A Diamond in the Rough – Expanded Metal and Its Many Uses Expanded metal is a highly versatile material with a wide range of applications. While similar to mesh in some ways, expanded metal sets itself apart with its diamond-shaped openings, making it an ideal choice for screens, filters, and more. There are various uses […]
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Metal Mesh for Fire Safety
Fireplaces are a great way to heat your home and make it look cozy, especially as the weather cools outside. However, they can also be dangerous if users don’t take the proper safety precautions when it comes to fireplaces and fire safety. You need to make sure that you have the right fireplace screen in […]
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What to Know About Heavy Duty Metal Mesh
Heavy duty metal mesh is a strong, durable material made with a combination of metal and wire mesh. Heavy duty steel mesh is a highly durable material that can withstand severe circumstances and last longer than softer materials. Heavy-duty metal screen mesh is easy to maintain even under the harshest conditions. The average person might […]
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Soldering, Shearing, Punching: Metal Fabrication is What You Need
For many projects involving woven wire mesh, fabrication services are needed. Fabrication is a value-adding process that transforms the metal mesh to fit a certain purpose or look. Fabricating stainless steel welded wire mesh can include soldering, shearing, and punching the mesh into the desired form. Lawrence Sintered Metals offers all of the services and […]
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How a Mesh Filter Can Provide Clean Water
Clean water is needed in a variety of industrial applications. From food and beverage needs to agricultural and industrial applications, clean water is crucial to many industries. Metal mesh filters are a sustainable, useful way to achieve clean water for these applications. Sintered wire mesh is known as a highly reliable filtering cloth and uses […]
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Wire Mesh: A Guide to the Right Product
The flexibility and durability of wire cloth makes it a versatile product. From the food and beverage production industry to automotive, pharmaceutical, and medical sectors, metal mesh is being increasingly used across multiple industries. As there is a surge in the use of wire cloth, mesh products have grown into various types, standards, and patterns […]
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How to Buy the Best Wire Mesh
Wire mesh is extremely versatile in its uses and can be manufactured to accommodate many different applications. Depending on your use, finding the right woven metal mesh or welded wire mesh for your project can be crucial. Check out this guide for tips on buying the best wire mesh the industry has to offer. Keep […]
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Different Types of Metals and Their Uses
Are you looking for a product that will allow for ventilation, good drainage, or perhaps even adding a decorative touch? Lawrence Sintered Metals offers a few different options to choose from, which include Expanded Sheet Metal, Perforated Sheet Metal, or Welded/Woven Wire Mesh. Wire Mesh (welded) Welded wire meshes have the wires welded together at all intersections […]
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Filtering Gases, Liquids and Solids Using Stainless Steel Mesh
Stainless Steel Filter Mesh: Filtering Gasses, Liquids, and Solids When someone thinks about the uses for wire mesh, window screens, or the heavy metal screen you use on the fireplace comes to mind. However, there are so many uses for wire mesh, including wire mesh filter screens separating or filtering gas, liquids, and solids. In […]
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Filtration Methods That Use Wire Mesh
At Lawrence Sintered Metals we provide wire mesh for all types of filtration uses, including keeping pests out of unwanted areas to making sure dangerous animals are contained properly. One of the more popular uses for our wire mesh is for filtration. There are many industries out there that use filtration systems to manufacture their […]
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Quality Assurance Using our Inspection Process
Our metal wire mesh is used for many types of industrial projects. Our wire mesh is used to protect homes and businesses from invaders, to keep dangerous animals contained, and to filter out harmful materials. It’s used in food processing and to protect against sparks that could cause a fire. Our customers depend on the […]
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Why are Metal Mesh Sheets Useful?
Metal mesh sheets are useful material made with all types of different sizes of metal mesh. Mesh specifications can be modified depending on the alloy used, the size of the openings and the thickness of the wire. Materials which is include, but are not limited to stainless steel, galvanized steel, plain carbon steel, aluminum, copper, […]
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Why Wire Mesh Is a Smart Choice for Architects
An architect is both a builder and an artist. He or she must create something unique, beautiful, and intuitive while also making it safe, sound, and strong. Wire mesh is a highly versatile tool that can help architects be both artist and builder. It allows you to express your creativity and can also be used […]
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Sintered Square Metal Mesh
If you are looking to buy metal mesh for the first time, you may not realize how many different mesh weaves are available. Each type of metal mesh weave gives the metal different properties. Some weaves increase strength, while others improve security or make the metal more functional for certain types of jobs. This last category is […]
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Protecting Your Garden Using Wire Mesh
Metal Mesh is a good way to protect yards from the animals that want to eat your garden plants. Lawrence Sintered Metals can supply the correct metal mesh for a small or large yard project. It is best to use quality metal mesh for the outdoor projects. Contact us today for a quote on […]
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3 Ways to Maintain Safety by Using Wire Mesh
When you think about wire mesh you might question how it can help impose safety. However, wire mesh is used in a wide variety of capacities all over the world and is the often-unseen force that makes communities a little safer. The first use is for concrete reinforcement. Since we depend on these concrete structures […]
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Comparing Different Grades of Stainless Steel
Stainless steel is available in many “grades”, each having different properties, but how do you know what will be best to fit your needs. Lawrence Sintered Metals offers different grades, which are 304 and 316 stainless steel. So, which one would best fit the needs of your next wire mesh project? Grade A2 Stainless Steel […]
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How to Use Drying Racks in Many Different Ways
Using a drying rack has an unlimited amount of uses. If you like working in your garden or even cooking from scratch in your kitchen, then you should think about putting a drying rack into your garden area and adding one into your kitchen, which could have many more uses than just cooking from scratch. […]
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Looking to Build an Aviary at Your Home?
Do you have a feathered friend or friends you are looking to get into a nice newly upgraded aviary? This could be a great DIY project for you if you like working with your hands. You might want to consider building your own aviary instead of buying an expensive one from the local pet store. […]
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Keeping Snails and Slugs Out of Your Garden Using Copper Wire Mesh
When you see a snail, at first you think that they look so cute in their own way. However, even though they seem slow, harmless, and in general are all squishy, keep in mind they are one of the biggest enemies of your trees and gardens. Snails are notorious for loving to munch on the […]
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