Tolerances/Options

Strength of Perforated Metal
The use of perforated materials is limited by the lack of reliable strength and stiffness properties for use in design.

Surface Finish
During the perforating process punches may break, resulting in imperfect or missing holes in the metal.

Blank Areas
According to the application, user should give the dimensions as per figure A or B.

Camber
Camber is the greatest deviation of a side edge from a straight line. The measurement is taken over the entire length of the concave side with a straight line.

Flatness Tolerance
The maximum deviation from a horizontal flat surface—the material is to be placed on a perfectly flat table. A ruler which does not flatten the material will give the degree of flatness.

Squareness Of Sheets and Plates
“Out of square” is the greatest deviation of an end edge from a straight line at right angle to a side and touching one corner.

Width and Length Tolerance
IPA standard overall length and width tolerances of resheared sheets and plates, of all metals, and plastics sheared after perforating.

Thickness Tolerances Plate
Permissible Variation in Thickness for Rectangular Carbon, High-Strength Low Alloy, and Alloy-Steel Plates, When Ordered to Thickness.

Margins
The stepped perforating procedure results in an unfinished pattern at the beginning and at the end of the workpiece. This unfinished pattern is the standard IPA end pattern.

Holes Patterns
Round holes ranging from under .020˝ to over 6˝ account for 80% of the production of the perforating industry.