(Short Way of the Diamond) is the distance from the middle of the bond on one side to the middle of the bond on the opposite side.
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(Long Way of the Diamond) is the distance across the largest dimension of the diamond measured halfway between the diamonds.
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Expanded Metal is composed of strands and bonds. Strands fromthe sides of the expanded metals openings. Bonds are where the strands intersect. In other words, the bond is where each diamond shaped opening is connected with the next opening.
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(Short Way of the opening) is the width of the opening of the shortest side of the diamond. SWO does not include the strand width, where the SWD (Short Way of the Diamond) does.
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(Long Way of the opening) is the length of the opening of the longest side of the diamond. LWO does not include the strand width, where the LWD (Long Way of the Diamond) does.
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Expanded Metal contains open spaces (the diamond-shaped openings) and material. Open area is the total area of the diamond openings divided by the total area of the sheet or roll of expanded metal and is expressed as a percent. In other words, open area describes how much of the expanded metal is open space. If expanded metal has a 60 percent open area, then 60 percent of the expanded metal is open space and 40 percent is material.
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