Expanded Mesh, Perforated Metal, and laser-cut facades, ceilings, screens, and sunshades

Specifications:

Visual Open %: 40%

Mechanical Open %: 72%

Long Way Diamond: 8.0″

Short Way Diamond: 3.05″

Strand Width: 0.93″

Weight: 1.09 lbs/sf

Max Size, Portrait: 143.375″ SWD x 48″ LWD

Material Thickness: 0.125″

Specifications:

Visual Open %: 40%

Mechanical Open %: 72%

Long Way Diamond: 8.0″

Short Way Diamond: 3.05″

Strand Width: 0.93″

Weight: 1.09 lbs/sf

Max Size, Portrait: 143.375″ SWD x 48″ LWD

Material Thickness: 0.125″

Specifications:

Visual Open %: 26%

Mechanical Open %: 62%

Long Way Diamond: 6.0″

Short Way Diamond: 2.5″

Weight: 1.34 lbs/sf

Max Size, Portrait: 145″ SWD x 48″ LWD

Max Size, Landscape: 60″ SWD x 132″ LWD

Material Thickness: 0.125″

Strand Width: 0.93″

Specifications:

Visual Open %: 25%

Mechanical Open %: 45%

Long Way Diamond: 3.0″

Short Way Diamond: 1.38″

Weight: 1.69 lbs./sf

Max Size, Portrait: 96.625″ SWD x 48″ LWD

Material Thickness: 0.125″

Strand Width: 0.63″

Specifications:

Visual % Open: 18%

Mechanical Open%: 37%

Long Way Diamond: 4.0″

Short Way Diamond: 1.5″

Weight: 1.48″

Max Size, Portrait: 120″ SWD x 60″ LWD

Max Size, Landscape: 60″ SWD x 120″ LWD

Material Thickness: 0.125″

Strand Width: 0.62″

Specifications:

Visual Open %: 25%

Mechanical Open %: 31%

Long Way Diamond: 4.0″

Short Way Diamond: 0.375″

Weight: 1.34 lbs./sf

Max Size, Portrait: 120″ SWD x 48″ LWD

Material Thickness: 0.125″

Strand Width: 0.14″

Specifications:

Visual Open %: 10%

Mechanical Open %: 22%

Long Way Diamond: 4.0″

Short Way Diamond: 2.01

Weight: 1.59 lbs/sqft

Max Size, Portrait: 138.69″ SWD x 48″LWD

Max Size, Landscape: 58.29″ SWD x 120″ LWD

Material Thickness: 0.125″

Strand Width: 0.93

Specifications:

Visual % Open: 8%

Mechanical Open %: 9%

Long Way Diamond: 4.0″

Short Way Diamond: 2.18″

Weight: 1.69 lbs/sf

Max Size, Portrait: 139.52″ SWD x 48″ LWD

Max Size, Landscape: 58.725″ SWD x 120″ LWD

Material Thickness: 0.125″

Strand Width: 0.5″

Specifications:

Visual Open %: 36%

Mechanical Open %: 74%

Long Way Diamond: 1.2″

Short Way Diamond: 0.625″

Weight: 0.74 lbs/sf

Max Size, Portrait: 120″ SWD x 48″ LWD

Material Thickness: 0.81″

Strand Width: 0.21″

Specifications:

Visual % Open: 23%

Mechanical Open %: 31%

Long Way Diamond: .64

Short Way Diamond: .4

Weight: 0.9 lbs/sf

Max Size, Portrait: 120″ SWD x 48″ LWD

Material Thickness: 0.08″

Strand Width: 0.1″

Specifications:

Visual Open %: 55%

Mechanical Open %: 74%

Long Way Diamond: 5.33″

Short Way Diamond: 0.52″

Weight: 0.81 lbs/sf

Max Size, Portrait: 120″ SWD x 48″ LWD

Material Thickness: 0.125″

Strand Width: 0.12″

Specifications:

