The Advantages of Using Metal Mesh for Your Products!

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If you&#;re into construction, carpentry, and transportation, to mention but a few, you&#;ve most likely used a metal mesh.

A metal mesh is an expanded sheet or roll of metal consisting of strands of metal running from one end of the sheet to the other. These strands form openings of different sizes that form a barrier hence the name mesh.

The size of the openings ranges from the smallest size 1/8&#; x1/8&#; to the biggest size 6&#; x6&#; while the size of the entire expanded sheet can be as big as 10 feet long for a standard sheet and 100 feet long for a standard roll. The openings can also take different shapes such as a square, hexagon, diamond, and circle.  

Depending on the use of the mesh, you can choose one made of stainless steel, copper, aluminum, bronze, galvanized steel, brass, Monel, carbon steel, or brass. You can also make it from an alloy of the metals mentioned above. Therefore, the type you use depends on the material used or alloy, the size of the entire sheet or roll, and the shape and size of the openings.

This article will explore more on metal mesh, also known as expanded metal. You&#;ll learn how it is formed, its application, and the advantages of using it.

How Is A Metal Mesh Made? 

You&#;re probably picturing a welded or woven wire mesh by the description given above. However, note that these are two different types of products. The best way to tell the difference is first understanding how a metal mesh or expanded metal is made.

As mentioned before, a metal mesh is made from a sheet or roll of metal. The sheet of metal is put into an expanding machine where it&#;s made thinner so that it can stretch. As the sheet of metal stretches, its surface area begins to cut so that uniform holes are made on the metal.

The difference between a metal mesh and a wire mesh is that the metal mesh holes are molded within the metal sheet. On the other hand, the holes are made from thin strands of metal woven or welded together for a wire mesh.

Secondly, the metal mesh remains strong regardless of the expansion. Meanwhile, the thinner the wire mesh, the weaker it becomes. Therefore, a wire mesh is used for less intensive applications, and it&#;s relatively cheaper than an expanded metal.

Applications Of Expanded Metal 

The uses of a metal mesh can be summarized as protection as a barrier, support in the construction industry, and custom applications such as decorations. Here are the applications of a metal mesh:

• Construction industry. The mesh is used to support parts of the construction such as adobe in walls, plaster, or stucco. 
• Modern architecture. The expanded metal has found a niche in modern technology where the metal mesh is being used to form decorative features and building facades. 
• Filtering water. An example is in large gabions to avoid soil erosion. 
• Infill panels
• Used to make ventilations for big machines  
• Functional and decorative trellis

Here are the advantages of using expanded metal for all your needs:

1. Metal Mesh Is Made From One Material

As detailed in the article, expanded metal is made from one sheet of metal being stretched. Out of this fact only, there are two advantages of using it. First, there&#;s less waste while designing one, and second, the metal retains its strength. The two will be discussed further in the points to follow.

Other than these benefits, it can easily undergo further transformation such as sheering and pressing since they&#;re made of one piece of metal sheet. As such, should you need to change the form of the mesh, you won&#;t have to purchase a new one. 

2. Minimum Waste Is Produced

Creating the holes on a metal mesh involves stretching the sheet of metal as opposed to punching holes into it. If you punch holes, the punched-out metal can&#;t be used, which increases the amount of waste produced.

3. A Lower Cost

If you&#;re producing little to no waste, it means you&#;ll need fewer sheets of metal, which will cost less than if you&#;re throwing some away as waste. Additionally, some metals can expand more to cover a large area. If this is the case, you may end up needing fewer sheets or rolls of metal for your design.

4. A Metal Mesh Is Strong

When the sheet of metal is expanded, it loses some of its weight. However, this doesn&#;t compromise the integrity of the metal. Therefore, the uncut parts of the metal remain sturdy and the stretched strands can withstand more pressure as compared to woven or welded joints. The strength makes it suitable to offer support to other structures during construction.

5. Metal Mesh Has Anti-Slip Properties

As mentioned, the strands of the metal forming the openings are stretched from the metal sheet. The knuckles where the strands meet have a firm grip as opposed to if these strands were woven. The sturdiness of the knuckles makes them anti-slip, which is most appropriate for constructing walkways, stair treads, and ramps.

6. It&#;s Highly Efficient

Because a metal mesh is made of one piece of material and there are no breaks from one strand to another, electric and magnetic energy flow continuously throughout the mesh. As such, if you intend to use it for any power-related tasks, you can be sure of efficiency and reduced loss of energy since a metal mesh has minimal destruction.

7. It Can Be Made From An Alloy

When processing you can mix two or more metals to strengthen the mesh, increase its expansion capability, and sometimes for aesthetic purposes. Whatever your reason, a metal mesh allows you to play with different metals to achieve your desired alloy.  

