r/oddlysatisfying • u/colapepsikinnie • 2d ago

Expanded metal mesh production

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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.