Visual % Open: 6%

Mechanical Open %: 28%

Long Way Diamond: 8″

Short Way Diamond: 2.13″

Weight: 1.6 lbs/sf

Max Size, Portrait: 138.45″ SWD x 48″ LWD

Material Thickness: 0.125

Strand Width: 1.0″

Specifications:

Visual % open:: 52%

Mechanical Open %: 73%

Long Way Diamond: 4,0″

Short Way Diamond: 0.59″

Weight: 0.85 lbs./sf

Max Size, Portrait: 120″ SWD x 48″ LWD

Max Size, Landscape: 59.625″ SWD x 120″ LWD

Material Thickness: 0.125″

Strand Width: 0.14″

All-across perforation can start with a coil of aluminum or sheets and go through a press with fixed dies that rapidly open and shut, punching the holes as they go.

View common all across patterns:

• Round Hole Patterns

• Square Hole Patterns

• Slot Hole Patterns

• Rectangular Hole Patterns

PROS

• Fast production

• Cost-effective

Turret Press perforation uses a press with a moving bed and a library of dies it can select for punch and dimple surfaces. The equipment can take in design files and place holes to create unique textures and patterns.

PROS

• High level of flexibility in design

• Dimpling is available

Picture PERFect is a proprietary process where AMICO can take any photo, graphic, or texture and convert it to a perforated metal pattern. This is a cost-effective way to introduce unique and durable design communications into an environment.

Laser-cutting manufacturing enables the creation of custom hole designs on flat metal panels metal without the need for specialized tools, offering greater design freedom.

You can design your own panel pattern, use a standard pattern from AMICO (below), or work with AMICO to develop a custom pattern.

If you are designing your own panel, scale your design to meet your budget; patterns with more cuts will ultimately cost more because they take longer to cut. Planning a minimum opening of at least ¾" and the distance between should be at least 2x the thickness of the material.


Design guidelines for starting a laser cut project

With its versatility and aesthetic appeal, the flattened expanded mesh has become commonplace in architecture, interior design, and landscape architecture. The geometric patterns and varying densities of expanded mesh panels allow for the modulation of light and transparency while creating functional barriers for railing infills, screens, and walkways, adding a modern touch.

When it comes to interior design, using expanded mesh is an effective way to add texture and color accents to a surface while also complementing various design styles. This versatile material can be used to create partitions and screens that define different areas in open-plan layouts. It can also be used to add mass to hanging soffits, and when incorporated into light fixtures, accent walls, or other decorative elements, it imparts a level of accentuated detail with its delicate form and engaging metallic finish.

When the flattened expanded mesh is applied to landscape architecture, its high strength-to-weight ratio is very helpful in creating strong safety barriers and sculptural elements.

These materials also have a myriad of different industrial applications. If you are looking for simple raw sheets for your industrial or OEM projects, please visit AMICO's industrial site here.

FRP stands for fiberglass-reinforced plastic. It is a material manufactured by interweaving and molding fiberglass with thermoset resin and UV inhibitors. The result is a strong, highly durable material that is great for security barriers, architectural screens, and walking surfaces.

AMICO cuts and fabricates your FRP panels to design-spec so they are ready to install on the job site.

AMICO expanded mesh can create custom gradient meshes by varying the strand width during manufacturing.

This custom mesh produces a pattern where the hole is the same from row to row, but the strand becomes thicker or thinner.

Benefits of this mesh feature:

1. It can obscure visual sight lines in key areas while opening up more to increase airflow where sight lines are not as important.

2.  It provides a unique aesthetic to your design.

3.  It can reduce access openings at the pedestrian level and increase openings to reduce material costs where pedestrian access is not possible.

4.  Provide precise lighting and glare control in sunshade applications.

Seeing a design in person is always better than photos. Are you in California? Do you want to see some AMICO projects in person? Take this print-friendly PDF with Google Maps links to visit the sites in person.

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In this case study, we take a high-level look at how perforated metal panels perform acoustically and how they can play in your acoustically dynamic design environment.

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In this case study, we look at how expanded mesh can benefit a parking garage structure.