8. Flexibility 

It gives you the flexibility you need to mold a mesh of your own design and aesthetic while still maintaining optimum functionality. For example, if you want to achieve more light you can use larger cuts to create large openings. With a perforated mesh, however, the larger the cuts, the weaker the mesh, which means that eventually, the it won&#;t serve its purpose.

To Sum It Up

Although their physical appearance is alike, there&#;s a difference between a metal and a wire mesh. The metal mesh is stronger, more expensive, and has more benefits. It&#;s made of one material, so there&#;s minimal waste produced; and due to reduced waste, it&#;s cheaper to mold and use a metal mesh.

Other advantages are that it is strong with sturdy knuckles that make it suitable for anti-slip constructions such as walkways. Moreover, it is highly efficient, it can be made from an alloy, and finally, it&#;s flexible to different designs and functions.

Article and permission to publish here provided Claire Glassman. Originally written for Supply Chain Game Changer and published on February 5, .

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Hello,dear every friend,this is Kitty from China,I want to share you something about expanded metal.

Architecture of expanded metal is now "web celebrity," is very popular, but now some people may not understand the purpose of the expanded metal, also do not know in what areas of life can use it, expanded metal in life actually USES is very wide, not only limited to the construction field, also exists in every aspect of our lives, let below small make up to you to introduce, the specific use of expanded metal.  

So what is expanded metal?

Expanded metal is a type of sheet metal which has been cut and stretched to form a regular pattern (usually diamond shape).Due to its method of production, expanded metal is one of the most economic and strong steel mesh or grating material on the market. Expanded metal is made from a solid sheet of metal, and it is not woven or welded, so it can never break.

According to different applications,expanded metal can divided into three types- raised expanded metal,flattened expanded metal and micro expanded metal.Here enclosed a picture for your reference.

Where we can use it and based on the picture can you guess it&#;s application?And are you interested in which places can use the expanded metal&#;Does it applied the same as you think?Then please go on.

Actually our TV and computer audio cover is made of expanded metal,because it is not easy to rust,surface coating layer and more easy to clean up,the material is very light and not give the TV,acoustics of handling cause too big effect,but also cheap materials accessible,practicability is strong so we can say that expanded metal is very useful.

In today's buildings, more and more construction companies are burying steel mesh in the wall, which is treated by special technology, not only light, but also increases the firmness of the wall. This method of embedding steel plate net in the wall largely avoids the propagation of noise and vibration, which has a good effect of preventing vibration and noise, and also saves the consumption of building materials such as cement and reinforced concrete, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

Yes,the expanded metal is widely used: 

1. Facade cladding

2. Ceilings

3. Anti-glare fence

4. Chemical and medical filtration mesh

5. Plaster or stucco mesh

6. Barbecue grill mesh

7. Filter mesh

8. Door and window mesh

Goto Ruiyun to know more.

Additional reading:
Stainless Steel Wire Mesh Uses and Benefits

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Before introduce the expanded metal,I want to introduce our factory to you firstly to have a basic understanding.

The above picture is the appearance of our factory- Anping Dongjie Wire Mesh Products Co.,Ltd,which is a specialized manufacturer for the development, design and production of expanded metal mesh, perforated metal mesh, decorative wire mesh and stamping parts for decades.Our factory is founded in with sqm areas.

More than 100 professional workers and 4 professional workshops: expanded metal mesh workshop, perforated workshop, stamping wire mesh products workshop ,molds made and deep-processing workshop. As always stuck into &#;Quality Proves Strength, Details Reach to Success&#;, Dongjie has achieved highly acclaim in the old and new customers.There are some good comments we get from our clients.

Based on above's content,do you have a basic understanding of us?Next let's move to today's topic-expanded metal.

Absolutely,everyone wants to find a qualified mesh and good supplier when we need them,so how to choose is very important .The first choose should start from material.About the material,we have galvanized,aluminum,stainless steel,copper and others and based on clients application to choose which they needs.There exists big difference between good quality and poor quality material.Look at the below picture believe it will directly perceived the difference through it.

Listen&#;friend&#;I never want you someday to come back to me, and said:&#;Kitty, I have bought metal mesh from others, they rusted before the goods arriving at my warehouse! All the metal mesh will influence my selling and brand, and get bad complain from final customers.&#;

Yes, it's a true experience and happened on 3/20/. I really wish I could repeat more times when this customer made the final decision:&#; Every coin counts! &#;&#;The quality is everything!&#;

Yes, friend, do remember, DongJie ensure your quality from the every beginning!

As we all know only good materials have certifications but every kind of ours all have it.

