vs Flattened

I finally a note about flattened expanded metal.

Expanded metal raised vs flattened. By flattening the sheet the bonds and strands are turned down to produce a smooth and flat surface reducing the overall thickness and elongating the diamond pattern. The stretching creates a unique diamond pattern opening with one of the strands protruding at a slight angle. Standard expanded metal is often more useful for parts washing applications because the raised centers of the bonds prevent liquids from pooling in the basket. Ordered correctly a 4 x 8 piece of mesh would look like the reversed diamond orientation piece you see to the right.

Expanded metal sheet is made by first creating multiple slits in the sheet and then stretching the sheet. Standard expanded metal sheets are passed through a cold roll reducing mill parallel to the diamond pattern lwd to form flattened expanded metal. For fencing purposes expanded metal is ordered swd x lwd. Flattened expanded metal is what results when standard expanded metal is put through a cold rolling steel mill to flatten the expanded metal mesh out.

The strands of standard expanded metal are angled rather than fixed on a horizontal plane which makes the material less smooth than its flattened counterpart. Standard expanded metal mesh is expanded metal as it comes off the press. Raised expanded metal also referred to as standard expanded metal is the format of steel aluminum or stainless steel after it has been put through the expanding press. Also named standard expanded metal.

Flattened expanded metal flattened expanded metal is manufactured by passing the standard expanded metal through a cold roll reducing mill providing a flattened surface and. These raised strands can be flattened later in the process if desired. It is a finished product as it comes from the press. Flattened expanded metal on the other hand may be more useful for certain parts handling applications or for making larger custom mesh baskets slightly lighter by thinning out the.

Expanded metal is also produced in a flattened form which is created by rolling standard or raised expanded metal. Expanded metal is manufactured in 2 ways flattened and raised. Because it is sometimes difficult to predict how much expansion will occur in the mesh during the flattening process. This makes the expanded metal mesh thinner flatter and wider longer.

The raised configuration adds rigidity and anti slip resistance to the mesh.