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Expanded Metals Aid Security In Warehouses

4th July 2014

  

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Expanded metal has fast become a popular material for securing individual areas within all types of facilities. One of the main uses in this particular application is in inventory holding sections of manufacturing plants and warehouses. When compared to conventional fencing, expanded metal offers increased security coupled with unimpaired visibility.

Elaine van Rooyen, marketing manager at Africa’s leading expanded metal producer, Andrew Mentis, says expanded metal offers numerous advantages over ordinary welded or diamond mesh. “Unlike conventional materials, expanded metal is difficult if not impossible to cut. Numerous strands have to be separately cut before an opening can be made,” Van Rooyen explains. Essentially expanded metal is sheet metal that has been slit and expanded into a network of diamond shaped meshes. There are no welds or joints which can be unravelled or work loose in the expanded metal sheets. Expanded metal sheets are also more impact resistant that other fencing materials. While providing an aesthetically pleasing security barrier, the expanded metal also allows unimpaired vision and free passage of air into enclosed areas.

“The diamond mesh configuration does not offer hand or footholds, and the exposed edge on the top section makes it extremely difficult and dangerous for the intruder to scale.” Expanded metal is normally supplied unpainted, but readily lends itself to any of the normal finishing processes such as painting, stove enamelling, plating and galvanising. It can also be produced in 3CR12 and stainless steel should the application warrant this type of increased protection.

Van Rooyen says that expanded metal offers the same level of flexibility as conventional fencing materials and can be tailor made for specific application requirements.

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