• Produce Process

After we know the material,do you want to know how it produce?

Pls see the produce process and based on different kind of expanded metal,we have different machines.There are 15 sets expanded metal machine and 5 sets flatten machine in our factory.It will be tested and maintained every month to insure smooth production as well as the fast delivery.

According to client&#;s needs,workers professional experience can guarantee the metal mesh quality, also we could send the products to you on time even though in the peak production season, NEVER LATE.the expanded metal also experience the surface treatment process,yes,surface treatment including powder coating,galvanization,anodizing and PVDF coating.After surface treatment the mesh become beautiful and have a long life to use.

There are some pictures through the surface treatment,it is more beautiful compared to the original mesh,right?

The color can be chose by customers and we will try our best to meet their needs.

Mentioned the powder coating,some normal quality mesh only have 1 step-painting,but high quality mesh generally including 4 steps- Acid passivation,degreasing,polishing and painting.Finally proceed powder coating to ensure the finished sheets look more delicate and smooth.Pls assured that our factory always through 4 step to paint it in order to keep their long life and make our customers satisfaction.

You just need tell us material,thickness,hole size,mesh size and quantity when you want to get a price or place an order,our produce department will calculate the price for you.

The hole shape we also can customized according to client&#;s needs,generally we have diamond,hexagon,sector,flower hole shapes.

• QC

Don&#;t you think it is over now?NO no no,this just about our produce process,after production we have QC team From my above words,&#;quality&#; appears more than 6 times. Why? Because all of the customers in the world want to find QUALIFIED products at a reasonable price. Yes, quality goes first!

What kind of decision do you make when you have to choose between quality and price?

Guess what, when you come to DongJie, &#;Considerate Kitty&#; will not let you choose, for we have already done everything for you.Our QC team is a 8 people team with 23 years experience to check the expanded metal quality,they will strictly according the quality control management system to test.Maybe you are amazed when read here,which part do you have in your rules?The answer is below.

It includes check the material(good or poor),check the semi-finished mesh,final check the whole mesh such as the hole size,thickness,mesh size whether same as client&#;s needs.

Besides the mesh,machines also need to keep,we have professional worker to check the machine&#;s situation regularly to make sure the quality.

I can still remember the expression of one of my clients when he saw our unqualified product area.

&#;Kitty, is this the product you want to ship?&#; He asked.

&#;No, this is the unqualified products we want to drop.&#; I answered.

He was shocked because he had seen products of the same quality in their market.

Eventually, he chose us, after looking at a dozen suppliers. There are several suppliers whose prices are higher or lower than ours, but we are the most strict in terms of quality control.

You know what that means: you can expand in your market freely, for we are your strong support!

This is our factory certifications and test report and think it is a powerful evidence to prove ourselves.

• Packing Ways

Let&#;s move on,the next is about our packing way,generally we have two ways -packing in rolls and packing in pieces,we always according the applications to choose which packing way.The first picture is packing in rolls and second picture is packing in pieces.

When the mesh finish packing,where is put in?Of course is our warehouse.

We have warehouse manager to manage the warehouse,workers all obey the warehouse rules and they have a cleaning schedule to keep the warehouse tidy and cleanness.

There are warehouse record in computer so the client&#;s no need to worry factory forget to produce their mesh or mix the mesh with others,the computer record can update at any time,keep in line with inventory and convenient to check.

This is our salesman check the weight and check the surface mesh quality,check wooden cases,and marking.After check,we will arrange shipping if test good,if not good,we will feedback to the packing department,then packing department takes an emergency plan and replaces or modifies the package and then test again.

• After-sales Service

Our service will be over until the mesh arrived to client&#;s hands and get them good comment&#;s.There also has follow-up after sale when the mesh arrange transportation,follow up on transportation and notify customers of transportation information updates in a timely manner,follow up customer receipts,inquire the customer about the satisfaction of the product and packing,we also prepare the customer complaint handling process,since I join into our company we don&#;t received any complaint from customers but we still have this step because in order to let our customers rest assured.When the customer received the goods find any product or packing problem we would be provide service within 24 hours then confirm, verify the problem ,negotiate with customers to solve problems with the fastest speed,finally define responsibility for problems based on contract and pre-sales communication records.

On the other hand,except customers compliant process we still have customer satisfaction survey,we will invite our clients fill in the chart-about the product quality,price,delivery date,communicate skills,service attitude,production management status,quality management status,faith of continue cooperation,comprehensive evaluation etc parts,the client&#;s satisfaction and encourage is our biggest motivation.

Read here believe you have deep impression about the expanded metal and our factory,and do you know how it used now?

Any further questions,pls contact me at any time and we will respond to you within 24 hours.

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