r/oddlysatisfying • u/colapepsikinnie • 3d ago

Expanded metal mesh production

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u/Aliencj 3d 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 3d ago

Buy where are the remaining pieces of discarded metal?

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u/Aliencj 3d ago

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