A Buyer's Guide to Diamond Plates | Arctic Walk-Ins

Diamond plates are highly durable metal sheets with a textured, raised diamond pattern that provides extra traction. This design makes diamond plates an incredibly practical choice for a range of applications, from industrial to commercial settings. When selecting a diamond plate, it’s essential to consider the material, weight, and appearance to ensure the right fit for your project. Here, we provide an overview to help you make an informed choice.

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What Is Diamond Plate?

Diamond plates, also called tread plates or checkered plates, are metal sheets with a raised diamond pattern for added grip and slip resistance. This anti-slip texture makes them popular for surfaces like floors, ramps, catwalks, work platforms, and stairways. Industries that prioritize safety, such as emergency services, often use diamond plates on ambulance floors or fire truck steps. Overall, diamond plates are ideal for any sector where safe movement and cleanliness are essential.

How Is Diamond Plate Made?

The production of diamond plate starts with a source metal that is gradually thinned through rollers to achieve the desired thickness. In the final stages, rollers embossed with a diamond pattern press the texture onto the plate. For softer metals like aluminum, stamping can be done at room temperature, while steel requires heating to reach its recrystallization point, allowing the hot rollers to imprint the pattern effectively.

Diamond Plate Material

Diamond plates, available in various metals and thicknesses, offer durability and slip resistance for a wide range of applications. Common materials for diamond plate tread (DPT) include mild steel, stainless steel, and aluminum, with some options also available in plastic and rubber for added traction. Below, we cover the strengths of each material, making it easier to choose the best one for your needs.

Aluminum Diamond Plates

Aluminum is one of the most popular materials for diamond plates due to its lightweight, corrosion-resistant properties and versatility for both indoor and outdoor use. Aluminum plates are a great choice for walk-in refrigerators, freezers, and applications like wainscoting, as they are easily stamped into various patterns, offering both functionality and style.

Steel Diamond Plates

Steel diamond plates are generally the most affordable option. Their flexibility and durability depend on the level of carbon content, with milder steel providing ease of handling but slightly less durability. Highly carbonized steel is more durable and suited for heavy-duty applications but can be challenging to shape. However, due to rust concerns, steel diamond plates are best used indoors or in controlled environments.

Stainless Steel Diamond Plates

The most durable and corrosion-resistant, stainless steel diamond plates combine the anti-corrosion benefits of aluminum with the strength of steel. This premium choice is ideal for outdoor or heavy-duty applications, such as floors where kegs or other heavy items are moved regularly. Stainless steel is reliable for long-term use, even in demanding conditions.

Why Stainless Steel Is Unique

Stainless steel’s corrosion resistance is due to its chromium content. Unlike iron, which rusts when exposed to air and moisture, chromium forms a thin oxide layer that protects the material underneath. This unique quality makes stainless steel a top choice in environments where rust prevention and longevity are essential.

Diamond Plate Gauge

Understanding Diamond Plate Gauge and Thickness

Diamond plate thickness is measured in gauge, which varies by metal. The chart below outlines gauge conversions for mild steel, stainless steel, and aluminum:

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Choosing the Right Thickness

• Aluminum: For walls or wainscoting, a thickness between 0.025 and 0.032 inches offers flexibility and strength. For flooring, thicker sheets of 0.063–0.125 inches provide the durability needed for load-bearing applications.
• Stainless Steel: 22 gauge is commonly used for light-duty applications like food handling and aesthetic installations. For flooring or heavy-duty applications, 18 or 16 gauge stainless steel offers structural support for higher weight capacities.

Diamond plates are especially beneficial for walk-in coolers and freezers, providing structural integrity, slip resistance, and durability. Depending on your industry and specific use case, diamond plate tread can be a practical choice for high-traffic flooring, wainscoting, or protective surfaces. For example, food service, medical, and industrial settings each have unique needs for durability and cleanliness.

With Arctic Industries, you can fully customize your walk-in cooler or freezer, from dimensions and color to a diamond plate finish tailored to your specific requirements.

Porcelain is traditionally made from a silicone material called kaolin that gives porcelain products their flexibility, plasticity and strong structure. Porcelain dinnerware is also made from pottery stone, which gives the material its hardness and translucency, as well as its non-porous surface. Porcelain is an extremely strong dinnerware material, as it is:

• Capable of being fired at up to degrees centigrade
• Dishwasher safe
• Oven safe
• Microwave safe (however if the piece has a metallic accent, don’t put it in the microwave) 

Looking to Royal Doulton again, our friends there have been manufacturing ceramics and porcelain since , so when it comes to porcelain dinnerware, they’re the highest quality choice. Our personal favourites from Royal Doulton’s porcelain collections include (a vibrant and colourful range of porcelain) and Pacific (rigorously tested porcelain that’s highly durable and perfect for everyday use).

‘There is no wrong or right way in selecting a tableware set. However, it is important to think of the various occasions and style of occasions it will be used for, and the type of food that will be served in it. The personality of a tableware set has an important role in setting the mood of an occasion.’

There are many different items that can make up a dinnerware set, such as:

• Dinner plates
• Multi-purpose bowls for cereal, soups, noodles, stir-fries and so on
• Side plates for salads, starters, desserts and tapas-style meals
• Bread and butter plates
• Mugs and teacups
• Saucers
• Trays
• Serving platters
• Knives, forks and spoons

You can have your favourite pieces that you use every day, or you can have a special set that comes in handy when hosting friends and family. The choice is up to you! 

A good idea is to buy a dinnerware set that accommodates the number of people in your household, such as the Wedgwood Gio Set for four people or the Wedgwood Gio Gold Set for a single diner. 

Wedgwood dinner sets come in a host of different sizes and configurations, ranging from two to twenty-six piece sets. Here are some examples of what is included in a variety of our standard dinner set sizes.

Wedgwood china dinner sets are strong and durable in their essence, however there are still measures you can take to make sure you are serving your family and friends on your Wedgwood china dinnerware for years to come.

Here are some tips for washing your Wedgwood china dinnerware set:

• Wash dishes straight away to remove any acidic or sticky food residue.
• When handwashing, wash each dish individually using a mild liquid detergent and a non-abrasive cloth. Having a plastic tuc in the sink is also a good idea, as it will protect the china from the harsh stainless steel of the sink.
• If using a dishwasher, take care not to overload the rack, and keep metal items away from your fine bone china - even light contact can scratch, chip or crack your dishes. 

Here are some tips for keeping your Wedgwood china dinnerware in stunning condition:

• Soak your pieces in white vinegar for three minutes before rinsing and towel drying them to remove hard water spots.
• Remove coffee stains from mugs (as well as fork marks from plates) by rubbing a paste of baking soda and water over the dinnerware before rinsing and drying. 
• To prevent scratching and chipping your fine bone china dinner set, put it in a fabric storage case, or put segments of fabric, tissue paper or napkins between each piece when stacking. 

You can see our full Care Guide and Bone China material guide to ensure your Wedgwood products last the test of time.

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