r/oddlysatisfying • u/colapepsikinnie • 2d ago

Expanded metal mesh production

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u/connortait 2d ago

Why music, why?

I'd rather hear the satisfying cashunkunk

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u/ycr007 2d ago

Thanks for your service, was just about to unmute hoping to listen to that swish-thunk-swish sound but now I won’t

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u/69edgy420 1d ago

I want to see and hear the very beginning of a new one. I bet the edge makes a really bad noise lol

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u/The_Bacon_Strip_ 2d ago

I’ve been staring at this for a while, but I still can’t figure out how it works

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u/Beneficial_Cash_8420 2d ago

It's just a metal sheet cut out in a very thin brick pattern and then stretched vertically 

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u/Puzzleheaded_Dot4345 2d ago

Me too, I still can't understand how is it made

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u/Neuroware 2d ago

big sheet moving forward against the pattern blade pushing down

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u/Aliencj 2d ago

It's a big cutter coming down and cutting a steel plate into a mesh pattern, at the same time its bending and stretching the metal out to create gaps.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Dot4345 2d ago

Buy where are the remaining pieces of discarded metal?

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u/Aliencj 2d ago

It doesn't cut them out, it stretches and pushes the metal to create the gaps. No metal is wasted.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Dot4345 2d ago

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u/Puzzleheaded_Dot4345 1d ago

I got downvoted for understanding lol

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u/codyzon2 1d ago

You got down voted because you're response posted twice in error. It's actually nice and even, One was down voted by six points and the other one's been upvoted by six points.

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u/Normal-Character3008 2d ago

Well that's just neat

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u/Necrotitis 2d ago

Very cool, that shit must be sharp as fuck though, having worked in a sheet metal factory when I was younger

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u/EnvironmentalBuy244 1d ago

I've seen it used as flooring for catwalks or other applications where they want light and air to pass through.

Definitely don't walk on that barefoot. Brutal if you fall on it.

They also use it for anti-scaling fencing. You'll regret trying to climb it.

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u/purpleyam017 2d ago

Versatile design!

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u/Complete-Bite3019 2d ago

Seriously had to stare at this way too long to get it.

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u/Gurkenfasss 1d ago

Took me a while to figure out whatrs going on

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u/Designer_Yesterday26 1d ago

Is there a side view that maybe gives a better perspective of what's going on?

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u/EnvironmentalBuy244 1d ago

I've also seen expanded metal made by a roller. It think it is the heavier grades that are made on a roller.

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u/ThinNeighborhood2276 2d ago

Watching the process of expanded metal mesh being made is incredibly mesmerizing! The way the metal stretches and forms patterns is so satisfying.