The Usefulness of Perforated Metal Sheets and Plastics in Different Industries by James Dean
Perforating is a unique skill that requires specialist machinery and expert knowledge. Bion values
its skilled and knowledgeable staff extremely highly because they are the future of the business, and
the company boasts excellent staff retention as a result.
Because of its durability and weather resistance many architectural building products are
manufactured in perforated stainless steel, even whole building facades or decorative features like
sun screens, balustrade infill panels and ventilators.There are many functional uses for perforated
stainless sheet because of its corrosion resistant properties, Filtering and screening is a major
application in the food and brewing Industry. Tea strainers even.
Other applications include acoustic diffuser, speaker grilles, basket strainers, vibrating strainers
for solids, waste paper baskets, street furniture, radiator covers.Perforated materials have many
advantages for designers, from weight reduction and heat conductance to their acoustic properties and
versatility, both of form and function.In principal, any surface or body can be punched with
perforations, although the most widely used are mild steel, galvanised steel, stainless steel,
aluminium and a variety of plastics.
Bion manufactures all kinds of perforated coil or sheet materials on its modern electronically
controlled presses. All manner of widths and patterns are available to the highest degrees of
accuracy.Bion specialises in: technically superior cost-effective perforated metals and plastics;
flat sheet products: coil-coil, coil-sheet and sheet-sheet products; interrupted perforated patterns;
and fully formed components finished to a client