Choosing the Right Perforated Metal Patterns for Your Project
January 19, 2018
The first thing you need to do when it’s time for this decision is to consider your application. The patterns and other features you choose for your perforated metal will affect the way you can use the finished product. Do you need perforated metal to distribute heat in an area or soundproof a room? Maybe you’re thinking of a completely different function. Know this information before moving forward.
Type and Thickness for Your Material
You need to know the strength and stiffness you require in your final product before deciding on a specific metal type and thickness. Perforated metal isn’t as strong as its non-perforated counterpart, but you can choose from several different thicknesses and materials like aluminum, copper, brass, various steels and more that will help you reac…
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Selecting the Right Alloy for Your Custom Metal Fabrication Project
January 5, 2018
Choosing the right metal alloy starts with knowing your application well. Pure metals are useful, but alloys allow us to consider our anticipated uses and mix the perfect combination of metals and chemical components that will change the material’s resistance, reactivity, conductivity, strength, durability and more. The perfect material for one function, like a car engine, might be completely wrong for another like a butter knife.
The capability to mix alloys, which humankind has enjoyed for centuries, gives us the versatility to create the mix to get any job done right.
What to Consider While Choosing Alloys of Metal
When you’re deciding whether you need an alloy and which kind will be best, think about the job you have in mind for the finished product and then consider the…
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How Security Barriers Can Save Lives and Businesses
January 2, 2018
So you’re trying to determine whether it’s time to increase the security of your building and you’re about to launch into the decision-making process. We can help. First, it’s crucial to know exactly what area you’re trying to protect as well as what you’re protecting it from. If this is a security barrier that will be placed outside to keep cars away from a section of your building, you’ll probably choose different metals and fabrication than if you need security panels to protect your interior.
No matter what you need to keep safe, barriers will help get the job done.
Applications for Metal Security Panels
When it comes to barriers, you have two primary categories to consider: active and passive.
Either option can incorporate metal security panels, but they function dif…
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Architectural Expanded Metal: What You Need to Know
December 31, 2017
Expanded metal fabricators design metal pieces perfect for countless architectural applications across plants, facilities, commercial buildings and more. Expanded metal is strong, durable, flexible and lightweight, which makes it the ideal choice for a wide variety of jobs. It’s even used in some patio furniture — a testament to its versatility.
Read on to learn what expanded metal is, how it is made, what designs use it and where to get it.
What Is Expanded Metal and When Is It Used?
The first answer you’ll need before deciding whether expanded metal is correct for your architecture job is what it is and how it’s created. The manufacturing process for archit…
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How to Safely Weld Galvanized Steel
December 5, 2017
HOW TO SAFELY WELD
GALVANIZED STEEL
Welding galvanized steel is an important and valuable technique in the metal fabrication process — especially when producing galvanized steel wire cloth or galvanized steel gratings — but people are shying away from it lately due to the toxic fumes that welding galvanized steel produces. There is also concern about how to deal with the coating of galvanized steel and what to do about corrosion.
Fortunately, the right approach to welding galvanized steel can manage all these issues effectively.
Safety With Welding Galvanized Steel
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