EXPANDED METAL

 

Out of square

Expanded metal sheets are not perfectly square as manufactured.

Stock size sheets and machine run non-standard size sheets will be produced to the following tolerances.

 

 

Tolerances

1/16” per foot of combined width & length.

Sheet must be re-squared by shearing on all sides for squareness.

 

S represents the out of squareness.

 

 

Camber

Bow in sheet.  Measured by placing a straight edge along the concave side of the sheet parallel to LWD, touching both ends of the sheet.  The maximum distance between the edge of the expanded metal and the straight edge is the camber.

 

 

Tolerance

Standard expanded metal 1/16” per foot of length

Flattened expanded metal 3/32” per foot of length

 

 

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