Expanded Metal Mesh is the most practical and economical way to assure strength, safety, and a non-skid surface. Expanded metal grating is ideal for use on plant runways, working platforms, and catwalks, as it is easily cut into irregular shapes and can be installed quickly by welding or bolting. To select the proper metal mesh for your application consult the load and deflection tables below.
Materials of Expanded Metal
Expanded Metal can be made from aluminum, carbon steel, stainless steel, nickel, titanium, brass and other metal materials, with a thickness ranging from 0.04mm to 8mm, opening ranging from 0.8mmx1mm to 200mmx150mm.
Expanded Metal can be made from aluminum, carbon steel, stainless steel, nickel, titanium, brass and other metal materials, with a thickness ranging from 0.04mm to 8mm, opening ranging from 0.8mmx1mm to 200mmx150mm.
Use of Expanded Metal
Expanded Metal products are extensively used in a wide variety of industries and daily life, as gratings, laths, screens, fences, filtration media and building decoration materials.
Expanded Metal products are extensively used in a wide variety of industries and daily life, as gratings, laths, screens, fences, filtration media and building decoration materials.
Patterns of Expanded Metal
Expanded Metal can be processed in different opening shapes, typically as: standard rhombicshape; heavy type Tortoise-shaped expanded metal, also known as hexagonal shape; flattened; and some special shapes or designs.
Expanded Metal can be processed in different opening shapes, typically as: standard rhombicshape; heavy type Tortoise-shaped expanded metal, also known as hexagonal shape; flattened; and some special shapes or designs.
Finish Treatment of Expanded Metal:Galvanized; oxidized; PVC coated; flattened; special treatment according to customers’ requirements.
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Expanded Metal
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Thickness
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nominal size of mesh
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Standard size
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Weight
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SWD
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LWD
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Strand width
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LWM
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SWM
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D
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TL
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TB
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B
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B
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L
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Kg/m2
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0.5
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3
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6
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100
200
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2000
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1.76
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3.2
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8
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5
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10
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6
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12.5
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1800
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3000
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1.08
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7
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14
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8
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16
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2000
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3340
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9
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20
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10
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25
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1.12
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1800
200
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3600
4000
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0.88
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12
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30
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1.35
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0.8
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10
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25
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1.12
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12
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30
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1.35
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1.41
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15
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40
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1.68
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1.0
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10
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25
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1.12
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12
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30
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1.35
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1.76
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15
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40
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1.68
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1.2
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10
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25
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1.13
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12
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30
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1.35
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2.12
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15
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40
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1.68
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18
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50
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2.03
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1.5
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15
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40
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1.69
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2.64
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18
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50
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2.03
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22
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60
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2.47
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29
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80
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3.25
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3.53
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2.0
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18
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50
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2.03
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1800
2000
2500
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3600
4000
5000
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22
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60
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2.47
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29
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80
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3.26
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4.42
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36
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100
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4.05
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44
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120
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4.95
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5.29
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3.0
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36
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100
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4.05
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44
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120
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4.95
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55
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150
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4.99
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2000
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5000
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4.27
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2500
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6400
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65
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180
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4.60
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2000
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6400
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3.33
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2500
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8000
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4.0
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22
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60
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6
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1500
2000
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2000-3000
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12.84
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30
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80
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4.5
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2000-4000
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10.46
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38
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100
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5
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2000-4500
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9.91
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5.0
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24
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60
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6
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2000-3000
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19.62
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35
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80
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6
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