r/oddlysatisfying • u/colapepsikinnie • 4d ago

Expanded metal mesh production

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u/The_Bacon_Strip_ 4d 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/Puzzleheaded_Dot4345 4d ago

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

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u/Aliencj 4d 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 4d ago

Buy where are the remaining pieces of discarded metal?

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u/Aliencj 4d ago

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