Expanded Metal: Industrial, Architectural, Fencing, and Security Applications

Hebei ZhenXing JinYuan Wire Mesh Group offers a versatile range of Expanded Metal products, expertly crafted from metal sheets cut and stretched into a unique diamond pattern. Available in aluminum, steel, and stainless steel, these products are adaptable for specific needs and applications like fencing, walkways, grating, and architectural details. The Expanded Metal ensures excellent air circulation and even load distribution, making it a practical choice for various industries. This manufacturing process results in a lightweight yet robust mesh, conserving material while maintaining structural integrity. Our team is readily available to guide you in choosing the ideal type for your project, ensuring both functionality and aesthetic appeal.

Materials

• Steel: Known for its strength and durability, steel is widely used in industrial applications. Low Carbon Steel, consisting of mild steel with 0.05% to 0.25% carbon, is flexible and moldable. While strong for various uses, it’s softer and less durable than High Carbon Steel, which contains 0.6% to 1.25% carbon. High Carbon Steel is much harder and stronger, ideal for applications requiring extra strength and impact resistance, especially where stretching and wear are concerns.
• Aluminum: Chosen for its lightweight and anti-corrosive properties, aluminum is especially beneficial in architectural designs.
• Stainless Steel: Its excellent corrosion resistance makes stainless steel the go-to material for challenging environments like chemical processing or marine applications.
• Copper and Copper-Plated Materials: Valued for their unique aesthetic qualities, these materials are preferred for architectural decoration and design, offering distinctive visual appeal.

Pattern Design

Expanded metal, known for its versatility and strength, is available in various pattern designs, each offering distinct benefits and aesthetic qualities. The primary methods for pattern design in expanded metal include:

• Raised Pattern: This is the most common form of expanded metal. The metal sheet is slit and stretched, leaving the material in its raised form. This pattern offers a robust structure, with the strands and bonds forming a sharp angle to the original plane of the solid metal sheet. It’s ideal for applications requiring good strength-to-weight ratio and is often used in walkways, ramps, and catwalks.
• Flattened Pattern: After the standard expanded metal is created, it can be passed through a cold rolling mill to flatten it. This process reduces the thickness of the sheet and stretches the pattern, creating a smoother surface. Flattened expanded metal is often used for ceiling panels, outdoor furniture, and architectural details where a flatter surface is preferred for aesthetic or functional reasons.
• Diamond Mesh Pattern: The most recognizable pattern, characterized by its diamond-shaped openings. This pattern is created by making uniform slits in the metal sheet and then stretching it. The diamond mesh pattern provides a high strength-to-weight ratio and is commonly used in fencing, ventilation applications, and as decorative elements.
• Hexagonal Pattern: Similar to the diamond mesh but with hexagonal openings. This pattern offers different aesthetics and is sometimes chosen for its visual appeal. It’s used in applications like architectural features, decorative panels, and in some industrial applications.
• Micro Mesh Pattern: This involves making smaller and tighter openings, providing a fine, high-precision mesh. It’s often used in applications requiring a combination of transparency and protection, such as in certain filters or protective barriers.
• Grating Pattern: Designed for industrial applications, this pattern provides high strength and rigidity, often used in heavy-duty flooring, catwalks, and platforms. The openings can be varied to provide optimal load-bearing capabilities and slip resistance.
• Architectural Pattern: These are more specialized patterns created for aesthetic purposes in architectural applications. They can vary greatly in design, from geometric to organic shapes, and are used in building facades, sunscreens, and decorative interior elements.

Each of these patterns offers different aesthetic and functional properties, making expanded metal a highly adaptable material for a wide range of applications.

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