Expanded Metal Mesh Catalogue

These catalogs contain extensive technical guidance and ordering information about mcnichols perforated and expanded metals wire mesh and designer metals as well as bar grating fiberglass grating plank grating and flooring products.

Expanded metal mesh catalogue.

Expanded panels are more rigid than perforated panels and are for use when structural stability is important. Expanded and flattened square mesh mesh dimensions 1 1 the mesh patterns highlighted in the table are the most popular and are competitively priced compared to welded wire mesh and perforated metal. Micron aluminum expanded metal micron aluminum expanded metal with excellent strength to weight ratio is used as filters or screens speakers guards electrochemical conductor in. Expanded metals are made from sheets of solid metals that are slit and stretched with each stroke of the upper die thus forming a raised diamond pattern.

M c nichols product catalogs. The result is a mesh product with no joins or welds formed from a process that produces minimum waste. Steel is lightly oiled. However they are more difficult to cut than perforated panels.

The styles listed may vary by weight and dimension based on the buyers specifications. This pattern is called regular or standard. On request some meshes can be processed from pre galvanized steel aluminium copper and brass. Use them to create safety guards for equipment and machinery.

This can only be along the lwm axis all dimensions would be required as per example shown including the specifications of the direction of the short way mesh swm long way mesh lwm and type and finish of expanded metal required. C a tolerance of 10 is permitted in dimensions center to center. Oversize panels can be fabricated by butt welding the mesh together or by overlapping. Of 10 is permissible based on the weight of any sheet or bundle.

As a service to our valued customers mcnichols provides catalogs for download. Light in weight yet stronger than steel sheet anti skid surface open mesh design makes it an ideal product as a walkway platform security fencing catwalks etc. They can be formed and welded. All meshes are expanded from carbon steel.

Metal sheets or coils are fed through the machine to be slit and stretched simultaneously. Flattened expanded metal a the minimum thickness is absolute not subject to minus variation. Typical applications include walkways industrial applications caging machine and equipment enclosures security fencing applications perimeter fancing artists for 3d sculptures etc. Raised panels have strands that overlap to provide a skid resistant surface.

We update our catalogs at least annually to. Expanded copper mesh with elegant looking and corrosion and wear resistance is broadly used for guarding of machines dividers boilers crafts of art filters etc. The pattern varies by the gauge and type of material and the size of the diamond the sheets of expanded metal can also be flattened by rollers for.