Expanded Metal

Expanded Metal

Vital Engineering also produces a wide range of Expanded Metal Products to cater for all your needs. For further information on our new expanded metal product range please mail us at sales@gratings.co.za or give us a call at +27 11 898-8500.

Vitex ® Expanded Metal Types

Vitex is a highly developed and uniquely innovative expanding metal range which has been formulated to meet the demands and cost requirements or the user and specifier.

Vitex Series:


Vitex General Mesh
Vitex Medium Mesh
Vitex Heavy Mesh

All of these series are manufactured in nominal sheet sizes of 2400 x 1200. Cut to size is available on request. Please note that the maximum width of LWM is approximately 1225m.

SWM = Short Way of Mesh
LWM = Long Way of Mesh

All of these series are manufactured in nominal sheet sizes of 2400 x 1200. Cut to size is available on request. Please note that the minimum width of LWM is approximately 1225mm.

Vitex General Mesh Standard Sizes

Vitex Type
Mesh Size
Strand Size
Mass/m²
 
SWM
LWM
Width
Thickness
 
30-2R
3
6
1.0mm
0.5mm
2.5kg
50-2R
5
10
1.0mm
1.0mm
2.9kg
50-2F
5
10
1.0mm
1.0mm
2.9kg
80-2R
8
20
2.0mm
1.0mm
3.7kg
80-2F
8
20
2.0mm
1.0mm
3.7kg
15-3R
10
30
2.5mm
1.6mm
5.9kg
15-3CR
10
30
3.0mm
1.0mm
4.5kg
15-3F
10
30
3.0mm
1.6mm
5.9kg
18-3R
15
40
3.0mm
1.6mm
4.6kg
18-3F
15
40
3.0mm
1.6mm
4.6kg
18-3RH
15
40
3.0mm
2.5mm
7.2kg
20-3R
25
50
3.0mm
1.6mm
2.5kg
20-3GR
25
50
3.0mm
3.0mm
4.8kg
20-3JR
25
50
6.0mm
4.5mm
15.8kg
BE120-3F
25
50
3.0mm
1.6mm
2.5kg
20-3DF
25
50
3.0mm
2.0mm
3.2kg
20-3EF
25
50
4.5mm
2.5mm
6.4kg
20-3HF
25
50
4.5mm
3.0mm
7.7kg
11-3R
50
80
4.5mm
2.5mm
2.8kg
11-3F
50
80
4.5mm
2.5mm
2.8kg
30-3R
80
200
4.5mm
4.5mm
2.6kg



Vitex Medium Mesh Standard Sizes


Vitex Type
Mesh Size
Strand Size
Mass/m²
 
SWM
LWM
Width
Thickness
 
25-3R
20
60
3.0mm
3.0mm
6.2kg
25-3AR
20
60
6.0mm
4.5mm
20.2kg
25-3F
20
60
3.0mm
3.0mm
6.2kg
20-3FH
25
50
4.5mm
3.0mm
7.7kg
20-3FHH
25
50
10.0mm
3.0mm
18.3kg






 

 

 

Vitex Medium Mesh Standard Sizes

Vitex Type
Mesh Size
Strand Size
Mass/m²
 
SWM
LWM
Width
Thickness
 
W80R
35
120
6.0mm
4.5mm
10.9kg
W80AR
35
120
8.0mm
4.5mm
15.0kg
W80HR
35
120
10.0mm
6.0mm
25.5kg
W81R
40
115
4.5mm
4.5mm
6.6kg
W82RZ
40
140
6.0mm
4.5mm
9.3kg
W83R
75
185
20.0mm
6.0mm
23.7kg


Vitex Type
UDL Loading
 
600mm
750mm
900mm
1000mm
1200mm
W802R
450kg
320kg
-
-
-
W80R
500kg
350kg
-
-
-
W80HR
1050kg
895kg
760kg
500kg
350kg
W83R
1230kg
1050kg
875kg
560kg
400kg


Note:
Loadings for Vitex Heavy Mesh sizes and loads have been based on the material being securely
attached to the supporting structure.

 

Direction for Placing Expanded Metal video clip
Vitex as Security Fencing video clip
Expanded Metal Fixings video clip