Metric Perforated Sheet Metal

Guidelines for minimum hole size minimum bar width.

Metric perforated sheet metal.

Perforated sheet can range from light to heavy gauge thickness and any type of material can be perforated such as perforated carbon steel. C1008 1010 hot rolled steel cold rolled steel. We have warehouses in los angeles chicago seattle houston and denver. Online metal supply white painted aluminum perforated sheet 0 040 x 24 x 36 1 8 hole 3 16 center.

Perforated steel sheet offers savings in weight passage of light liquid sound and air while providing a decorative or ornamental effect. The closer to a 1 to 1 ratio the higher the probability of tool failure and the greater the precautions necessary to avoid it. Used for its variety of holes sizes percentage of open area high strength to weight ratio and aesthetic appeal perforated sheet is popular for a broad spectrum of uses such as enclosures partitions sign panels guards screens and more. Perforated steel sheets are common in interior and exterior design.

The rule of thumb for perforating is that the hole diameter should not be less than the thickness of the material. We stock perforated sheet in a number of thicknesses that will vary in open area percentage depending on the perforated sheet hole size and stagger. Perforated metal sheet products are manufactured with the use of punches or presses that produce slots bars holes or other patterns in the metal. Perforated metal is a kind of sheet metal usually made with styles of perforating embossing slotting or checkered plates.

Parker steel company same day shipping largest inventory of metric metals in north america. Parker steel home page metric metal. Not all materials or patterns are available in all sizes. Diamond perforated metals is the largest most complete manufacturer and distributor of expanded metal and perforated metal sheets pieces and panels and is iso 9001 2000 certified.

We carry perforated sheet metal in aluminum hot roll steel and stainless steel. Security sifting machinery guards enclosures sign panels more. The process of creating perforations is called perforating which involves puncturing the workpiece usually a thin metal sheet with a tool. Perforated metal is versatile in the way that it can have either small or large aesthetically appealing openings.