Aerospace

Dexmet

Expanded Solutions for Engineers with Tough Applications

PPG expanded metal foils and polymers are use by some of the world's most recognized companies. Dexmet Corporation is now part of the PPG Aerospace family.

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Our Goal is to Provide You With the Optimal Expanded Solution

Dexmet expanded materials are highly configurable to meet your specific application requirements. Let us produce expanded metal foils and plastics that match performance characteristics for your dimensional, conductivity, weight or strength demands.

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Lightning Strike Protection

Dexmet MicroGrid® expanded materials are configured to exceed lightning protection standards and verification test methods.

perforated foils

Building on its leadership in precision, thin-gauge expanded foils, Dexmet introduces a complementing line of meticulously-engineered, thin-gauge perforated metals and plastics.

Expanded Metals

Our expanded metal solutions are widely used in the aerospace, electrochemical, medical, and automotive industries that require precision open-area metals to improve their end products.

expanded polymers

Expanded Polymers

Our expanded polymer solutions are widely used in advanced filtration systems, particularly in the semiconductor, medical, gas, and oil industries.

Dexmet technology

Our expanded material outperforms the competition because we are able to control our processes to tighter tolerances and manufacture a high-quality, repeatable product.

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Markets Served by our MicroGrid® Expanded Metal Foils and PolyGrid® Performance Plastics:

PPG aerospace markets and segments power

Power Technologies

Dexmet provides MicroGrid® versatile expanded materials for electrodes in primary and secondary battery applications, fuel cells & hydrogen electrolyzers.

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Aircraft & Wind Blade Lightning Strike Protection

Dexmet's wide variety of Expanded MicroGrid® materials are time tested and proven by the World's top OEM Aircraft Manufacturers and Wind Blade developers

PPG aerospace markets and segments automotive

Industrial & Automotive Technologies

Dexmet materials can be found in a number of Industrial and Automotive application including Filtration, Thermal Management, EMI/RFI Shielding, Hi-Temp Gaskets and Bushings

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Design Considerations For Your Applications

PPG CEO highlights how paints and coatings play a significant role

The editorial below was taken from the May 18th edition of Chemical Engineering & News:

Engineered Materials in Cathodic Protection

What is cathodic protection? How is expanded metal mesh used in cathodic protection?